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Collection Title: Maria Nieto Senour Papers
Dates: 1943-2014
Bulk Dates: 1977-2010
Identification: MS-0514
Creator:
Nieto Senour, Maria, 1943-
Physical Description: 4.75 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Maria Nieto Senour grew up in Austin, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. She earned a Bachelors of Arts degree at Marygrove College
with joint majors in Art and Education, a Masters in Education in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Toledo, and
a Ph.D. in Guidance and Counseling from Wayne State University. Senour is passionate about teaching and has worked in elementary
and junior high schools as an educator and counselor.
Dr. Senour became a professor in San Diego State University’s Department of Counseling and School Psychology in 1977. In that
capacity, she taught courses as well as directed the Community Based Block (CBB) Program for twenty years, chaired the Affirmative
Action and Outreach Advisory Council (now the Equity, Diversity, and Outreach Committee), and served on the Faculty Senate.
Professor Senour’s honors and awards include the first ever SDSU Faculty Diversity Award in 2010, the Outstanding Faculty
Award in 2002, and the SDSU Outstanding Professor Award in 1993, among others. Dr. Senour was also elected to the San Diego
Community College District Board of Trustees six times and served from 1990-2010. She was also on the San Diego Convention
Center Board of Directors and was an active member of many other local organizations.
Maria Nieto Senour is married to Dennis Ollerman and has raised two children: Andrea Beth Aragoza and Jon Carlos Nieto Senour.
She currently resides in San Diego.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
San Diego State University -- Faculty -- Biography
2015-002
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted,
permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are
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materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
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I. Biographical (1943-2009)
1. Personal Papers (1943-2009)
2. Published and Unpublished Writings (1977-2002)
II. Professional (1977-2014)
1. San Diego State University (1977-2014)
2. San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees (1990-2010)
III. Collected Research (1961-1998)
The
Maria Nieto Senour Papers (1943-2014) document Senour’s work at San Diego State University and in the San Diego community. The collection includes
reports, correspondence, conference papers, awards, university personnel files, election campaign papers, press clippings
and articles. All materials are organized alphabetically within three series:
Biographical,
Professional, and
Collected Research.
The
Biographical series (1943-2009) is divided into two sub-series:
Personal Papers and
Published and Unpublished Writings. The
Personal Papers sub-series (1943-2009) contains awards, short biographies, correspondence, and curriculum vitaes. A framed resolution from
California Senator Lucy Killea recognizing Senour as a distinguished professor at San Diego State University is also included.
Published and Unpublished Writings (1977-2002) is mostly comprised of speeches given at various events but also contains a chapter published in
Chicano Psychology edited by Joe L. Martinez.
The
Professional series (1977-2014) is divided into two sub-series:
San Diego State University and
San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees.
San Diego State University (1977-2014) is comprised of correspondence, meeting minutes, applications, instructor evaluations, reports, university personnel
files and conference papers. Documents from the Community Based Block (CBB) Program, the Equity, Diversity, and Outreach Committee
(Affirmative Action and Outreach Advisory Council), and the Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotions (RTP) Committee are included.
The
San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees sub-series (1990-2010) mostly contains materials from Maria Nieto Senour’s six election campaigns. Documents include promotional
materials, endorsement correspondence, procedures and policies, and committee papers.
The
Collected Research series (1961-1988) is organized topically. Most documents pertain to ethnic groups, especially Latinos, or types of counseling.
Types of materials include journal articles, press clippings, and newsletters.