Chicano Studies
(323) 343-2190
Francisco E. Balderrama
Professor of Chicano Studies; Professor of History; Ph.D.,
UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-2190
E-mail: fbalder@calstatela.edu
The 20th century history of the Mexican
in the United States, Mexican immigration and the American
Southwest are among Professor Balderrama's areas of expertise.
He was presented an award by the Gustavus Myers Center for
the study of Human Rights in North America for his book, coauthored
with Raymond Rodriguez, on the subject of human rights in North America,
Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s. Balderrama
has received several research grants and professional awards, including the
Senior Fulbright Lectureship in American Immigration at the University
of Rome.
Roberto Cantú
Professor of Chicano Studies; Ph.D., UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-2195
E-mail: rcantu@calstatela.edu
Dr. Cantú is a specialist in Hispanic and Chicano literature.
He helped organize an international conference -- funded by the
Rockefeller Foundation on Technology and Culture on the Mexico-U.S.
Border -- which involved 98 Mexican and 50 U.S. academic specialists,
researchers and government representatives. He is presently involved
in computer conferencing in the Chicano studies classroom with
research interests in Chicano narrative and literary theory and
criticism.
Dionne Espinoza
Assistant Professor Chicano Studies; Ph.D., Cornell University
Contact: 323-343-2190
E-mail: despino@calstatela.edu
Dr. Espinoza is an expert on women's movements, especially racial and ethnic minority women; women's political involvement; Chicano/Latino cultural studies; culture and gender issues; and the Chicano Movement.
Fluent in: intermediate Spanish.
Ester Hernández
Assistant Professor Chicano Studies; Ph.D., UC Irvine
Contact: (323) 343-5349
E-mail: eherna17@calstatela.edu
Dr. Hernández is an expert on immigration and transnational communities, primarily those from Mexico and Central America in Southern California. Her published scholarship also focuses on immigration policy, family separation and remittances, and the border (as a physical, historical, socio-legal and cultural concept).
Fluent in: Spanish.
Louis R. Negrete
Emeritus Professor of Chicano Studies; Ph.D., United States International University
Contact: (323) 343-2196
E-mail: lnegret@calstatela.edu
Dr. Negrete specializes in social and urban studies, sociology and Chicano studies, and helped to organize a major conference at Cal State L.A. about technology and culture on the U.S.-Mexico border. As a prominent scholar of community empowerment and leadership, his views are regularly cited in media such as the Los Angeles Times and La Opinion. He is a volunteer senior leader with the United Neighborhoods Organization, where he works directly with innercity families in campaigns for social justice to establish youth sports programs and increase the state minimum wage.
Michael Soldatenko
Chair and Professor of Chinano Studies; Ph.D., UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-2190
E-mail: msoldat@calstatela.edu
Dr. Soldatenko is an expert on Chicano(a) intellectual history; Chicano(a) Studies curricular history; Chicano(a) student politics; 18th and 19th century European thought, and European economic thought.
Valerie Talavera-Bustillos
Assistant Professor of Chicano Studies; Ph.D., UCLA
Campus: (323) 343-2197
E-mail: vtalave@calstatela.edu
Dr. Talavera-Bustillos' areas of expertise include sociology of education, K-12 education, and higher education preparation and access issues. She is also interested specifically with disentangling the effects of race, class and gender within the education and schooling process in the U.S., with a focus on Chicanas/Chicanos and other people of color.
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