Mexican American/Latino History

Our field builds from a focus on Mexican Americans and Latinos as ethnic groups and as communities with historical and contemporary ties to Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. We examine the many politics, policies and cultures in which Mexican Americans and other Latinos make their lives. We place our studies within American history and the history of the Americas, including the Mexican Borderlands, and consider Mexican American/Latino history to be a long-standing bridge across historical disciplines. Our analyses emphasize emerging forms of community and historical inequalities within and without Mexican American and other Latino communities. We share academic and programmatic interests with scholars in the Department of History and associated disciplines in the College of Liberal Arts.

Our faculty and graduate students emphasize relations with Mexican American and other Latino communities outside the university setting, often through the Center for Mexican American Studies, as well as other venues. These activities include oral history, public history, research internships, and other forms of historical inquiry.

Mexican American/Latino History faculty list