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Declined by Như Gây Mê 17 days ago. Last edited by LEvalyn 12 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Including some reviews of Vargas's books (at least 2 per book) would be a very simple way of showing that she meets Wikipedia's criteria to have an article. That will be much more helpful than providing links from non-independent sources like her Yale bio. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:14, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Deborah R. Vargas is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University^[1]

Education

Vargas received her B.S. in Communications and B.A. in Ethnic Studies from the University of Texas, Austin^[2]

University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. 2003^[3]

Publication

Editor of Keywords for Latina/o Studies^[4]

Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music : The Limits of La Onda^[5] Winner – Woody Guthrie Prize for Best Book in Popular Music Studies – International Association for the Study of Popular Music

Radio

Deborah Vargas, On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza, NPR, August 15, 2019^[6]

References

^ "Deb Vargas | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies". wgss.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
^ "Deb Vargas | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies". wgss.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
^ "Deborah R Vargas - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
^ "Keywords for Latina/o Studies". NYU Press. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
^ "Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
^ Vargas, Deborah (2019-08-15). "On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza". NPR. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

[1] "Deb Vargas | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies". wgss.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

[2] "Deb Vargas | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies". wgss.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

[3] "Deborah R Vargas - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

[4] "Keywords for Latina/o Studies". NYU Press. Retrieved 2025-09-24.

[5] "Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

[6] Vargas, Deborah (2019-08-15). "On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza". NPR. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

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