Guide to the Maria Nieto Senour Papers

Finding Aid Authors: Taylor de Klerk.
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Guide to the Maria Nieto Senour Papers

Special Collections & University Archives

Overview of the Collection

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

Biographical Information:

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.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term:

San Diego State University -- Faculty -- Biography

Administrative Information

Accruals:

2015-002

Conditions Governing Use:

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Leonard Fierro Papers, 1927-1995
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Arrangement of Materials:

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)

Scope and Contents

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.

 

Biographical 1943-2009

 

Personal Papers 1943-2009

Box 1, Folder 1

Awards and Certificates 1983-2009

Box 1, Folder 2

Biographies and Introductory Remarks 1990, 1996, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence from Nieto Senour 1976-1995

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence to Nieto Senour 1982-2002

Box 1, Folder 5

Curriculum Vitaes n.d.

Box 1, Folder 6

Identification Papers 1943, 1988

Box OVRSZD 9

Distinguished Professor Resolution from California Senator Lucy Killea 1993

 

Published and Unpublished Writings 1977-2002

Box 1, Folder 7

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. All People's Breakfast: Correspondence, Registration Form, Speech 1995

Box 1, Folder 8

Interview Transcript 1995

Box 1, Folder 9

Professional Biography and Teaching Philosophies n.d.

Box 1, Folder 10

Psychology of the Chicana Chapter in Chicano Psychology edited by Joe L. Martinez Jr. 1977

Box 1, Folder 11

Speeches, Talks, and Statements 1995-2002, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 12

Working with Chicano Students and Parents Draft n.d.

 

Professional 1977-2014

 

San Diego State University 1977-2014

Box 1, Folder 13

Campus Climate Committee: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Reports 1993-1994

Box 1, Folder 14

Community Based Block (CBB): The CBB Story by Dave Malcolm, Unpublished Chapters 2003

Box 1, Folder 15

Community Based Block (CBB): Correspondence 1991-1998

Box 1, Folder 16

Community Based Block (CBB): Forms, Invitations, Statements 1998, 2002-2009

Box 1, Folder 17

Community Based Block (CBB): Networking Directory 1993

Box 1, Folder 18

Community Based Block (CBB): Photographs ca. 2012-2014, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 19

Community Based Block (CBB): Program Description 1979

Box 2, Folder 1

Community Based Block (CBB): Student Thank You Notes n.d.

Box 2, Folder 2

Conferences and Events 1980-2008

Box 2, Folder 3

Conferences and Events 1980-2008

Box 2, Folder 4

Conferences and Events 1980-2008

Box 2, Folder 5

Correspondence from Nieto Senour 1977-1994

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence to Nieto Senour 1992-2001

Box 2, Folder 7

Diversity, Equity, and Outreach Committee (Affirmative Action and Outreach Advisory Council): Correspondence, Directory, Statements 1993

Box 2, Folder 8

Diversity, Equity, and Outreach Committee (Affirmative Action and Outreach Advisory Council): Memorandum, Press Clipping, Questionnaire 1994

Box 2, Folder 9

Diversity, Equity, and Outreach Committee (Affirmative Action and Outreach Advisory Council): Reports, Resolutions, Drafts, Agendas 2007

Box 2, Folder 10

Executive Leadership Development Committee: Correspondence, Memoranda, Programs 1991-1996

Box 3, Folder 1

Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP): Correspondence, Policies 2009

Box 3, Folder 2

Faculty Merit Increase (FMI): Policies, Procedures, Report 1998-2000

Box 3, Folder 3

Full Professor Promotion: Correspondence, University Personnel Data Summary 1980-1981

Box 3, Folder 4

Impacted Programs: University Senate, Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Reports, Research Materials 1996-2000

Box 3, Folder 5

Instructor Evaluations 1985-1987

Box 3, Folder 6

Instructor Evaluations 2002-2003

Box 3, Folder 7

Instructor Evaluations 2004-2006

Box 3, Folder 8

Instructor Evaluations 2007-2012

Box 3, Folder 9

Latino Summit: Program, Reports 2000

Box 3, Folder 10

Letters of Recommendation 1977-1992

Box 4, Folder 1

Minority Students Conference 1988-1989

Box 4, Folder 2

Minority Students Conference 1988-1989

Box 4, Folder 3

Outstanding Multicultural Educator Nomination 2001

Box 4, Folder 4

Performance Salary Step Increase (PSSI): Application, Correspondence 1995-2000

Box 4, Folder 5

Post-Promotion Increase (PPI): Application, Correspondence 2009

Box 4, Folder 6

Post-Tenure Review: Review Packet 2001

Box 4, Folder 7

Post-Tenure Review: Review Packet, Correspondence 2007

Box 4, Folder 8

Post-Tenure Review: Review Packet, Correspondence 2012

Box 4, Folder 9

Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotions Committee (RTP): Recommendation for Early Tenure 1979-1980

Box 4, Folder 10

Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotions Committee (RTP): Research for Requirement Revisions 1998-2000

Box 5, Folder 1

Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotions Committee (RTP): Research for Requirement Revisions 1998-2000

Box 5, Folder 2

Sabbatical: Budgets, Correspondence, Forms, Proposals 2000-2006

Box 5, Folder 3

Standardized Tests: Press Clippings, Reports 1985-1989

Box 5, Folder 4

Tenure Recommendation: Recommendation Memorandum and University Personnel Data Summary 1981

Box 5, Folder 5

Third World Counselors Conference: Programs, Workshop Evaluations 1985

Box 5, Folder 6

Trustees' Outstanding Professor Award Nomination Binder 1992-1993

Box 5, Folder 7

Trustees' Outstanding Professor Award Nomination Binder 1992-1993

 

San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees 1990-2010

Box 5, Folder 8

Administrative Files: Memoranda, Meeting Minutes, Policy Seminar Papers 1996-2001

Box 5, Folder 9

Correspondence 1990-1998

Box 6, Folder 1

Election Campaign 1990

Box 6, Folder 2

Election Campaign: Endorsements 1990

Box 6, Folder 3

Election Campaign: Fundraisers 1990

Box 6, Folder 4

Election Campaign: Political Literature 1990

Box 6, Folder 5

Election Campaign 1994

Box 6, Folder 6

Election Campaign 1998

Box 6, Folder 7

Election Campaign 2002

Box 6, Folder 8

Election Campaign 2006

Box 6, Folder 9

Election Campaign 2010

Box 6, Folder 10

Election Campaign n.d.

Box 6, Folder 11

Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st Century: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes 2001-2002

Box 6, Folder 12

Press Clippings 1990-2000

Box 6, Folder 13

San Diego Schools Dialogue: Correspondence, Feedback, News Clippings, Lincoln/Gompers Development Committee 2001

Box 7, Folder 1

San Diego Schools Dialogue: Facilitator's Guide, Convening Statement 2001

Box 7, Folder 2

Surveys and Questionnaires: Procedures, Results, Samples 1996-1997

Box 7, Folder 3

Trustee Orientation Papers n.d.

Box 7, Folder 4

Voter Pamphlet Statements 1998

 

Collected Research 1961-1998

Box 7, Folder 5

Center for Research on Women 1990

Box 7, Folder 6

Detroit Public Schools: Ethnic Literacy Guide and Hispanic Heritage Week 1980-1981

Box 7, Folder 7

Filipinos: Articles, Bibliographies, Pamphlets, Reports, Statistics 1980-1984

Box 7, Folder 8

General Articles 1998, n.d.

Box 7, Folder 9

Grief: Journal Article, Notes, Patterns 1980

Box 7, Folder 10

Incest and Sex Abuse Treatment: Articles, Excerpts, Fact Sheets 1986-1991

Box 7, Folder 11

Intercambios Femeniles Newsletters 1982, 1984

Box 7, Folder 12

Latinos: Articles, Bibliographies, Newsletters, Reports 1987-1991

Box 7, Folder 13

National Chicano Council on Higher Education Newsletters 1983-1984

Box 8, Folder 1

Newsletters and Journals 1981-1984

Box 8, Folder 2

Nuclear War and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 1984-1986

Box 8, Folder 3

Oppression: Speeches n.d.

Box 8, Folder 4

Parents and Children: Article, Booklet 1971

Box 8, Folder 5

Report on a Human Relations Dialogue Model for Junior High Schools by Thomas O. McJunkins 1971

Box 8, Folder 6

South East Asians: Journal Article, Press Clipping 1985, 1988

Box 8, Folder 7

Study of High-Achieving Hispanic Students 1989

Box 8, Folder 8

Teaching and Learning: Articles 1961, n.d.

Box 8, Folder 9

Women and Sexism: Articles, Manifesto, Questionnaire, Workshop 1970-1989