Introducing Your Topic
The following list reflects the range of topics on which Professor Mendoza has spoken in recent years.  In deciding on your topic, please use this list as one means of determining a topic that Professor Mendoza might address for your group.
Selected Presentations
Curriculum Integration Workshop in Archaeology: San Juan Bautista. Ventana Learning & Technology Collaborative – Summer Institute at CSUMB, CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside.  August 6-11, 2001.

Doing Time: Archaeology, Community Service, and Educational Attainment at CSU Monterey Bay.  Summer Bridge Program, University Center, CSU Monterey Bay.  July 30, 2001.

The Archaeology of a California Mission.  Santa Cruz Archaeological Society and the Cabrillo College Archaeological Technology Program.  Sesnon House, Cabrillo College, California.  May 18, 2001.

Lowriding and Cruising as a Cultural Phenomena.  Visions from the Heart Lecture Series, Chicano Studies, Lotte Lehman Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara.  May 16, 2001.

Solares and the Scholastic Literacy Place Program Mentor.  Fremont Elementary School, Salinas, California.  April 2, 2001.

Time Detectives: Introducing the Literacy Place Mentor Program to the Teachers of the Alisal Unified School District.  Barden Elementary, Room 2, Salinas, California.  March 14, 2001.

Flintknapping and Stone Tool Production: A Demonstration.  Spreckles Gem and Mineral Show, Spreckles, California.  March 10, 2001.

On Discerning the Social History of an Early California Community: The Case of San Juan Bautista.  Symposium: Symbol and Allegory Unraveled: Discerning a Social History.  De Saisset Museum Auditorium, Santa Clara University, California.  March 3, 2001 [Postponed to Summer, 2001]

Curator’s Round Table Discussion – Symbol and Allegory Unraveled: Discerning a Social History.  De Saisset Museum Auditorium, Santa Clara University, California.  February 1, 2001. [Postponed to Summer, 2001]

The Art, Archaeology and History of a California Mission.  Marina Rotary Club, California.  December 13, 2000.

The Hispanic Heritage of an Early California Community.  Lecture and on-site tour for media representatives and dignitaries from Spain.  Sponsored by Feria de California.  December 9, 2000.

Archaeology in the Service of Community.  Castroville Rotary Club, California.  May 1999.

The Virtual Learning Lab: Facilitated Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment.  Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Culture, 2nd Annual Conference.  Tandberg Educational and World Languages and Cultures, CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, California, March 23, 2000.

Flintknapping and Stone Tool Production: A Demonstration.  Spreckles Gem and Mineral Show, Spreckles, California.  March 11, 2000.

Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Museum Education Programming for Old Mission San Juan Bautista.  Second Annual California Mission Curators and Museum Director’s Conference, Santa Barbara, California.  October 23, 1999.

Secularization and the California Missions: A Docent Training Workshop.  Santa Cruz Art and History Museum, Santa Cruz, CA, April 12, 1999.

Keynote Speaker: “Believe to Achieve” Career Day Conference.  Richgrove School District, Richgrove, CA, April 9, 1999

Diversity and Pedagogy in the Virtual Community: A Faculty Development Workshop. Irvine Multicultural Education Program, Holy Names College, Berkeley, March 1, 1999

Old Mission San Juan Bautista: Docent Training and Tour.  San Juan State Historic Park, California Department of Parks and Recreation, February 6, 1999

The Archaeology of Old Mission San Juan Bautista.  Invited Lecture for Dr. Robert Hoover’s, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Summer Field School, San Antonio Mission, California.  June 29, 1998.

Introducing CSU Monterey Bay.  Invited multimedia presentation to the visiting students of the Richgrove School District, Distributed Learning Theatre, Media Learning Center, CSU Monterey Bay, April, 1998

The Archaeology of a California Mission.  Invited Community Lecture for the Santa Cruz Archaeological and Historical Society, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.  February 19, 1998.

The Archaeological and Virtual Reconstruction of a California Mission. Invited Community Lecture for Archaeology Program, Santa Clara University.  February 12, 1998.

Teaching Through Diversity.  Invited Speaker, Ford Foundation Fellows Conference, National Research Council, Washington, DC.  October 1997.

Multimedia Applications, Instructional Courseware Development, and Project-Based Teaching and Learning at Old Mission San Juan Bautista.  New Media Workshop, CSU Monterey Bay, April 1997.  With Ken Halla.

On-Line Technologies for Teaching, Learning and Assessment.  Invited Speaker, Faculty Development Workshops, CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside.  February  1997.

Art and Archaeology at Old Mission San Juan Bautista.  Invited Lecture for Digital Murals Course, California State University Monterey Bay.  October 15, 1996.

Death in Ancient Middle America.  Invited public presentation for the Hartnell College Anthropology Club, California.  October 28, 1996.

The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Old Mission of San Juan Bautista. Invited public presentation for the Cabrillo College Archaeological Technologies Program excavation at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. July 1996.

Ceremonial Folk Art: Masked Dance Dramas and Santos. Invited public presentation and training session for the Denver Art Museum and Museo de las Americas exhibition of Visiones del Pueblo: The Folk Art of Latin America. An exhibition sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Denver, Colorado. June 28, 1994.

Ancestral Visions, Indigenous Voices: Reflections on the Spirit of the Cinco de Mayo.  Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Museo de las Americas, Denver, Colorado.  May 5th and 6th, 1994.

Photo Criticism, Visual Communication, and Cultural Texts: The Mexican Heritage Project Exhibit. Invited presentation for Fine Arts 3180: Photo Criticism, University of Colorado at Denver.  March 11, 1994.

Aztec: The World of Moctezuma. An Introduction to the Aztec Exhibit for the University of Arizona Alumni Association, Ricketson Auditorium, Denver Museum of Natural History, Colorado. February 10th and 11th, 1993.

Ancestors of the Aztec. The World of Moctezuma Lecture Series, Denver Museum of Natural History, Colorado.  Sponsored in conjunction with the exhibition of Aztec: The World of Moctezuma.  December 2, 1992.

Aztec Warfare. Aztec Teacher Workshop, Ricketson Auditorium, Denver Museum of Natural History. August 6, 1992.

Pre-Aztec Peoples of the Valley of Mexico. Docent Training Workshops, Denver Museum of Natural History, Colorado. Sponsored in conjunction with the  exhibition of Aztec: The World of Moctezuma. March 31 and April 2, 1992.

The Toltecs. Docent Training Workshops, Denver Museum of Natural History, Colorado. Sponsored in conjunction with the exhibition of Aztec: The World of Moctezuma. March 24 and 26, 1992.

Maya Warlords, Olmec Tyranny, and the Collapse of the Mesoamerican Classic. Colorado Archaeological Society, Denver Museum of Natural History.  February 19, 1992.

Conquest Polities of the Mesoamerican Epiclassic: A.D. 550-850. Invited presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Ford Foundation Fellows Conference, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. November 1991.

Photojournalism and the Counterculture. Invited seminar for the Dow Jones Summer Multicultural Journalism Workshop, Bakersfield College, California. June 1985.

Identifying the Chicano Youth Counterculture.  Invited seminar for the Center for Inter-American & Border Studies, University of Texas, El Paso. September 1983.

Hispanics and the Role of the Community College. Invited presentation California Community College Student Government Association, Statewide Conference, San Jose. August 1983.

Participacion Indigenista en el Congreso de Americanistas. Invited presentation Consejo Nacional de Pueblos Indigenas de Mexico, General Assembly, Casa del Agrarista, Mexico, D.F. August 1976.