is a distinguished Professor of Chicano Studies at California State University Los Angeles.

	Chicano Studies (interdisciplinary focus)
	Latin American and Chicano literature
	Pre-Columbian Mexico
	Intellectual History
	Literary Theory
	Continental and Latin American Philosophy

Fall 1994-Present	Professor of Chicano Studies with Joint Appointment in English, California State University Los Angeles.
Fall 1997	Visiting Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine
Fall 1994	Professor of English (Joint Appointment with Chicano Studies) California State University, Los Angeles
Fall 1990	Visiting Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine.
1988	Professor of Chicano Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
1982-1988	Associate Professor of Chicano Studies California State University, Los Angeles
1980-1983 & 1985-1993	Acting Chair, Summer Quarters
1982-1983	Associate Chair
1978-1979	Department Chair (Summer-Spring)
1976-1977	Acting Chair (Summer-Spring)
1974-1976	Part-time Teaching Appointments, Department of Chicano Studies California State University, Los Angeles

1996	Chosen to represent CSLA at the Commission on Learning Resources and Instructional Technology Institute during its state-wide summer session "Putting Learning First: Taking Advantage of New Technologies," to be held at CSPU Pomona on June 17-19.
1995	$1,800 by Auxiliary Services, Cal State L.A., to pay honoraria of CSU faculty participants in a conference I organized under the title "Books by CSU Faculty: Ethnic Studies, Gender, Literary Theory, and Multiculturalism," held at Cal State L.A. on May 19.
1991	Outstanding Professor Award, 1990-1991California State University, Los Angeles
1990	The Rainbow Festival Award, University of California, Irvine
1984	Awarded a University Projects Fund grant (CSULA) to organize and pay for travel, lodging, and meal of conference participants in the Junípero Serra International Conference held at Cal State L.A. on 12 December. This conference was co-sponsored by the Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana (Spain).
1982	A $20,000 grant by the Rockefeller Foundation (received jointly with Dr. Louis Negrete); this grant resulted in an international conference (planned and organized by Robertoo Cantú) entitled "Tecnología y cultura en la frontera de México y los Estados Unidos," held at La Jolla, California on December 9-12, 1983. A total of 98 guests from Mexico (faculty, researchers, students) participated, with the grant covering all of their expenses.
1981	$2,000 grant awarded by the Bicentennial Committee (CSULA) for the Chicano History and Culture Week held on November 16-20, 1981, planned and organized by Roberto Cantú to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the City of Los Angeles.
1981	Selected by Cal State L.A. to attend a summer workshop on "Modern Literary and Critical Perspectives," given at Stanford University on July 27-August 7.
1979	The American Heart Association Award
1979	The Spanish Language Club Award, San Diego, California
1975	Distinguished Alumni Award, San Diego State University
1970	Internship Award given by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education to study mental health issues during a ten-week seminar held at Camarillo State Hospital (California) on the summer of 1970. The seminar included an eight-week term of volunteer assignment with mental patients. (I volunteered to "practice" in a mental clinic close to the Oxnard's Mexican barrio.)
1968	Award of Distinction in Class of 1968, San Diego State College

Year	Degrees Granted
1982	Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UCLA
1970	M.A. in Spanish--San Diego State University
1968	B.A. in Spanish--San Diego State University