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Angela Gonzales

Arizona State University, School of Social Transformation, Faculty Member

Cornell University, Development Sociology & American Indian Studies, Faculty Member

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Angela Gonzales is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. As a community-engaged, interdisciplinary scholar, her research interests cut across and integrate the fields of Sociology, Indigenous Studies, and Public Health. Her work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and the Ford and Russell Sage Foundations. In 2009, Gonzales co-curated the Smithsonian exhibit, InDivisible: African Native American Lives in the Americans, a collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and National Museum of African American History and Culture. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Society of Senior Ford Fellows as a Member-at-Large and Co-Chair of the Membership Committee. Gonzales is an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe from the Village of Songoopavi.
Phone: 6072795492
Address: School of Social Transformation
Justice & Social Inquiry and Women & Gender Studies
Arizona State University
Wilson Hall, Room 324 | P.O. Box 876403 | Tempe, AZ 85287-6403
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Papers by Angela Gonzales

We Grow the Ivy": Cornell's Claim to Indigenous Dispossession

Native American and Indigenous Studies, Mar 1, 2021

Sowing the Seeds of Social Justice through Service-Learning with American Indian Tribal Partners

Practicing anthropology, Apr 1, 2017

As a form of community engagement pedagogy, service-learning aims to bridge theory with practice ... more As a form of community engagement pedagogy, service-learning aims to bridge theory with practice by combining learning goals and community service in ways that are mutually beneficial to students and community partners. However, if not done well, service-learning can have the opposite effect of reinforcing stereotypes, perpetuating social inequalities, and placing more of a burden on communities and organizations than providing a service. Based on the author's service-learning experience with community partners on the Hopi Reservation, this article considers some of the challenges and opportunities for developing meaningful and mutually beneficial service-learning projects with American Indian tribal partners.

A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Evaluate a Mother–Daughter Dyadic Educational Intervention for Increasing HPV Vaccination Coverage in American Indian Girls

Journal of Community Health, Sep 23, 2015

Assessing Acceptability of Self-Sampling Kits, Prevalence, and Risk Factors for Human Papillomavirus Infection in American Indian Women

Journal of Community Health, Apr 5, 2016

The Federal Acknowledgment Process and the Legal (De)Construction of American Indian Tribal Identity

Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among American Indian Women of the Great Plains

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Oct 15, 2018

Social Capital and Health: A Study of Adult Twins in the U.S

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Mar 1, 2009

Colonialism and the Racialization of Indigenous Identity

The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology, 2022

This chapter traces the emergence of “race” as a handmaiden to colonialism and the consequential ... more This chapter traces the emergence of “race” as a handmaiden to colonialism and the consequential racialization of Indigenous Peoples. We argue that colonialism and the ideas that inform colonial structures, such as race, not only serve to hide their existence but also to legitimate the power relations that they establish. As a consequence, the larger context of colonialism created and required “race” to justify the dispossession and displacement of Indigenous Peoples. Here, dispossession and displacement carry a number of meanings, from territorial expropriation to the usurpation and replacement of Indigenous self-identifications. The chapter also calls attention to the process of racialization and the historical legacies of racialized science to make appreciable how colonialism reinscribes both Native nations and their members as racialized subjects.

New York Communities 2009: A Year of CaRDI Publications

Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI); Cornell University, Feb 1, 2010

Eugenics as Indian Removal

Routledge eBooks, Mar 8, 2023

Effect of Tribal Language Use on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indians

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2012

Reclaiming Indigenous Health in the US: Moving beyond the Social Determinants of Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The lack of literature on Indigenous conceptions of health and the social determinants of health ... more The lack of literature on Indigenous conceptions of health and the social determinants of health (SDH) for US Indigenous communities limits available information for Indigenous nations as they set policy and allocate resources to improve the health of their citizens. In 2015, eight scholars from tribal communities and mainstream educational institutions convened to examine: the limitations of applying the World Health Organization’s (WHO) SDH framework in Indigenous communities; Indigenizing the WHO SDH framework; and Indigenous conceptions of a healthy community. Participants critiqued the assumptions within the WHO SDH framework that did not cohere with Indigenous knowledges and epistemologies and created a schematic for conceptualizing health and categorizing its determinants. As Indigenous nations pursue a policy role in health and seek to improve the health and wellness of their nations’ citizens, definitions of Indigenous health and well-being should be community-driven and In...

Public Opinion on Indian Casinos and Rural Economic Development in NYS

American Indian tribal government gaming (or Indian gaming as it is known in the vernacular of pu... more American Indian tribal government gaming (or Indian gaming as it is known in the vernacular of public discourse) is one of the fastest growing and most profitable industries in much of rural America today (Borden, Harris, and Fletcher 1997). With employment opportunities in manufacturing and agriculture waning, tribal government gaming enterprises have become not only popular venues for rural and suburban leisure, but an important source of employment and revenue in regions that have been plagued for generations with both Indian and nonIndian poverty (Gonzales 2003a). At the same time, few rural development issues have sparked as much public debate and controversy as Indian gaming (Gonzales 2003b). But unlike more conventional economic development strategies such as tourism, gaming often raises moral and social concerns, with many people associating it with drug use, prostitution, and organized crime (Miller and Schwartz, 1998; Roehl, 1999). Because these perceived negative features...

American Indians: Their contemporary reality and future trajectory

Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first …, 2003

American Indians Their Contemporary Reality and Future Trajectory Angela A. Gonzales Historically... more

Perceived cancer risk among American Indians: implications for intervention research

Ethnicity & disease, 2010

OBJECTIVE Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important ... more OBJECTIVE Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important issue for cancer-prevention research. We investigate associations between perceived cancer risk and selected cancer risk factors in a population-based sample of American Indians. STUDY DESIGN AND POPULATION: Data for this cross-sectional study come from a random sample of 182 American Indian adults, aged > or = 40 years, residing on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. OUTCOME MEASURES Perception of cancer risk was ascertained with the 5-point Likert scale question, "How likely do you think it is that you will develop cancer in the future?" dichotomized into low perceived risk and high perceived risk. RESULTS Participants reporting a family member with cancer were more likely, by greater than five times, to report the perception that they would get cancer (OR = 5.3; 95% CI: 2.3, 12.3). After controlling for age and family history of cancer, knowledge of cancer risk ...

Indigenous Identity, Being, and Belonging

Contexts

While DNA-ancestry test kits are growing in popularity, can they really tell you who you are? Her... more

Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among American Indian Women of the Great Plains

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Sowing the Seeds of Social Justice through Service-Learning with American Indian Tribal Partners

Practicing Anthropology

Assessing Acceptability of Self-Sampling Kits, Prevalence, and Risk Factors for Human Papillomavirus Infection in American Indian Women

Journal of Community Health, 2016

Perceived cancer risk among American Indians: implications for intervention research

Ethnicity Disease, 2010

Objective: Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important... more Objective: Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important issue for cancer-prevention research. We investigate associations between perceived cancer risk and selected cancer risk factors in a population-based sample of American Indians. STUDY DESIGN AND POPULATION: Data for this cross-sectional study come from a random sample of 182 American Indian adults, aged > or = 40 years, residing on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. Outcome measures: Perception of cancer risk was ascertained with the 5-point Likert scale question, "How likely do you think it is that you will develop cancer in the future?" dichotomized into low perceived risk and high perceived risk. Results: Participants reporting a family member with cancer were more likely, by greater than five times, to report the perception that they would get cancer (OR = 5.3; 95% CI: 2.3, 12.3). After controlling for age and family history of cancer, knowledge of cancer risk factors and attitude about cancer prevention were not significantly associated with risk perception. Conclusions: Perceived cancer risk was significantly associated with self-reported family history of cancer, supporting the importance of personal knowledge of cancer among American Indians. Further research is needed to obtain a more complete picture of the factors associated with perceptions of cancer risk among American Indians in order to develop effective interventions.

We Grow the Ivy": Cornell's Claim to Indigenous Dispossession

Native American and Indigenous Studies, Mar 1, 2021

Sowing the Seeds of Social Justice through Service-Learning with American Indian Tribal Partners

Practicing anthropology, Apr 1, 2017

As a form of community engagement pedagogy, service-learning aims to bridge theory with practice ... more As a form of community engagement pedagogy, service-learning aims to bridge theory with practice by combining learning goals and community service in ways that are mutually beneficial to students and community partners. However, if not done well, service-learning can have the opposite effect of reinforcing stereotypes, perpetuating social inequalities, and placing more of a burden on communities and organizations than providing a service. Based on the author's service-learning experience with community partners on the Hopi Reservation, this article considers some of the challenges and opportunities for developing meaningful and mutually beneficial service-learning projects with American Indian tribal partners.

A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Evaluate a Mother–Daughter Dyadic Educational Intervention for Increasing HPV Vaccination Coverage in American Indian Girls

Journal of Community Health, Sep 23, 2015

Assessing Acceptability of Self-Sampling Kits, Prevalence, and Risk Factors for Human Papillomavirus Infection in American Indian Women

Journal of Community Health, Apr 5, 2016

The Federal Acknowledgment Process and the Legal (De)Construction of American Indian Tribal Identity

Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among American Indian Women of the Great Plains

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Oct 15, 2018

Social Capital and Health: A Study of Adult Twins in the U.S

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Mar 1, 2009

Colonialism and the Racialization of Indigenous Identity

The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology, 2022

This chapter traces the emergence of “race” as a handmaiden to colonialism and the consequential ... more This chapter traces the emergence of “race” as a handmaiden to colonialism and the consequential racialization of Indigenous Peoples. We argue that colonialism and the ideas that inform colonial structures, such as race, not only serve to hide their existence but also to legitimate the power relations that they establish. As a consequence, the larger context of colonialism created and required “race” to justify the dispossession and displacement of Indigenous Peoples. Here, dispossession and displacement carry a number of meanings, from territorial expropriation to the usurpation and replacement of Indigenous self-identifications. The chapter also calls attention to the process of racialization and the historical legacies of racialized science to make appreciable how colonialism reinscribes both Native nations and their members as racialized subjects.

New York Communities 2009: A Year of CaRDI Publications

Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI); Cornell University, Feb 1, 2010

Eugenics as Indian Removal

Routledge eBooks, Mar 8, 2023

Effect of Tribal Language Use on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indians

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2012

Reclaiming Indigenous Health in the US: Moving beyond the Social Determinants of Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The lack of literature on Indigenous conceptions of health and the social determinants of health ... more The lack of literature on Indigenous conceptions of health and the social determinants of health (SDH) for US Indigenous communities limits available information for Indigenous nations as they set policy and allocate resources to improve the health of their citizens. In 2015, eight scholars from tribal communities and mainstream educational institutions convened to examine: the limitations of applying the World Health Organization’s (WHO) SDH framework in Indigenous communities; Indigenizing the WHO SDH framework; and Indigenous conceptions of a healthy community. Participants critiqued the assumptions within the WHO SDH framework that did not cohere with Indigenous knowledges and epistemologies and created a schematic for conceptualizing health and categorizing its determinants. As Indigenous nations pursue a policy role in health and seek to improve the health and wellness of their nations’ citizens, definitions of Indigenous health and well-being should be community-driven and In...

Public Opinion on Indian Casinos and Rural Economic Development in NYS

American Indian tribal government gaming (or Indian gaming as it is known in the vernacular of pu... more American Indian tribal government gaming (or Indian gaming as it is known in the vernacular of public discourse) is one of the fastest growing and most profitable industries in much of rural America today (Borden, Harris, and Fletcher 1997). With employment opportunities in manufacturing and agriculture waning, tribal government gaming enterprises have become not only popular venues for rural and suburban leisure, but an important source of employment and revenue in regions that have been plagued for generations with both Indian and nonIndian poverty (Gonzales 2003a). At the same time, few rural development issues have sparked as much public debate and controversy as Indian gaming (Gonzales 2003b). But unlike more conventional economic development strategies such as tourism, gaming often raises moral and social concerns, with many people associating it with drug use, prostitution, and organized crime (Miller and Schwartz, 1998; Roehl, 1999). Because these perceived negative features...

American Indians: Their contemporary reality and future trajectory

Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first …, 2003

American Indians Their Contemporary Reality and Future Trajectory Angela A. Gonzales Historically... more

Perceived cancer risk among American Indians: implications for intervention research

Ethnicity & disease, 2010

OBJECTIVE Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important ... more OBJECTIVE Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important issue for cancer-prevention research. We investigate associations between perceived cancer risk and selected cancer risk factors in a population-based sample of American Indians. STUDY DESIGN AND POPULATION: Data for this cross-sectional study come from a random sample of 182 American Indian adults, aged > or = 40 years, residing on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. OUTCOME MEASURES Perception of cancer risk was ascertained with the 5-point Likert scale question, "How likely do you think it is that you will develop cancer in the future?" dichotomized into low perceived risk and high perceived risk. RESULTS Participants reporting a family member with cancer were more likely, by greater than five times, to report the perception that they would get cancer (OR = 5.3; 95% CI: 2.3, 12.3). After controlling for age and family history of cancer, knowledge of cancer risk ...

Indigenous Identity, Being, and Belonging

Contexts

While DNA-ancestry test kits are growing in popularity, can they really tell you who you are? Her... more

Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among American Indian Women of the Great Plains

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Sowing the Seeds of Social Justice through Service-Learning with American Indian Tribal Partners

Practicing Anthropology

Assessing Acceptability of Self-Sampling Kits, Prevalence, and Risk Factors for Human Papillomavirus Infection in American Indian Women

Journal of Community Health, 2016

Perceived cancer risk among American Indians: implications for intervention research

Ethnicity Disease, 2010

Objective: Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important... more Objective: Perceived risk of disease plays a key role in health behaviors, making it an important issue for cancer-prevention research. We investigate associations between perceived cancer risk and selected cancer risk factors in a population-based sample of American Indians. STUDY DESIGN AND POPULATION: Data for this cross-sectional study come from a random sample of 182 American Indian adults, aged > or = 40 years, residing on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. Outcome measures: Perception of cancer risk was ascertained with the 5-point Likert scale question, "How likely do you think it is that you will develop cancer in the future?" dichotomized into low perceived risk and high perceived risk. Results: Participants reporting a family member with cancer were more likely, by greater than five times, to report the perception that they would get cancer (OR = 5.3; 95% CI: 2.3, 12.3). After controlling for age and family history of cancer, knowledge of cancer risk factors and attitude about cancer prevention were not significantly associated with risk perception. Conclusions: Perceived cancer risk was significantly associated with self-reported family history of cancer, supporting the importance of personal knowledge of cancer among American Indians. Further research is needed to obtain a more complete picture of the factors associated with perceptions of cancer risk among American Indians in order to develop effective interventions.