
Patrisia C Gonzales
- Associate Professor, Mexican American Studies
- Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-0408
- CESAR E CHAVEZ, Rm. 208
- TUCSON, AZ 85721-0023
- pgonza@arizona.edu
Biography
As the granddaughter of Kickapoo, Commanche and Macehual peoples who migrated across present-day United States and Mexico, Patrisia Gonzales specializes in Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous medicine. She has won numerous human rights awards for her writings.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Mass Communications
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- “Birth is a Ceremony: Story and Formulas of Thought in Indigenous Medicine and Indigenous Communications”
Work Experience
- Native American Research & Training Center (2010 - Ongoing)
- American Indian Studies (2008 - Ongoing)
- Mexican American Studies (2007 - Ongoing)
- Universal Press Syndicate (1992 - 2008)
Awards
- Community Recognition
- Changing Women Inititiave, Fall 2020
- Student/Faculty Interaction (SFI) Grant
- Student-FacultyEngagement Programs within Campus Life., Fall 2020
- Faculty fellow 2018-2020
- Agnese Nelms Haury Program for Social Justice and the Environment, Fall 2018
- Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition
- U.S. House of Representative Raul Grijalva, Spring 2017
- International Research Development Grant
- University of Arizona Office of Global Initiatives, Summer 2016
- Faculty Sabbatical
- Social Behavorial Sciences, Fall 2015
- Online Education Project Course Development Awards
- Office of Instruction and Assessment, Fall 2015
- Faculty Fellow
- Udall Center for the Study of Public Policy, Spring 2014
- What type of organization made the award?: American Indian Research Centers for Health ;Description: Four year fellowship to train American Indian researchers through the Native American Research and Training Center at the University of Arizona.;, Fall 2010
- AIRCH UA American Indian Research Center for Health grant
- What type of organization made the award?: NARTC & Intertribal Council of Arizona;Description: I have just completed a four year training fellowship of junior Native faculty through the AIRCH grant. As part of the grant, I received training in mixed methods research, digital storytelling, Indigenous science and knowledge and co-coordinated a special edition on Traditional Indian Medicine for the Fourth World Journal. I received additional professional development by attending the American Indian Physicians Association conferences at their national meeting and their Cross-Cultural Medicine workshop, and an Indian Health Service Conference on Indigenous Women's Health.;, Fall 2012
- 2009-2013 AIRCH Fellowship Participant
- American Indian Research Center for Health;Type of Organization: American Indian Research Center;, Spring 2012
- Author's Support Fund
- Office of the Provost, Fall 2011
- Faculty fellow
- What type of organization made the award?: Native American Research and Traning Insitute;Description: I continue to serve as a fellow on a training grant of Native researchers.;, Fall 2011
- Junior Faculty Sabbatical
- What type of organization made the award?: SBS;Description: My sabbatical was used to complete my book, Red Medicine.;, Fall 2011
- American Indian Research Centers for Health Faculty/ Researcher Development Program
- What type of organization made the award? Intertribal Council of ArizonaDescription: Four year fellowship to train American Indian researchers.;, Fall 2009
- RTDNA/Unity Award for Way of the Warrior Documentary
- What type of organization made the award?: Radio-Television News Directors Association ;Description: Drs. Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez are part of the documentary team that was awarded the prestigious 2008 National RTNDA/UNITY award for "Way of theWarrior," a documentary on American Indian war veterans. Gonzales and Rodriguez, faculty in the Mexican American Studies and Research Center, served as assistant producers on the documentary, which aired nationally on PBS in 2007. There are only three television UNITY awards given nationally - onefor small market, one for large, and one for network. "Way of theWarrior' won in the small market category. The Radio-Television News Directors Association presented the winners of the 9th Annual RTNDA/UNITY Awards as part of the galaopening of the 2008 UNITY Convention, the country's largest gatheringof journalists of color, in Chicago last July 2008. ;, Fall 2008
Interests
Teaching
Indigenous Medicine, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Mesoamerican codices
Research
Indigenous Medicine, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Mesoamerican codices
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Dissertation
MAS 920 (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
MAS 599 (Spring 2025) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
MAS 920 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
MAS 699 (Fall 2024) -
Research
MAS 900 (Fall 2024) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Internship
MAS 593 (Summer I 2024) -
Dissertation
MAS 920 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
MAS 699 (Spring 2024) -
Research
MAS 900 (Spring 2024) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
MAS 920 (Fall 2023) -
Research
MAS 900 (Fall 2023) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Independent Study
MAS 699 (Summer I 2023) -
Dissertation
MAS 920 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
MAS 599 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
MAS 699 (Spring 2023) -
Internship
MAS 293 (Spring 2023) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
MAS 920 (Fall 2022) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 435 (Fall 2022) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 535 (Fall 2022) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
LAS 435 (Fall 2022) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
LAS 535 (Fall 2022) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 435 (Fall 2022) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 535 (Fall 2022) -
Preceptorship
MAS 591 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Internship
MAS 593 (Spring 2022) -
Research
MAS 900 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
AIS 920 (Fall 2021) -
Hemispheric Indigenous Conscio
LAS 596N (Fall 2021) -
Hemispheric Indigenous Conscio
MAS 596N (Fall 2021) -
Hemispheric Indigenous Conscio
SPAN 596N (Fall 2021) -
Research
MAS 900 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Am Indian Medicine+Well
MAS 160A1 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
MAS 699 (Spring 2021) -
Internship
MAS 593 (Spring 2021) -
Internship
MAS 593 (Fall 2020) -
Preceptorship
MAS 591 (Fall 2020) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
AIS 505 (Fall 2020) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
MAS 505 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Independent Study
AIS 699 (Spring 2020) -
Internship
MAS 593 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
AIS 599 (Fall 2019) -
Internship
MAS 593 (Fall 2019) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 435 (Fall 2019) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 535 (Fall 2019) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
LAS 435 (Fall 2019) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
LAS 535 (Fall 2019) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 435 (Fall 2019) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 535 (Fall 2019) -
Research
MAS 900 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Independent Study
AIS 599 (Spring 2019) -
Internship
AIS 593 (Spring 2019) -
Internship
MAS 593 (Spring 2019) -
Internship
MAS 593 (Fall 2018) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
AIS 405 (Fall 2018) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
AIS 505 (Fall 2018) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
MAS 405 (Fall 2018) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
MAS 505 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Independent Study
AIS 699 (Summer I 2018) -
Am Indian Medicine+Well
MAS 160A1 (Spring 2018) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 435 (Spring 2018) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 535 (Spring 2018) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 435 (Spring 2018) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 535 (Spring 2018) -
Preceptorship
MAS 491 (Spring 2018) -
Am Indian Medicine+Well
MAS 160A1 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Independent Study
MAS 699 (Summer I 2017) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Summer I 2017) -
Am Indian Medicine+Well
MAS 160A1 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
MAS 199 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
MAS 699 (Spring 2017) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 435 (Spring 2017) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 535 (Spring 2017) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
LAS 435 (Spring 2017) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 435 (Spring 2017) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 535 (Spring 2017) -
Preceptorship
MAS 591 (Spring 2017) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Spring 2017) -
Latinos+Latinas:Emrg Isu
MAS 365 (Fall 2016) -
Mex-Am Studies PhD Colloquium
MAS 695A (Fall 2016) -
Thesis
AIS 910 (Fall 2016) -
Thesis
MAS 910 (Fall 2016) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
AIS 405 (Fall 2016) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
AIS 505 (Fall 2016) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
MAS 405 (Fall 2016) -
Traditional Indian Medicine
MAS 505 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Am Indian Medicine+Well
MAS 160A1 (Spring 2016) -
Dissertation
AIS 920 (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
MAS 599 (Spring 2016) -
Internship
AIS 593 (Spring 2016) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
AIS 435 (Spring 2016) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 435 (Spring 2016) -
Mex Traditional Medicine
MAS 535 (Spring 2016) -
Preceptorship
MAS 591 (Spring 2016) -
Thesis
AIS 910 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Gonzales, P. C. (2020). Traditional Indian Medicine. Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt.More infoRevised Edition.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012). Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing. Tucson: University of Arizona.More infoYour Role: sole author;
Chapters
- Gonzales, P. C. (2019). A Baby's Prayer. In Voices From the Ancestors and Beyond: Chicanx/Latinx Healing Practices and Spiritual Expressions.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2019). Preface: Love Note in the Key of Trauma. In Yolqui: A Warrior Returns from the Spirit World.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2019). The Dharma and the Dragon Girl. In Voices From the Ancestors and Beyond: Chicanx/Latinx Healing Practices and Spiritual Expressions. University of Arizona Press.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018). Its not 'traditional' without the elders: Espistemelogical Authority in Macehual Medicine System. In The Politics of Indigenous Spaces: Forging Indigenous Places in Intertwined Worlds. Routledge.More infoCo authored with traditional healers and a graduate student: Aurelio Ramírez Cazarez, Filomena Sedillo Parra, Aurelio Ramírez Campos, Raúl Ramírez Guerrero, Emma Ramírez Campos, Hortencia Ramírez Campos, Darlane Santacruz and Patrisia Gonzales
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017). Water is Life. In Traditional Indian Medicine: American Indian Wellness(pp 417-419). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.More infoI created curriculum on the Standing Rock movement, which was a new chapter in my e-textbook.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014). Anatomy of Learning. In Fleshing the Spirit(pp 218-255). Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008). Patzin: Trauma, Love and History. Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN), UNAM.More infoThis chapter will appear in Speaking desde las heridas. Cibertestimonios Transfronterizos/ Transborder (September 11, 2001 - March 11, 2007) ;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008). The Home Among the Stones. In Entre Guadalupe y Tonantzin. University of Texas Press.More infoThe book explores Tejanas' relationship to place as Chicanas from Texas. My book chapter examines my family's relationship to a landbase and a living landscape.;Your Role: main author;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014). Anatomy of Learning. In Fleshing the Spirit. Tucson: University of Arizona.
Journals/Publications
- Crocker, R. M., Crocker, R. M., Gonzales, P. C., & Gonzales, P. C. (2021). "Santos Remedios: How Mexican Immigrants Use Authoritative Healing Knowledge to Survive Migration.". Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-021-09734-5More info"Santos Remedios: How Mexican Immigrants Use Authoritative Healing Knowledge to Survive Migration." November 2020. Crocker Rebecca M. and Gonzales, Patrisia. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2021). “Come Correct or Don’t Come at All:” Building More Equitable Relationships Between Archival Studies Scholars and Community Archives.". UCLA.More infoCaswell, Michelle Douglas, Jennifer Chow, June et al.12-1-2021. Peer reviewed. Caswell, M., Douglas, J., Chow, J., Bradshaw, R., Mallick, S., Karthikeyan, N., et al. (2021). “Come Correct or Don’t Come at All:” Building More Equitable Relationships Between Archival Studies Scholars and Community Archives. UCLA. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7v00k2qz
- Satter, D. (2021). American Indian and Alaska Native Knowledge and Public Health for the Primary Prevention of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP).. Department of Justice Journal..More infoAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Knowledge and Public Health for the Primary Prevention of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP). January 2021. Invited Journal: Department of Justice Journal. Delight E. Satter (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde), Laura M. Mercer Kollar.. Chester L. Antone (Tohono O’odham Nation). Elizabeth Carr (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians). Michele Connolly (Blackfeet). Felina Cordova-Marks (Hopi). Kevin English. Miguel Flores, Jr. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Tohono O’odham Nation). Patrisia Gonzales (Kickapoo, Comanche and Macehual). Tara Ramanathan Holiday. Bette Jacobs (Cherokee Nation). Michelle Kahn-John (Diné).Amanda Moreland, Theda New Breast ‘Makoyohsokoyi’ (Amskapipikuni [Blackfeet] from The Blackfoot Confederacy). Ninez A. Ponce. Sharon G. Smith. Teshia G. Arambula Solomon (Choctaw/Mexican-American). Antony Stately (Ojibwe/Oneida). Rose Weahkee (Diné). Samantha Bent Weber. Debra O’Gara ‘Djik Sook’ (Cedar Bark House of the Teeyhittaan Clan of Wrangell).
- Gonzales, P. C. (2020). Land-Water-Womb Cosmologic: Protocols in Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Eco-Psychology. Special Issue on Wisdom Traditions, Science and Care for the Earth., Vol. 12(2), 84-90.
- Gonzales, P. C., Cabrera, J., & Gentry, B. (2020). A Té Qík'xyé Toj Nin K'ul Ex Toj Chg'ajlaj: When We Cross the Mountains and Desert, Indigenous Forced Migration in Abiayala.. Cultural Survival Journal.More infoJuanita Cabrera, Patrisia Gonzales and Blake Gentry. March 2020. A Té Qík'xyé Toj Nin K'ul Ex Toj Chg'ajlaj: When We Cross the Mountains and Desert, Indigenous Forced Migration in Abiayala. Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine. 44-1.
- Cabrera, J., Gonzales, P. C., Starks, R., & Brady, L. (2019). Cabrera, Juanita, Gonzales, Patrisia, Starks, Rachel, Brady, Lorena. September 2019. “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Exist, Self Determination, Language and Due Process In Migration.” Report submitted to the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of the United States human rights record.. United Nations, 15.
- Gonzales, P. C., Rodriguez, R., Starks, R., Ortiz, J., Pepion, M., & Saavedra-Lira, C. (2019). Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras Land Acknowledgement 2019 Statement developed by AISF Indigenous Advocates program.. www.indigenousalliance.org.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012). Ant Medicine: A narrative ecology.. Journal of Chicana Latina Studies.More info;Full Citation: Ant Medicine: A narrative ecology. Journal of Chicana Latina Studies. Spring 2012. Vol. 11, 2.;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012). Calling Our Spirits Back: Indigenous ways of diagnosing and treating soul sickness.. Fourth World Journal, 11(25-39).More info;Full Citation: Calling Our Spirits Back: Indigenous ways of diagnosing and treating soul sickness. Autumn 2012. Fourth World Journal, vol. 11: 2.;
Presentations
- Gonzales, P. C. (2019, October). “The Four Elements are Our Grandparents.”. Keynote to Native American Indigenous People’s Day Symposium. Invited.. Forth Worth, Texas: Texas Christian University.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2020, September). Into Our Hands: Revitalizing Indigenous Midwifery. Workshop on Innovative Models of Care for Reducing Inequities in Maternal HealthNational Institute of Health.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018, August). The Environment as Medicine: Creating a Healing Place. Association of American Indian Physicians. Arizona: Association of American Indian Physicians.More infoCo-Presented with Miguel Flores
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018, May). Indigenous health series.. Native American Indigenous Studies Association.. Los Angeles, CA: Native American Indigenous Studies Association.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018, November). Returning the Ground of Living Indigenous Knowledges. Native American Indigenous Studies Colloquium, University of Texas at Austin. University of Texas at Austin: Native American Indigenous Studies.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018, October). Calling Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Ways of Healing Trauma. Kalispel Tribe of Indians Healing Tree conference.. Spokan, WA: Kalispel Tribe of Indians.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018, October). Heart Medicine. Kalispel Tribe of Indians Tree of Life Conference. Spokan, WA.: Kalispel Tribe of Indians.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, April). Calling Back Our Spirits: Healing Spirit Sickness. Understanding Historical Trauma at the Community College. Pasadena City College: Pasadena City College.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, July). Indigenous roundtable on traditional ecological knowledge. Healing Turtle Island convocation. University of Maine, Orono.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, March). Innovations in Indigenous Knowledge. Native American Research and Training Center Winter Institute. Unviversity of Arizona: Native American Research and Training Center.More infoAs part of my mentoring efforts, I presented with five graduate students from four different classes, showcasing their research vlogs as innovative ways to present their research and bio sketches.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, October). Protocols and Medicine Mixing. Indigenous Birthworkers preconference. Long Beach, CA: Midwifery Alliance of North America.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, October). The Plants are Our Elders. American Herbalist Guild. Oregon: American HerbalistGuild.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, September). Elemental Medicine. Spirit of the Eagles. Niagra Falls, NY: Mayo Clinic.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2017, September). Medicine Baths in Midwifery Care. Indigenous Birthworkers Network. Anchorage, Alaska: Indigenous Birthworkers Network.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, June). Heart Medicine: Where Science and Indigenous Medicine Converge. He Manua Whenua Indigenous Research Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand. Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Wakaito.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, June). Indigenous Birthing Knowledge. Tamaraki/Indigenous Knowledge Development Conference. Palmerton North, New Zealand: Tamariki School.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, June). Lighting our Sacred Fires: Indigenous Researchers in the Academy. colloquium. University of Massey: Maori Studies.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, June). The Unseen World of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Colliquium, Department of Human Geography and Development. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Geography.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, March). Ceremony of Return: Indigenous Healing: The Land-Body-Time. Colloquium Women's History Month. the University of Texas at San Antonio: Department of Women and Gender Studies.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, March). Red Medicine Book Signing. Southwest Indian Market. Phoenix: Heard Museum.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, October). The Unseen World of Indigenous Healing Systems. Series on Healing and and the Southwest. Colorado College: Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, October). Traditional Medicine and Aging in the Southwest. Series on Healing and the Southwest. Colorado College: Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, October). Traditional Technologies in Birth. Indigenous Knoweldge Keepers and Birthworkers. Albuquerque, N.M>: Midwives of Alliance of North America.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, June). "Aint No Indian's in Texas" Rountable. Native American Indigenous Studies National Conference. Austin, Texas: NAISA.More infoThis was an historic presentation by Indigenous researchers from the state of Texas, contesting the master narrative of the "dead Indian" in Texas.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, March). Red Medicine: Rethinking Traditional Indigenous Knowledge. colloquium. Fresno, California.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, March). Rethinking the Archives through Red Medicine. University of Washington. Seattle, Washington: Jackson School of International Studies: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), Comparative History of Ideas, Center for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Native Organization of Indigenous Scholars (NOIS), Department of Anthropology.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, March). The Four Elements as Primary Medicine. Indian Pathways to Health. University of Wasthington.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, March). Traditional Indian Medicine. American Indian Health College of Medicine. University of Washington School of Medicine: Indian Health Pathway (IHP).More infoI was invited to present and development programming for the program Indian Health Pathway (IHP). As part of my presentations, I presented to the American Indian Health Course. The course is part of the requirements which medical students who want to complete a certificate in the UW School of Medicine
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, May). The Unwritten Texts in Tribal Education Policy. Faculty Fellows Research Presentation. Udall Center for the Study of Public Policy.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, October). "Heart Medicine: Where Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science Converge". The International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD). Manitoba.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, April). The Unseen Realms in Traditional Indigenous Medicine. Colloquim. University of Arizona: Institute for the Study of Religion & Culture.More info“The Unseen Realms in Traditional Indigenous Medicine.” April 2, 2013. Institute for the Study of Religion & Culture, University of Arizona. Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, April). Webs of Knowledge: Red Medicine and Indigenous Knowledges. Colloquim. University of California, Berkeley.: Mutlicultural Center.More infoWebs of Knowledge: Red Medicine and Indigenous Knowledges. University of California, Berkeley. April 10, 2013. Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, February). Birthing, Plants and Calendars. Seed Library event. Tucson: Tucson Public Library.More info“Birthing, Plants and Calendars.” February 9, 2013. Tucson Public Library. Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, March). Indigenous Midwifery. Reproductive Health: Pregnancy, Birth and Choice Across Cultures. University of Arizona: Tucson Festival of Books.More infoTucson Festival of Books, March 11, 2013 panel on Reproductive Health: “Pregnancy, Birth and Choice Across Cultures.” Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, March). Plants, Birthing and Indigenous Time Keeping. Colloquim. Miravista Community College..More info;Plants, Birthing and Indigenous Time Keeping. Miravista Community College. March 1, 2013. . Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, March). Red Medicine: Birth, Medicine and Female Power. Colloquim. San Diego State University: Women & Gender Studies.More infoRed Medicine: Birth, Medicine and Female Power. San Diego State University. March 1, 2013. Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2013, November). Leadership and Traditional Healing. Building Networks for Leading Change. Detroit, MI: W.K.Kellogg Foundation.More infoW.K.Kellogg Foundation leadership conference. Building Networks for Leading Change. Nov. 22, 2013. Detroit, Michigan. Plenary speaker. Invited.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2014, April). Diversity Panel. University of MichiganNational Center for Institutional Diversity.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012, 2012-06-01). Walking with elders as authorities in Traditional Indigenous Medicine. Native Research Network Plenary. Seattle.More infoWalking with elders as authorities in Traditional Indigenous Medicine.June 2012. Native Research Network plenary. Seattle. Invited.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012, 2012-08-01). Researching the first ecology. Research in Indigenous Community Health Conference. Duluth, Minnesota.More infoResearching the first ecology. August 2012. Research in Indigenous Community Health conference, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Invited keynote for inaurguration of research center.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012, 2012-09-01). "Birth is a Ceremony". Midwives Alliance of North American National Conference. Monterrey, CA.More info"Birth is a Ceremony." Midwives Alliance of North American national conference, Monterrey, CA. September 2012. Invited keynote.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012, 2013-04-01). The Sacred Charge of Midwives. Midwives Alliance of North America Western Region Conference. Tempe, AZ.More infoThe sacred charge of midwives. February 2012. Midwives Alliance of North America Western region conference. Tempe, AZ. Invited keynote.;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2012, 2013-04-01). Traditional Indigenous Medicine. American Indian Physicians Association. Santa Fe, N.M..More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C., Hopkins, A., Gonzales, P., & Solomon, T. (2012, 2012-06-01). Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Community Healing Garden as an Ourdoor Classroom. Native Research Network. Seattle.More info;Your Role: co-investigator;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2011, 2011-04-01). Susto among Mexican migrants. Idaho State Physician's Assistants Program.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2011, 2011-05-01). It's Not Traditional without the Elders. Native American Indigenous Studies Conference. University of Davis, Sacramento.More info;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2010, 2010-02-01). Traditional Education and Tree of Life Philosophies. Kellogg National Leadership Fellows Alliance. Tulum, Mexico.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2010, 2010-07-01). Calling Back Our Spirits: Susto and the Education System. Tucson Unified School District Teachers' Institute. University of Arizona.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2010, 2010-07-01). Traditional Birth Knowledge. International Summit on Indigenous Environmental Philosophy. Redstone, Oklahoma and University of North Texas.More infoI was one of twenty-two international delegates who discussed Indigenous environmental philosophies.;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Gonzales, P. C., & NA, . (2010, 2010-05-01). Mesoamerican codices as medicinal texts. Native American Indigenous Studies Association. Tucson, Arizona.More infoPaper was accepted but not presented because I gave up my spot to invited local participants to discuss Arizona human rights in response of Arizona boycott. ;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2009, 2009-03-01). Latinas Telling Testimonios project. Seminar on Testimonios. University of Utah.More info;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C., Rodriguez, R., & Dawley, M. (2009, 2009-02-01). Relocating Mexican Traditional Medicine as a Tributary of Indigenous Knowledge. Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association (joint annual conference). Albuquerque, New Mexico.More info;Your Role: I was the chair for the panel.;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C., Rodriguez, R., & Dawley, M. (2009, 2009-05-01). Calling Our Spirits Back: Understanding Soul Loss/Susto as an Intervention in Intergenerational Trauma. Native American Indigenous Studies Association. Minneapolis, Minnesota.More info;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C., Rodriguez, R., Starks, R., & Matus, J. (2009, 2009-07-01). The Borders Crossed Us.. Native American Journalists Association. Albuquerque, New Mexico.More infoPlenary on recent impacts of border policies on Indigenous peoples. ;Your Role: I was the chair and organizer.;Submitted: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Rachael Starks is with Native Nations Institute. Jose Matus is with Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras.;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-03-01). Suenos and Sacred Sight. National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies. Austin, Texas.More info;Submitted: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: I served as chair and co-ordinator of the panel "Suenos, Protocols and Sacred Sites of Knowing" as part of my collaboration with other panel scholars, who are all members of the Indigenous Studies division. The panel also contributed to the development of the Indigenous Studies division of NACCS.;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-04-01). Dreams as Indigenous Methodology. American Indian Studies Colloquium. University of Arizona.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-06-01). Birth is a Ceremony. Nacer es Renacer midwifery conference. Chiapas, Mexico.More infoI was invited to present to Mexican midwives on birthing ceremonies and their relationship to the Mexican codices. This provided an opportunity to gain feedback from Indigenous midwives regarding my theories and application of the imagery to historic and contemporary birthing knowledge in the Americas;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-07-01). Hidden Narratives of Indigenous Peoples in the Immigration Debate. Unity, Journalists of Color. Chicago, Il..More infoMy presentation was sponsored by USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism as part of a pre-conference workshop on immigration coverage. The conference attracted 5,000 journalists of color and my presentation on Indigenous migration from south of the border spurred two articles. ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-11-01). Hidden Narratives of Indigenous Peoples in Immigration. Native American Journalists Association. University of Arizona.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-11-01). Red Medicine: Relocating Curanderismo. Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2008-12-01). Calling Our Spirits Back: Relocating Curanderismo in Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Department Colloquium. Mexican American Studies and Research Center.More info;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2009-03-01). Historical Trauma and Susto. Reversing the Trend: Resilience in the Face of Historical Trauma. University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, 2009-05-01). Female Cosmologies in the Codices. MEChA student conference. Eastern Washington University.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited keynote speaker to student conference;
- Gonzales, P. C., & Rodriguez, R. (2008, 2008-02-01). Talking Stories: When the Hidden Becomes Public. Southwest/ Texas Popular Culture Association. Albuquerque, N.M..More infoThis presentation concerned hidden texts in Mesoamerican codices and contemporary Indigenous narratives and a jointly produced documentary.;Submitted: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Gonzales, P. C., & Rodriguez, R. (2008, 2009-03-01). Welcoming comments and exhibit explanation. Centeotzintli: Sacred Maiz. A 7,000-year Ceremonial Discourse. University of Arizona Main Library.More info;Your Role: I collaborated in mentoring eleven graduate students in my MAS 530 class as co-researchers with Dr. Roberto Rodriguez in an exhibit and symposium at the Main Library and at the Arizona State Museum. I assisted in the design and elaborated one of the museum cases on Mexican Traditional Medicine and its relationship to corn.;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;Type of Presentation: comments to opening of exhibt at Main Library;
Reviews
- Gonzales, P. C. (2018. American Indian Medicine Ways. Spiritual Power, Prophets, and Healing. Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. University of Arizona Press..
Other Teaching Materials
- Gentry, B., Gonzales, P. C., & Cabrera, J. (2021. Promising Practices for Legal Assistance to Indigenous Children in Detention.. Report developed for a training for the American Bar Association..More infoGentry, Blake, Gonzales, Patrisia, Juanita Cabrera. April 2020. Promising Practices for Legal Assistance to Indigenous Children in Detention. Report developed for a training for the American Bar Association.
Others
- Gonzales, P. C., Grantham, R., Cavendar-Wilson, A., & Farrell, M. (2020, September). Into Our Hands: Revitalizing Indigenous Birth. National Insitute of Health.
- Babelu, R. R., Wilson, N., Lopez, M., & Gonzales, P. C. (2019, February). “Sage Circle: Indigenous Critical Thinking.”. Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, Healing Our Nations, Offering Resiliency (HONOR) and Sage (Indigenous Critical Thinking) Circle for Healing of Our Indigenous Communities..More info“Sage Circle: Indigenous Critical Thinking.” 2019. Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, Healing Our Nations, Offering Resiliency (HONOR) and Sage (Indigenous Critical Thinking) Circle for Healing of Our Indigenous Communities. Supported by the UA Consortium on Gender-Based Violence Innovation Fund grant: “Creating a Rapid Response Network to Address Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls.” Developed by Rachel Rose Babelu Starks, (Zuni/Navajo) University of Arizona; Nicholas Wilson, (Diné) University of Arizona; Melodie Lopez, (Hopi/Navajo/Pueblo) Indigenous Strategies, and Patrisia Gonzales, (Kickapoo/Comanche/Macehual), University of Arizona.
- Starks, R. R., Wilson, N., Lopez, M., & Gonzales, P. C. (2019, October). “Sage Circle: Indigenous Critical Thinking.”. Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, Healing Our Nations, Offering Reslience (HONOR) and Sage (Indigenous Critical Thinking) Circle for Healing of Our Indigenous Communities..More info“Sage Circle: Indigenous Critical Thinking.” 2019. Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, Healing Our Nations, Offering Resiliency (HONOR) and Sage (Indigenous Critical Thinking) Circle for Healing of Our Indigenous Communities. Supported by the UA Consortium on Gender-Based Violence Innovation Fund grant: “Creating a Rapid Response Network to Address Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls.” Developed by Rachel Rose Babelu Starks, (Zuni/Navajo) University of Arizona; Nicholas Wilson, (Diné) University of Arizona; Melodie Lopez, (Hopi/Navajo/Pueblo) Indigenous Strategies, and Patrisia Gonzales, (Kickapoo/Comanche/Macehual), University of Arizona.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2015, July). Language Policy Report to the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. Internal report for the KTTT Language Department and Tribal Council.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2011). Attended a conference on Indigenous Reproductive Health (September 2011), sponsored by Indian Health.More infoAttended a conference on Indigenous Reproductive Health (September 2011), sponsored by Indian Health Services, creating new research alliances and to gain knowledge to incorporate in my courses on American Indian Medicine.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2011, October). Attended the conference Binational Health Week Symposium "Traditional Medicine, Yerberos, C.More infoAttended the conference Binational Health Week Symposium "Traditional Medicine, Yerberos, Curanderos, Hueseros, and Chicken Soup for Health," University of Texas at Arlington (October 2011) to develop potential research networks.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2009). I have participated in a research collaborative with Dr. Antonio Estrada and El Rio Neighborhood Cen.More infoI have participated in a research collaborative with Dr. Antonio Estrada and El Rio Neighborhood Center. This partnership resulted in the submission of a five year grant using community based participatory research to convene and interview local residents regarding Latino cultural perceptions and practices related to health and wellness.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008). As part of my research trip to Chiapas to present my research on Indigenous birthing, I iniated pote.More infoAs part of my research trip to Chiapas to present my research on Indigenous birthing, I iniated potential research relationships with Mixtec midwives in Oaxaca to pursue developing health literacy materials using pre-Columbian birth imagery.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008). In September 2008, I met with a midwife from Tewa Women United, an American Indian women's organizat.More infoIn September 2008, I met with a midwife from Tewa Women United, an American Indian women's organization, to pursue possible collaborative research. I continue to develop relationships with the organization as part of respectful and reciprocal research protocols.
- Gonzales, P. C. (2008, January). community service intersection.More infoMy community service intersects with my research interests and I use community presentations as a site for developing preliminary research questions on Indigenous knowledge and adaption of healing systems. As such, I presented at the Dona Predicanda Traditional Medicine gathering in Alburquerque, N.M. in September 2008.