Ph.D., U of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1997
     Public Health

MPH, U of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1993
     Health Education

     Public Health (MPH)

MPH, U of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1993
     Health Education

Publications

 Zimmerman, M., Ramirez-Valles, J., Suarez, E., De la Rosa, G., and Castro, M. (1997). An HIV/AIDS Prevention Project for Mexican Homosexual Men: an Empowerment Approach. Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 24 (2): 177-190.

Executive Producer. Tal como somos (Just as we are). Feature Documentary. Tal Como Somose: The Latino GBT Community, educator's edition. Screenings Official Selection, 24th Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2008. Third place, Audience Choice Award, Feature Documentary. Official Selection, Frameline 32, The International LGBT Film Festival, 2008. Official Selection, NewFest 2008: The 20th Anniversary NY LGBT Film Festival. American Sociology Association Annual Meeting, 2007, New York City. National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, 2007. Race, Sex, and Power: New Movements in Black and Latina/o Sexualities, Chicago, 2008. Television Broadcast WTTW, Chicago, June 19, 2008. KQED, San Francisco, June 20, 2008. WNET/THIRTEEN, New York, June 22, 2008.

Ramirez-Valles, J., Heckathorn, D. D., Vázquez, R., Diaz, R. M., Campbell, R. T. From Networks to Populations: The Development and Application of Respondent-Driven Sampling Among IDUs and Latino Gay Men. AIDS and Behavior. 9 (4): 387-402

Ramirez-Valles, J., Fergus, S., Reisen, C., Poppen, P. Zea, M.C. (2005). Confronting Stigma: Community Involvement and Psychological Well-being among HIV-Positive Latino Gay Men Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science. 27(1): 101-119.

The Protective Effects of Community Involvement for HIV Risk Behavior: A Conceptual Framework. Health Education Research. 17(4): 389-403.

Ramirez-Valles, J. (2003). Translocal and Gender Dimensions of Frame Alignment: Community Mobilization and Recruitment Processes Among Women Community Workers in Mexico. Critical Public Health, Vol. 13(3): 207-230.

 Ramirez-Valles, J. (1999). Changing Women: The Narrative Construction of Personal Change through Community Health Work among Women in Mexico. Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 26(1): 23-40.

Recent Honors and Awards

2011, UIC Awards and Fellows: Academic Leadership Development

Additional Websites / Affiliates

Personal Website: http://gaybyboomers.blogspot.com/