Biography & Current Status

Maxine Baca Zinn was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on June 11, 1942. She is currently married to Alan Zinn her high school sweetheart who she married after her second year of college . Alan was an art student in Los Angeles. Maxine Baca Zinn left El Paso and transferred to California State College in Long Beach to be closer to him. From their relationship she gave birth to her only son Prentice, during her third year of college. In order to manage family life as well as her education, Maxine Baca Zinn and her husband Alan Zinn shared household responsibilities. Prosperously after her marriage and pregnancy, Maxine Baca Zinn continued to attend college part-time. Meanwhile Alan Zinn was still in school, Maxine Baca Zinn was working as a fourth grade teacher in a Catholic school, she did so for two years. In 1968 Maxine and her new family moved back to New Mexico in pursuit of her career in Sociology. At the University of New Mexico she received a fellowship to study. Consequently through her efforts she earned a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Oregon, in 1978. She is currently teaching Sociology at Michigan State University.

Curriculum Vitae http://www.jsri.msu.edu/bacazinn/