Projects

Cross disciplinary, policy-relevant research projects on Chicana/o and Latina/o issues in California.

This project resulted in a three-day international conference, "The Maquiladora Murders, Or, Who Is Killing the Women of Juárez?", held in Fall 2003.

This project utilized 1990 Census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data on large, immigrant-receiving metropolitan areas to illuminate the earnings attainment process in brown-collar occupations.

This project challenged two tendencies in scholarly research on race in film and television studies.

“Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement” A review of the exhibition by scholar Robb Hernandez. Museum and Curatorial Studies Review, Summer 2013 “Visitor Spending to...

“Datebook: Carmina Escobar’s experimental vocals, art inspired by the Huntington, a groundbreaking painter” The La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was...

“The ARTnews Accord: Curators Rita Gonzalez and Mari Carmen Ramirez Talk Supporting Latin American and Latinx Art” Rita Gonzalez, head of contemporary art at LACMA...