Memorial service scheduled for UW professor
Meg Lanker
Monday, January 10, 2010 7:11 PM MDT
Meg Lanker
Monday, January 10, 2010 7:11 PM MDT
The service is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the University of Wyoming Art Museum in the Centennial Complex, at 2111 Willett Drive. Zamudio died Dec. 25th at her home.
According to a UW news release, Zamudio joined the UW faculty in 2002 and taught in the Sociology, Women's Studies, and Chicano Studies departments. She received tenure in spring 2009.
Zamudio taught several classes at UW focusing on issues of race, immigration, social justice, and gender relations.
Her book, "Critical Race Theory in Education" will be published later this year by Routledge.
A scholarship has been established in her name. Contributions to the Margie Zamudio Memorial Fund can be made at the UniWyo Federal Credit Union in Laramie.
The University of Wyoming released a full obituary for Zamudio Monday:
Dr. Margaret "Margie" Zamudio passed away Dec. 25, 2009. She was 45 years old.
Margie was born in Los Angeles in 1964. She attended UCLA as both an undergraduate and graduate student where she received her B.A. in 1989, her M.A. in 1991 and her Ph.D. in 1996, all in sociology. Margie taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1996-2002 and came to the University of Wyoming in 2002. She taught in the Department of Sociology as well as the Chicano Studies and Women's Studies programs. Margie received tenure at UW in the spring of 2009.
Margie's advocacy and scholarship on issues of social justice, immigration, race, class and gender provided inspiration to many of her friends, colleagues and students. Her book on Critical Race Theory in Education will be published by Routledge in late 2010. Just before she died, Margie was researching the socioeconomic forces behind the immigration of El Salvadorian women in the 1950s and 60s. Her passion and devotion for social justice and racial equality will be greatly missed at UW.
Margie loved the outdoors. The mountains around Happy Jack had a special place in Margie's heart. Margie was an avid cross country skier and mountain biker. She also loved camping in the Medicine Bow Mountains -- the North Fork of the Little Laramie in particular. Margie is survived by her many family, friends and students who will greatly miss her intelligence, compassion, and wonderful sense of humor. Margie will be especially missed by her dog Harley.
A public Memorial Service for Margie will be held Friday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. at the University of Wyoming Art Museum in the American Heritage Center at 2111 Willett Drive, Laramie.
In lieu of flowers, well wishers are encouraged to donate to the Margie Zamudio Memorial Fund at the UniWyo Federal Credit Union in Laramie. The proceeds of this fund will create a scholarship in Margie's name.
