Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader
Eds. Michael Hames-García & Ernesto Javier Martínez
Duke University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0822349556
2011 | Edited Volume
The authors of the essays in this unique collection explore the lives and cultural contributions of gay Latino men in the United States, while also analyzing the political and theoretical stakes of gay Latino studies.
The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education
EDS., Stephanie Fryberg & Ernesto Javier Martínez
Palgrave Press
ISBN 978-1137456052
2014 | Edited Volume
"The Truly Diverse Faculty will be the 'go to' book for university leaders who aspire to create, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty but who too frequently fail to grasp what that goal requires of our higher education institutions." -- Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Michigan
The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education
EDS., Stephanie Fryberg & Ernesto Javier Martínez
Palgrave Press
ISBN 978-1137456052
2014 | Edited Volume
"The Truly Diverse Faculty will be the 'go to' book for university leaders who aspire to create, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty but who too frequently fail to grasp what that goal requires of our higher education institutions." -- Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Michigan
On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility
By Ernesto Javier Martínez
Stanford University Press
ISBN 978-0804783408
2012 | Monograph
On Making Sense juxtaposes texts produced by black, Latino, and Asian queer writers and artists to understand how knowledge is acquired and produced in contexts of racial and gender oppression.
On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility
By Ernesto Javier Martínez
Stanford University Press
ISBN 978-0804783408
2012 | Monograph
On Making Sense juxtaposes texts produced by black, Latino, and Asian queer writers and artists to understand how knowledge is acquired and produced in contexts of racial and gender oppression.
Writer | Filmmaker | Educator
Ernesto Javier Martínez
INDEPENDENT FILM - Writer | Producer
LA SERENATA
Live Action Feature | 80 min. | Locked Cut
COMING SOON
Directed by Adelina Anthony
Written by Adelina Anthony & Ernesto Javier Martínez
Produced by Ernesto Javier Martínez, Adelina Anthony, and Marisa Becerra
Two parents struggle with their beloved Mexican musical tradition when their young son requests to sing a love song to another boy, ushering them into a larger community battle for social justice.
LA SERENATA
Live Action Short | HBO Max | 13 min.
Directed by Adelina Anthony
Written by Ernesto Javier Martínez
Produced by Ernesto Javier Martínez, Adelina Anthony, and Marisa Becerra
AWARDS:
HBO Latinx Short Film Competition Award
Imagen Award for Best Short Film, Imagen Foundation
Jury Award for Best Short Film, Long Beach Queer Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Youth Short, Seattle Queer Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Short Film, OUT Film Connecticut
Audience Award for Best Short Film, International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND TELEVISION
CUANDO AMAMOS CANTAMOS/
WHEN WE LOVE SOMEONE WE SING TO THEM
Written by Ernesto Javier Martínez
Illustrated by Maya Gonzalez
Translated by Jorge Gabriel Martínez Feliciano
An award-winning bilingual story about Mexican music, family, and the many ways children learn to express love.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
Winner of two International Latino Book Award Gold Medals
Selected for the American Library Association Rainbow Book List
Selected for the LGBTQ Writers in Schools Featured Book
Selected for GLSEN's Rainbow Library
Selected for Pride and Less Prejudice's Rainbow Library
DANIEL VISITS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD: THE MOVIE
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Season 6
PBS Kids | 44 min.
Written by Jill Cozza-Turner and Ernesto Javier Martínez
(Clip from the movie)
"Musical Show and Share"
Sesame Street in Communities
YouTube | 3 min.
Written by Ernesto Javier Martínez
"Rainy Day, Indoor Play"
Lyla in the Loop, Season 2
PBS Kids | 11 min.
Written by Ernesto Javier Martínez
(Clip from the episode)
SCHOLARSHIP
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About
Ernesto Javier Martínez is an award-winning author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and scholar who teaches in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon.
In children's media, he is best known for co-writing, with Jill Cozza-Turner, the animated kids movie Daniel Visits a New Neighborhood: The Movie (PBS Kids), writing and producing the short film La Serenata, directed by Adelina Anthony (HBO Max), and writing the award-winning children’s book Cuando Amamos Cantamos/ When We Love Someone, We Sing to Them, illustrated by Maya Christina González (Reflection Press).
As a scholar, he is the author of On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility (Stanford UP), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT studies, as well two edited volumes of scholarly essays: Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader (Duke UP), winner of the Lambda Literary Award for best LGBT anthology, and The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education (Palgrave).
His awards include the Fields Artist Fellowship (Oregon Community Foundation), Spark Award for Oregon Artists (Miller Foundation), two Lambda Literary Awards, two International Latino Book Awards, the Imagen Award (commonly known as the "Latin Golden Globes"), and the HBO Latinx Short Film Competition Award. At the University of Oregon, he has received the Provost's Faculty Excellence Award, the UO Foundation's Trustee Excellence Award, and the CAS Collegiate Faculty Award. He is also the recipient of national fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, and the National Association for Latino Independent Producers.
