Yanira Rivas Pineda de Melendez
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In addition to my extensive dedication to research and teaching, I am equally committed to service and increasing diversity both at the macro level—working in various campus and departmental committees to address diversity recruitment issues and participating in campus-wide events that strive to increase diversity in higher education—and at the micro level—mentoring underrepresented students by giving them the opportunity to be research assistants and acting as a faculty advisor to the Salvadoran Student Union.  

I am committed to increasing diversity within our discipline.  I have actively participated in the American Political Science Association’s Women of Color in Political Science Workshops, the Latino Caucus, and more recently, I participated in APSA's Presidential Task Force on Women’s Advancement Diversity and Inclusion Hackathon.  The goal of this team is to identify concrete and sustainable strategies for recruiting and retaining a diverse political science faculty. 
 

I hope to continue to work towards making higher education more representative of the communities it represents in my research, teaching, and service.  
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University of California Student Association Lobby Conference in Sacramento, CA (April 2016). 
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American Political Science Association Diversity & Inclusion Hackathon (August 2018). 

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University of California Student Association Graduate and Professional Committee campaign to include graduate students in faculty hiring committees (2016).  
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Educational Opportunity Program, Career Services at UCSB, and Undocumented Student Services event on "Supporting Immigrant Communities" (May 2019). 
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