PhD University of California, Los Angeles
        Information Studies
        Certificate in Experimental Critical Theory
MS  Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, Post
        Library and Information Science
        Certificate in Archives and Records Management
MA  University of California, Berkeley
        Rhetoric
BA   University of California, Santa Cruz
        American Studies

Refereed Journal Articles
Ramirez, M.H. Whither the Human in Human Rights?: On Misrecognition, Ontology, and
Archives, Archivaria 90, no. 1 (2020), 44-69.

Caswell, M., Cifor, M. and Ramirez, M.H. ‘To Suddenly Discover Yourself
Existing’: Uncovering the Impact of Community Archives. The American Archivist.
Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2016, pp. 56-81.

Ramirez, M.H. Being Assumed Not to Be: A Critique of Whiteness as an Archival
Imperative, The American Archivist. Vol. 78, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2015, pp. 57-74.

Ramirez, M.H. Witness to Brutality: Documenting Torture and Truth in Post-Civil War
El Salvador, Archives without Borders/Archivos sin Fronteras, Archiefkunde 12, 2012,
pp. 303-317.

Ramirez, M.H. The Task of the Latino/a Archivist: On Archiving Identity and
Community, InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, Vol. 5,
No. 1, 2009, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5d4366f9.

Book Chapters
Ramirez, M.H., Camacho, A., and Terrones, L. (2022), Archives, Libraries, and Pedagogy at the
California State University, Los Angeles, Supporting Your Hispanic Students in Academic
Libraries, Library Juice Press. (Forthcoming)

Ramirez, M.H. (2017), On “Monstrous” Subjects and Human Rights Documentation,
in Karen F. Gracy (ed.) Emerging Trends in Archival Science, Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 51-75.

Ramirez, M.H., Brannon, R., Gray, L., Morales, M., Morales M. and Tayag, E. (2016), The
Social Justice Collaboratorium: Illuminating Research Pathways between Social Justice and
Library and Information Studies, in Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, Paul T. Jaeger (ed.)
Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice (Advances in
Librarianship, Volume 41) Emerald Group Publishing Limited., pp. 303-327.

Special Issue
Ramirez, M.H. and Gauthereau, L., Guest Editors, “Documenting Transborder Latinidades:
Archives, Libraries, and Digital Humanities,” International Journal of Information, Diversity, &
Inclusion (Forthcoming)

Non-Refereed Publications
Ramirez, M.H. Felipe N. Torres, Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American
Biography, ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Franklin K. Knight. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2016.

Blanco-Rivera, J., Faulder, E., Jones, J., Ramirez, M.H., Strauss, A., and Zimmerli, A.
Embracing the Globe: Establishing a U.S. Chapter of Archivists without Borders,
Archival Outlook, July/August 2012, pp. 12 & 30.

Ramirez, M.H. (Re-)Visualizing the Bronx: Exhibiting the Photography of Joe Conzo,
Metropolitan Archivist, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 2010, pp. 7 & 8.

Ramirez, M.H. Juanita Arocho, Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia,
eds. Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol. Indiana University Press, 2006. Vol. 1,
A-G, pp. 60-61.

Invited Talks
Ramirez, M.H. Cuir Archival Practices: A Roundtable on Sexual Dissidence in Latin America,
Panel Commentator, Virtual, March 31, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H. From Margin to Center: Mobilizing Community Partnerships through
Reciprocity and (Self-)Representation, Advocating for Ourselves: Working in Underrepresented and Multicultural Archives and Libraries, Advocacy Working Group, Rare Book School-Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Cultural Heritage and Diversity, Virtual, March 22, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H. ‘Monsters’ in Our Midst: Pandilleros and the Limits of Human
Rights in El Salvador, Simmons College, May 13, 2017.

Ramirez, M.H. Being Assumed Not to Be: A Critique of Whiteness as an Archival Imperative,
Special Collections and Archives Council Spring Meeting, Harvard University, May 11, 2017.

Ramirez, M.H. Documenting Loisaida: Research Collections at the Centro de Estudios
Puertorriqueños, Re-Membering Loisaida/Archiving Loisaida, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural
and Educational Center, November 18, 2009.

Ramirez, M.H. The Task of the Latino/a Archivist: On Archiving Identity and
Community, Brown Bag Series, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, February 4, 2004.

Ramirez, M.H. Empowering Minoritized Communities through Regional Documentation:
Archiving and Stewardship at the California State University, Los Angeles, ICA Rome 2022,
Archives: Bridging the Gap, Rome, Italy, September 19-23, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H., J. Chapel, M. Ganz, B. Gunn, S. Mizota, and R. Rapp. What We Learn From
Each Other: SAA's Cohort Mentoring Program, ARCHIVES * RECORDS 2022, Society of
American Archivists 86th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 25-27, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H. From Behind the Interrogation Room Walls: Private Tortures and Public
Records, ICARUS Convention #28: Private and Public Archives in the 21st Century,
International Centre for Archival Research, Aubervilliers, France, May 23-25, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H., M. Mizota, M. Ramirez, and E. Valencia. Working Together to Mentor BIPOC
Archivists: A Discussion and Interactive Group Mentoring Session, Society of California
Archivists Annual General Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, May 19-21, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H. What’s Archives Got to Do With It?: Representation and Empowerment through
Community Driven Initiatives, XVI Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference,
La Politiquera: Recovering Politics/Recovering Political Voices, Virtual, April 8-9, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H. Critical Race Pedagogy in the Primary Source Classroom, RBMS Virtual
Conference “Power. Resistance. Leadership.” June 8-10, 2021.

Ramirez, M.H. Archives, Pedagogy, and the Hispanic Serving Institution, 12th Qualitative and
Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, May 26-30, 2020.
(Accepted, COVID-19)

Ramirez, M.H. Violence Work, Indigeneity, and the Roots of Contemporary Conflict in El
Salvador, Latin American Studies Association Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico, May 13-16,
2020. (Accepted, COVID-19)

Ramirez, M.H. Teaching through Violence: Archival Pedagogies and Representations of
Atrocity, Memory, Identity, and Authenticity, University of Dundee, Scotland, April 28-30,
2020. (Accepted, COVID-19)

Ramirez, M.H. On the Frontlines of Aztlan: Chicana/Latina Activism and Gender Politics in
East Los Angeles, XV Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, Histories and
Cultures of Latinas: Suffrage, Activism, and Women’s Rights, University of Houston, February
20-22, 2020. (Accepted)

Ramirez, M.H. Networked Violence: Pandilleros and the Visualization of Police Abuse,
American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, November 7-10, 2019.

Ramirez, M.H. Teaching through Violence: Digital Pedagogies and Representations of Atrocity,
Digital Library Federation Forum, Las Vegas, NV, October 14-17, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H., Visualizing Struggle, Conflict, and Indigeneity: Building and
Preserving the Archivo Mesoamericano, Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library
Materials (SALALM) Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, July 1-4, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H., Revisiting the Archivo Mesoamericano: Digitization and the
Revolutionary Histories of Central America and Mexico, Digital Humanities 2018, Mexico City,
Mexico, June 26-29, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H. On ‘Monstrous’ Subjects and Human Rights Documentation,
Archival Education and Research Institute, Kent State University, July 8-12, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H. Diasporic Interventions: Human Rights, Civil War and the Archives
of El Rescate, Conference of the Rare Books and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the Association
of College and Research Libraries, Coral Gables, FL, June 21-24, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H. El Rescate, Human Rights and the Index of Accountability, Society
of California Archivist Annual General Meeting, Santa Rosa, CA, April 7-9, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H., M. Cifor, and R.D. Montoya, Developing an
Undergraduate Information Studies Curriculum in Support of Social Justice, iConference 2016,
Philadelphia, PA, March 20-23, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H. Ambiguous ‘Humans’: Rights Recognition and Pedagogies of
Belonging, Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium, University of Tucson, Arizona,
February 25-26, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H. Testimony, Abjection and the Texture of Torture, Archival
Education and Research Institute, University of Maryland, July 13-17, 2015.

Ramirez, M.H., R. Brannon, L. Gray, M. Morales, M. Morales, and E. Tayag.
The Social Justice Collaboratorium: Illuminating Research Pathways Between Social Justice
Issues and LIS, American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting, January 30-February 3,
2015.

Ramirez, M.H., R. Brannon, L. Gray, M. Morales, M. Morales, and E. Tayag.
The Social Justice Collaboratorium: Illuminating Research Pathways Between Social Justice
Issues and LIS, ALISE Annual Conference, January 27-30, 2015.

Ramirez, M.H. Decolonizing Archives: Silences, Gaps, and Systems of Oppression, HHS250:
The Anatomy of the Archive, University of San Francisco, Virtual, April, 28, 2022.

Ramirez, M.H. Community Archives, Race, Identity, and Human Rights, HIST 263: Archival
Management, Department of History, University of California, Riverside, February 19, 2020.

Ramirez, M.H. Archives, Social Justice, and Human Rights, Z581: Archives and Records
Management, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Department of Information &
Library Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, November 15, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H. Computational Classification and Diversity, ILS Z503, Representation and
Organization, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Department of Information &
Library Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, November 13 & 15, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H. Anatomy of Archives: Archival Silences and Gaps, HHS250
Archival Theory and Practice in the Health Sciences, Department of Anthropology, History and
Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, May 30, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H. The Fate of Many, the Brutality of Others: Human Rights
Documentation and the Margins of Subjectivity in El Salvador, Z503 Representation &
Organization, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Department of Information &
Library Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, April 19, 2018.

Ramirez, M.H. Community Archives, Race, Identity and Human Rights, HIST 263:
Archival Management, Department of History, University of California, Riverside, February 28,
2018.

Ramirez, M.H. The Fate of Many, the Brutality of Others: Human Rights
Documentation and the Margins of Subjectivity in El Salvador, IS 280: Social Science Research
Methodology for Information Studies, Department of Information Studies, University of
California, Los Angeles, November 7, 2017.

Ramirez, M.H. Being Assumed Not to Be: A Critique of Whiteness as an Archival Imperative,
IS 289: Critical LIS Methods, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los
Angeles, February 24, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H. Being Assumed Not to Be: A Critique of Whiteness as an Archival Imperative,
IS 289: Current Issues in Librarianship, Department of Information Studies, University of
California, Los Angeles, January 19, 2016.

Ramirez, M.H. Testimony, Abjection and the Texture of Torture. LIS 438, School of Library
and Information Science, Simmons College, December 1, 2015.

Ramirez, M.H. Conflict, Documentation and Human Rights. IS10: Information and Power,
Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, November 9, 2015.

Ramirez, M.H. and M. Cifor. Digital Archives, IS30: The Internet and Society, Department of
Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, May 15, 2015.

Ramirez, M.H. Being Assumed Not to Be: A Critique of Whiteness as an Archival Imperative,
IS 289: Archives and Social Justice, Department of Information Studies, University of
California, Los Angeles, April 20, 2015.