Maria Marlen Escobar

While there is a vast literature on women's political interests, there is hardly any consensus about what constitutes "women's interests" or how scholars should approach studying them. Representation can occur in various venues or by various actors, but, due to power imbalances across political grou...

Though parity is still rare, presidential cabinets contain more women than ever before. Who are these women and what types of political capital resources do they bring to the administration? Are they new types of political players or very much like the men who have traditionally run the government? ...

Be The Change: Be The Love Written by, Maria Elena Escobar Gandhi tells us "be the change we want to see in the world." If we want to change the world we need to first change ourselves. Rumi said, "I used to be clever and wanted to change the world, now I am wise and am changing myself." Love is t...

La vida es un constante proceso de cambios que a menudo nos hacen sentir desbalanceados. Son cambios que no llegan solos sino que irrumpen en nuestras vidas colmados de sentimientos y pensamientos contradictorios. ¿Recuerdas el comienzo de aquel noviazgo en que estabas completamente feliz y emociona...

How long has Spanish been spoken in the US and how many people speak it today? Is Spanish being passed down through generations? What role does Spanish play in US Latino identity? Analysing and synthesising data from a wide variety of sources, Escobar and Potowski explore these questions and more in...

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