Irene Isabel Blea

Background

Blea, Irene Isabel was born on May 12, 1946 in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of Placido and Beatrice Encarnacion (Mondragon) Blea.

Education

Associate of Arts in Mental Health, University Southern Colorado, 1972. Bachelor in Sociology, University Southern Colorado, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Society Colorado, 1980.

Career

Lecturer University Colorado, Boulder, 1976—1977, University Southern Colorado, Pueblo, 1978—1980. Instructor department sociology University Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1979. Visiting scholar University Texas, Austin, 1982.

Director Language and Cultural Institute of Mexico, Oaxaca, 1983, co-director Vera Cruz, 1984. Social activist on human rights, minorities, women, since 1965. Mental health worker Colorado State Hospital, 1970—1973.

Primary consultant primary researcher Chicano Attrition Project, University Southern Colorado, 1979—1981. Chairman Chicano Studies Metropolitan State College, Denver, since 1980. Director Hispanic student affairs University New Mexico.

Achievements

• Irene Isabel Blea has been listed as a noteworthy college administrator, social activist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Toward A Chicano Social Science

    ( Although Mexican Americans comprise the United States' ...)

  • Bessemer: A Sociological Perspective of the Chicano Barrio (Immigrant Communities and Ethnic Minorities in the United States and Canada)

    (Dr. Blea wrote and defended her Ph. D dissertation in 197...)

  • Toward A Chicano Social Science by Blea, Irene I. (1988) Paperback

Membership

Founder Colorado Institute Chicano Mental Health, 1979, Concilio Cultural, Denver, 1982. Member citizens advisory council Denver, General Hospital Mental Health, 1981-1983. Founder Hispanic Women's Political Network, Denver, 1983, Chicano Democratic Caucus, Denver, 1983.

Member Task Force on Youth Violence, Denver, 1982-1984. Primary contact Multicultural Education for Spanish Government of Spain, 1983-1984. Vice president City Council Cablevision Coordinating Committee, Denver, 1984.

Chairman Denver Art Museum Committee, 1984. Active patients rights in mental hospitals, Colorado, since 1970, National Democratic Party, 1973, chairman political campaign state representative, 1980, committeewoman, 1984. Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association of United States of America, National Samaritan Institute.

Member American Association of University Women, American Sociological Association (fellow 1980, Corner House dissertation award 1980), Colorado Association Chicano Research, Colorado Women's Studies Association, National Association Chicano Studies (national chairman 1979), Association Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies, Western Social Science Association (chair women's studies section 1989), Colorado Institute for Chicano Mental Health (life. Honorary board directors).

Connections

1 child: Regina Rene Guiterrez.

Father:

Placido Blea

Mother:

Beatrice Encarnacion (Mondragon) Blea

child:

Regina Rene Gutierrez Blea