Faculty & Staff Directory

Dr. Cristina Herrera was born and raised in Oxnard, California and arrived to PSU in 2021. She earned her PhD in English from Claremont Graduate University, specializing in contemporary Chicana/Latina literature. In...

Dr. Martín Alberto Gonzalez is a Xicano raised in Oxnard, California. He completed his undergraduate studies at California State University, Northridge, then earned his doctorate from the Cultural Foundations of Education...

Dra. Melissa Patiño-Vega is a proud first-generation college Chicana who was raised in a low-income household in the small agricultural town of Patterson, California – located in the Central Valley. She is also proud...

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Mr. Hernández’s first experience painting murals was achieved in Mexico City while studying a program in Social Anthropology. In that opportunity, Mr. Hernández participated as a collaborator for two murals under...

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Fields of Expertise: Mexican American history, US West, 19th and 20th century labor history, business and economic history, migrant labor history Publications:  "The Bureaucratic Origins of Migrant Poverty: The...

Roberto de Anda is a Professor Emeritus of Chicano/Latino Studies at Portland State University.  He received a BA in Chicano Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.  After doing graduate work in Latin...