Paper Title
Session A: Early Mexican Presence in Chicago and the Midwest
Location
Coffey Hall - McCormick Lounge
Start Date
7-11-2014 11:15 AM
End Date
7-11-2014 12:30 PM
Abstract
a) Dr. Anne M. Martínez, Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Education: B.A. Cultural Anthropology, University of Michigan Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota
Areas of Expertise: Twentieth century cultural and intellectual histories; U.S.- Mexico relations; Mexican American history and culture; American Catholicism; religion and national identity
b) Dr. Deborah Kanter, Professor, Albion College
Education: University of Virginia, Ph.D. in History,
Dissertation: Hijos del Pueblo: Community
and Gender in Rural Mexico, the Toluc,
1730-1830
Current Research: Chicago Catolico: The Evolution of Mexican Parishes, 1940-77
c) Dr. Gabriela F. Arredondo, Associate Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
Research Interests: Latina/o studies; U.S. im/migration history; U.S. social and cultural history; Chicana/o history; critical race and ethnicity studies; Chicana and Mexicana feminisms; “borderlands” studies; history of modern Mexico
d) Dr. Myrna García, Assistant Professor, University of Indiana-Bloomington
Education: Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2013
M.A., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2005
Moderator: Dr. Dina Berger, Director of Latin American Studies, Loyola University Chicago
Specialty Area: Modern Latin America, Modern Mexican History
Research Interests: Inter-American relations, Modern Latin America, Mexico from the 1920s-1940s, tourism, Pan-American civic groups, gender, and diplomacy.
Session A: Early Mexican Presence in Chicago and the Midwest
Coffey Hall - McCormick Lounge
a) Dr. Anne M. Martínez, Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Education: B.A. Cultural Anthropology, University of Michigan Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota
Areas of Expertise: Twentieth century cultural and intellectual histories; U.S.- Mexico relations; Mexican American history and culture; American Catholicism; religion and national identity
b) Dr. Deborah Kanter, Professor, Albion College
Education: University of Virginia, Ph.D. in History,
Dissertation: Hijos del Pueblo: Community
and Gender in Rural Mexico, the Toluc,
1730-1830
Current Research: Chicago Catolico: The Evolution of Mexican Parishes, 1940-77
c) Dr. Gabriela F. Arredondo, Associate Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
Research Interests: Latina/o studies; U.S. im/migration history; U.S. social and cultural history; Chicana/o history; critical race and ethnicity studies; Chicana and Mexicana feminisms; “borderlands” studies; history of modern Mexico
d) Dr. Myrna García, Assistant Professor, University of Indiana-Bloomington
Education: Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2013
M.A., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2005
Moderator: Dr. Dina Berger, Director of Latin American Studies, Loyola University Chicago
Specialty Area: Modern Latin America, Modern Mexican History
Research Interests: Inter-American relations, Modern Latin America, Mexico from the 1920s-1940s, tourism, Pan-American civic groups, gender, and diplomacy.
