ASU and Motorola Name Professor to Expand Links to Hispanic Community; Miguel Montiel First Motorola Presidential Professor of Community Revitalization.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1999--

Arizona State University (ASU) and Motorola (NYSE:MOT) announced the appointment of Miguel Montiel as the first Motorola Presidential Professor in Community Revitalization, a leadership position designed to foster applied interdisciplinary programs and partnerships in the Chicano and Latino communities.

The new presidential professorship resides in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies (CCS) at ASU.

Chicana and Chicano Studies focuses on the experiences, culture, artistic endeavors, and current status of people of Mexican descent living in the United States and promotes the development of professions and services to the community based on an understanding of the humanities, social sciences and the arts.

"Motorola's support of Chicana and Chicano studies provides real-world benefit to the local Latino and Chicano communities and increases our understanding of the wonderful heritage," said Cathy McKee, corporate vice president and director of Strategic Business Services at Motorola Systems Solutions Group.

"Miguel Montiel's appointment as the presidential professor is a part of our evolving relationship and outreach into the communities that bring rich and valuable culture into our everyday lives."

Currently, he is evaluating a Welfare Reform community action project for the Arizona Community Action Agency funded by the prestigious Kellogg Foundation. He consults on several initiatives through the Arizona Prevention Resource Center (APRC), and is working on a book on "best practices" aimed at improving the delivery of state practices by linking theory and research to practice.

His early work on the Chicano family has been cited in virtually every article on the Chicano family written over the last twenty years.

"Miguel will bring tremendous leadership and experience to our community efforts," said Dr. Vicki Ruiz, director of Chicana and Chicano Studies at ASU. "We greatly appreciate Motorola's involvement in our program and for making this professorship a reality."

Montiel has a long record of service to the community, including serving as a member of a Phoenix Union High School District task force on drop outs an on the Maricopa County Community Aids Partnership.

He has been Chair of the Commission on Ethnic Minority Groups for the Council on Social Work Education and has been on the Publications Committee and Board of Directors of the National Center for Social Policy and Practice for the National Association of Social Workers.

Montiel now serves on the Board of Directors for the American Orthopsychiatric Association. He has consulted with the Arizona Department of Economic Security; the United States Information Agency, and evaluated a community gang prevention program for the City of Phoenix Head Start Division.

Montiel's work has been in collaboration with others, and much of it devoted to building minority-oriented programs. These experiences are documented in a co-authored book entitled Debatable Diversity: Critical Dialogues on Changes in American Universities (1998).

Montiel received his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, a master's degree from ASU, and a doctorate in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley. He began his academic career in 1972 as an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 1974 Montiel moved to ASU where he has since held academic assignments in the School of Social Work, the Honors College and the School of Public Affairs. He also taught at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1983. From 1984 to 1987 he served as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs.

After joining the faculty of the School of Public Affairs, he became Director of the MPA Program. During this period he served as Co-director of Project PRIME -- an outreach program involving the public schools. In 1992 he became Director of the Campus Communities Project in the Honors College -- a program aimed at improving the campus climate for undergraduates.

In 1994 he worked for the City of Phoenix through the Loaned Executive Program where he worked on an assessment of the City's youth programs.

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