Birthdate: December 27, 1948

Birthplace: Riverside, California

Military Service: U.S.M.C. 7/12/67 to

8/1/69 Honorable Discharge 

Educational Background

Ph.D. 1977 University of California, Riverside, Social Psychology

M.A. 1975 University of California, Riverside, Psychology

B.A. 1973 University of California, Riverside, Psychology

A.A. 1971 Riverside City College, Social Sciences

Honors

Life member, Alpha Gamma Sigma

NIMH Undergraduate Fellowship, 1973-74

Graduation with High Honors, U C Riverside, 1973

Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1973-1977

U C Riverside, Distinguished Chicano Alumnus, 1982

National Research Council Minority Fellowship, 1984

Center Scholar, Tomas Rivera Center for Policy Studies, 1986-93

Wig Distinguished Teaching Award, Pomona College, 1991

Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1994

Professional Experience

Teaching:

1991- Professor of Psychology/Chicano Studies, Pomona

College

1983-1991 Associate Professor Psychology/Chicano Studies, Pomona College

1989 Visiting Associate Professor Psychology/Ethnic Studies, winter quarter, University of California, Riverside

1979-1983 Assistant Professor Psychology/Chicano Studies, Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges

1977-79 Assistant Professor Chicano Studies, Claremont Colleges

Courses taught: Psychology of the Chicano, Research Design and

Methodology, Issues in the Educational Psychology of Latinos,

Senior Thesis Seminar, Seminar in Ethnic Minority Psychology,

Introductory Psychology, Fieldwork in Psychology, Field

Research in Chicano Studies

Administration: Founding Chair, Intercollegiate Department of Chicano

Studies, The Claremont Colleges, 1981-1993

Acting Chair, Psychology Department, Pomona College,

Spring 1988, Fall 1991

Associate Dean of Faculty, Pomona College,

July 1, 1994-

College Committees:

1992-93 Chair, President's Task Force on Harassment 

1992-93 Summer Science Bridge Program Planning Committee

1990-93 Chair, Affirmative Action Committee

1989- Minority Scholar in Residence Selection Committee

1989-90 Chicano Studies Review Committee

1986-88 Program in Public Policy Analysis

1987-89 Independent Study Committee

1985 Pomona College Ad Hoc Student Advising Committee

1984 Pomona College Policy Review Committee

1983 Pomona College Ad Hoc Governance Committee

1982-84 Claremont Colleges Faculty Senate

1981-84 Pomona College Judiciary Council

1980 Chicano Studies Center Program Review Committee

Professional Committees: National Science Foundation Minority

Graduate Fellowship Selection Committee,

1988

Social Science Research Council Proposal

Review Committee, 1991

Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary

Education Proposal Reading Team, 1994

State Committees: California State Department of Education Mexican

American Advisory Committee 1981-1982

Editorial Boards: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1982-

Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1984-

Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, 1991-

Revista Inter Americana de Psicologia, 1986-90

Ad Hoc Editor: Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980, 1981,

1991

Child Development, 1981, 1988

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,

1990,1991

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996

American Psychologist, 1996

Grants

Mellon Foundation Award, 1983

Pomona College Research Committee Award, 1983

Sloan Foundation Summer Research Award, 1984

Social Science Research Council Grant, 1985-86

Haynes Summer Research Award, 1987

PEW Science Program Grant, 1989-90

Ford Foundation Internship and General Education Grant, 1990

Membership in Organizations

American Psychological Association

Western Psychological Association

National Association of Chicano Studies

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans

in Science

Consulting

Title VII, Fontana Unified School District, Fontana, CA

Migrant Children Summer Institute, Lubbock, TX

Rocky Mountain Teacher Corps, Pueblo, CO

Project Follow Through,Culturally Democratic Learning Environments,

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Data Design Laboratories, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Aztlan Community Services, Ontario, CA

National Center for Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, CA

Multi-Cultural Media Corporation, Seattle, WA

Riverside Unified School District, Riverside, CA

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, Riverside, CA

The Orange County Register, CA

The Riverside Press Enterprise, CA

Riverside County Museum, Riverside, CA

Publications

Buriel, R. (1975). Cognitive styles among three generations of

Mexican American children. Journal of Cross-Cultural

Psychology, 6, 417-429.

Kagan, S., and Buriel R. (1977). Field-dependence-independence and

Mexican American culture and education. Chapter in J.L. Martinez

(Ed.), Chicano Psychology, (pp. 279-328). New York: Academic Press.

Buriel, R. (1978). Relationship of three field dependence measures

to reading and math achievement of Anglo-American and Mexican

American children. Journal of Educational Psychology,

10, 167-174.

Buriel, R., Loya, P., Gonda, T., and Klessen, T. (1979).

Child abuse and neglect referral patterns of Anglo-and Mexican

Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences,

1, 215-227.

Buriel, R., and Saenz, E. (1980). Psychocultural characteristics

of college-bound and noncollege-bound Chicanas. Journal of

Social Psychology, 110, 245-251.

Buriel, R., and Rivera, L. (1980). The relationship of locus of

control to family income and familism among Anglo-American and

Mexican-American high school students. Journal of Social

Psychology, 110, 245-251.

Buriel, R.(1981). The relation of Anglo-and Mexican American

children's locus of control beliefs to parents' and teachers'

socialization practices. Child Development, 52, 104-113.

Knight, G., Kagan, S., and Buriel, R.(1981). Confounding

effects of individualism in children's cooperation-competition

measures. Motivation and Emotion, 5, 167-168.

Buriel, R. (1982) Mexican-and Anglo American children's locus of

control and achievement in relation to teachers' attitudes.

Journal of Genetic Psychology, 13, 59-70.

Buriel, R., and Vasquez, R. (1982). Stereotypes of Mexican descent

persons: Attitudes of three generations of Mexican American

and Anglo American adolescents. Journal of Cross-Cultural

Psychology, 13, 59-70.

Buriel, R., Calzada, S., and Vasquez, R.(1982). The

relationship of traditional Mexican American culture to adjustment

and delinquency among three generations of Mexican American

male adolescents. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences,

4 , 41-55.

Buriel, R., and Loya, P. (1982) Child abuse and neglect referral

patterns of Anglo American and Mexican Americans in a two-county

area. Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Child

Abuse and Neglect, Los Angeles, California.

Buriel, R., and Rivera S. (1982). Counseling and recruting Mexican

American students. In W. R. Lowery, (Ed.) Handbook of the

National Association of College Admissions Counselors (pp. 191-219).

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Knight, G., Kagan, S., and Buriel, R. (1982). Perceived parental

practices and prosocial development. Journal of Genetic

Psychology, 141, 57-65.

Buriel, R.(1983). Teacher-student interactions and their

relationship to student achievement: A comparison of Anglo

American and Mexican American children. Journal of Educational

Psychology, 75, 178-l87.

Buriel, R. (1984). Integration with traditional Mexican American

culture and sociocultural adjustment. In J. L. Martinez and

R. Mendoza (Eds.), Chicano Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 95-130).

New York: Academic Press.

Buriel, R.(1985). Locus of control orientations of Mexican

American and Anglo American children. Psychological Reports,

57, 1121-1122.

Buriel, R. (1986). Ethnic labelling and identity among Mexican

Americans. In J.S. Phinney and M.J. Rotheram (Eds.)

Children's ethnic socialization: Pluralism and development

(pp. 134-152). Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.

Chavez, J.M., and Buriel, R. (1986). Reinforcing children's effort:

A comparison of foreign born and native born Mexican American

mothers. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 8, 127-142.

Buriel, R. (1987). Understanding the motive to achieve in Mexican

Americans. In M.P. Douglass (Ed.) Claremont Reading Conference

Yearbook (pp. 27-51). Claremont, CA: Claremont Graduate School.

Buriel, R. & Cardoza, D. (1988). Sociocultural correlates of

achievement among three generations of Mexican American High School

Seniors. American Educational Research Journal, 25,177-192.

Buriel, R. & Cardoza, D. (1988). The relationship of Spanish language

background to achievement. In J.R. Garcia, J.C. Rodriguez & C.

Lomas (Eds.) In times of challenge: Chicanos and Chicanas in

American Society (pp. 69-81). Houston: University of Houston Press.

Chavez, J.M., & Buriel, R. (1988). Mother-child interactions

involving a child with epilepsy: A comparison of immigrant

and native-born Mexican Americans. Journal of Pediatric

Psychology. 13, 349-361.

Rueschenberg, E., & Buriel, R., (1989). Mexican American family

functioning and acculturation: A family systems perspective.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 11, 232-244.

Harrison, A.O., Wilson, M., Pine, C.J., Chan, S. & Buriel, R.,

(1990). Family ecologies of ethnic minority children.

Child Development, 61, 347-362.

Buriel, R. Mercado, R., Rodriguez, J. & Chavez, J.M. (1991).

Mexican American disciplinary practices and attitudes toward

child maltreatment: A comparison of foreign- and native born

mothers. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 13, 78-94.

Buriel, R. & Cardoza, D. (1993) Mexican American ethnic

labeling: An intrafamilial and intergenerational analysis.

In M. Bernal and G. Knight (Eds.) Ethnic identity (pp. 197-210).

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Buriel R. (1993). Childrearing orientations in Mexican American

families: The influence of generation and sociocultural factors.

The Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 987-1000. 

Buriel, R. (1993). Acculturation, respect for cultural differences

and biculturalism among three generations of Mexican American

and Euro American school children. The Journal of Genetic Psychology,

154, 531-543.

Buriel, R. (1994). Immigration and education of Mexican Americans.

In A. Hurtado & E.E. Garcia (Eds.) The educational achievement of Latinos: Barriers and successes (pp. 197-226). Santa Cruz, CA: Regents of the University

of California.

Buriel, R. & Reigadas E. (In press). Diferencias de genero en las aspiraciones

y expectativas academicas y el nivel de educacion que los padres Mejico

Americanos desean para sus hijos. Revista de Psicologia Social y Personalidad.

Mexico.

Buriel, R. & De Ment, T. (In press). Immigration and sociocultural change in

Mexican-, Chinese-, and Vietnamese American families. In A. Booth (Ed.)

Immigration and the family: Research and policy in U.S. immigrants.

Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Gaines, S. O., Jr., Rios, D. I., & Buriel, R. (Forthcoming). Familism and interpersonal

resource exchange among Latinas/os. In S. O. Gaines, Jr. (Ed.), Culture, values,

ethnicity and relationship processes. London: Routledge.

Parke, R. D. & Buriel, R. (In press). Socialization in the family: Ethnic and ecological perspectives. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.) The handbook of child psychology. New York: Wiley.

Technical and Research Reports:

Mexican American Advisory Committee. (1981). The Achievement

of Mexican American Children. Sacramento, California:

California State Department of Education.

Buriel, R. (1981). Locus of control antecedents of Anglo-American

and Mexican American Children. Psychology Department, Pomona

College, Claremont, CA. ERIC Document Reproduction Service,

Identification Number ED 190956.

Buriel, R., Vasquez, R., Rivera, L., & Saenz, E. (1981).

Identity with traditional Mexican American Culture and socio-

cultural adjustment. Psychology Department, Pomona College,

Claremont, CA. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, Identification

Number ED 193583.

Buriel, R. (1982). Acculturation and biculturalism among three

generations of Mexican American and Anglo school children.

Project Follow Through, University of California, Santa Cruz.

ERIC Document Reproduction Service, Identification Number Ed

207741.

Buriel, R., & Cardoza, D. (1984). The relationship of Spanish

language background to academic achievement: A comparison of

three generations of Mexican American and Euro-American high

school students. Research Report R-37, National Center for

Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, CA.

Buriel, R. (1986). Latino Value Systems. Report submitted to

MultiCultural Media Corp., Seattle, Washington.

Buriel, R. & Kennedy, J. (1986). Educating children of foreign-

and native born parentage: Implications for Binational

education, empowerment and policy. Report submitted to the

Tomas Rivera Center for Policy Studies, Claremont, CA.

Buriel, R. (1987). Academic performance of foreign-and native

born Mexican Americans: A comparison of first- second- and

third generation students and parents. Report submitted to

the Inter-University Program (IUP) for Latino Research,

University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Also published as Working

Paper No. 14. New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research.

A project for the Inter-University Program for

Latino Research and The Social Science Research Council.

Buriel, R. (1993). Immigration and education of Mexican Americans.

Paper prepared for The University of California Task Force on

Latino Eligibility. Spring Symposium, May 17, 1993, Los

Angeles, CA.

Conference Papers:

4/9/76 The relationship of three cognitive style measures to

the reading and math achievement of Mexican American and

Anglo American children of two grade levels. Papers

read at Symposium of Field Dependence, Development of

Cognitive Abilities, and Acculturation among Anglo

American andMexican American Children, Annual Meeting

of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles,

California.

4/9/76 Cognitive style among Mexican Americans: A

generational interpretation. Paper read at

Symposium of Field Dependence, Development of

Cognitive Abilites, and Acculturation among Anglo

American and Mexican American Children, Annual Meeting

of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles,

California.

10/9/79 Child abuse and neglect referral patterns of Anglo

and Mexican Americans: Aspects of service delivery.

Paper presented at the Fourth National Conference on

Child Abuse and Neglect, Los Angeles, California.

5/7/80 Locus of Control antecedents of Anglo- and Mexican

American Children. Paper presented at the Annual

Convention of the Western Psychological Association,

Honolulu,Hawaii. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No.

ED 190956).

5/8/80 Identity with traditional Mexican American culture

and sociocultural adjustment. Paper presented at

the AnnualConvention of the Western Psychological

Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. (ERIC Document

Reproduction Service No. ED 193583).

4/9/81 Teacher interactions with Anglo and Mexican

American children: The role of sex, ethnicity, and

teachers'expectancy for achievement. Paper presented at

the Annual Convention of Western Psychological

Association, Los Angeles, California.

4/10/81 Reinforcement of effort: Traditional and non-

traditional Mexican American mothers. Paper presented

at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological

Association, Los Angeles, California.

4/10/81 Educational aspirations, expectation, and deviancy

among three generations of Mexican American male

adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual Convention

of The Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles,

California.

3/26/82 Integration with traditional Mexican American culture

and sociocultural adjustment. Paper presented at the

Second Symposium on Chicano Psychology, the

University of California, Riverside.

10/11/83 Integration with traditional Mexican American culture

and adaptation to United States society. Paper presented

at the conference on Ethnicity, Acculturation and Mental

Health, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,

New Mexico.

1/13/84 The socialization of ethnic identity among

Mexican American children. Paper presented at the

Study Group on Ethnic Identity and Socializaiton,

California State University, Los Angeles California.

3/20/87 Understanding the motives behind Mexican American

school achievement. Paper presented at the annual

Claremont Reading Conference, Claremont, California.

10/12/87 Mexican American families and sociocultural change.

Paper presented at The First Binational Conference

on Mexico-U.S. Migration: Psychosocial Issues.

University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

3/29/88 Chicano and Women's Studies: Looking for common ground.

Paper presented at the forum on Coeducation at Pomona

College: The second century. Pomona College, Claremont,

California.

4/28/88 Mexican American ethnic labeling: An intrafamilial

and intergenerational analysis. Paper presented at

The Second Symposium on Ethnic Identity. Arizona State

University, Tempe, Arizona.

10/18/90 Academic performance of foreign- and native born Mexican

Americans: A comparison of first-, second- and third

generation students and parents. Paper presented at the

annual Ford Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows' Conference,

University of California, Irvine, California.

4/25/91 Sociocultural correlates of socialization in Mexican

American families. Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco,

California.

4/27/91 Social ecology, personality and achievement of Mexican

American adolescents. Poster session at the annual

meeting of The Western Psychological Association, San

Francisco, California.

8/16/94 Biculturalism and ethnic identity - Latinos' level of satisfaction

with college. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, California.

10/12/94 Diferencias de genero en las aspiraciones y expectativas academicas

y el nivel de educacion que los padres Mejico Americanos desean

para sus hijos. Paper presented at the V. Congreso de Psicologia,

Merida, Mexico.

11/3/95 Immigration and sociocultural change in Mexican-, Chinese-, and

Vietnamese American families. Invited paper presented at The

International Conference on Migration and the Family. The

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA