Faculty & Staff Directory DEPARTMENT FACULTY MARC S. RODRIGUEZ, PH.D., J.D. Department Chair, Professor, Editor and Academic Advisor Fields of Expertise: Chicanx/Latinx history, social movement history, protest movements, migration history, US legal history Scholarly Biography: Rodriguez is a leading scholar in the field of Mexican American/Chicanx... See full profile for Marc Rodriguez Martín Alberto Gonzalez, Ph.D. Associate Professor 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... See full profile for Martín Alberto Gonzalez Cristina Herrera, Ph.D. Professor Dr. Cristina Herrera was born and raised in Oxnard, California and has been at PSU since 2021. She earned her PhD in English from Claremont Graduate University, specializing in contemporary Chicana/Latina literature. See full profile for Cristina Herrera Melissa Patiño-Vega, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 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... See full profile for MELISSA PATINO-VEGA Jessica I. Ramirez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Jessica I. Ramirez, Ph.D., is a Chicana Mother, educator, activist and first-generation college student from Oxnard, California. She is an Assistant Professor in Social Work and Chicanx and Latinx studies program. Jessica... See full profile for Jessica Ramirez A M Tony Martínez, M.A. Adjunct Instructor Additional information is forthcoming. See full profile for Anthony Martinez G Z Guadalupe Martínez, M.A. Adjunct Instructor Additional information is forthcoming. See full profile for Guadalupe Martinez Zapata José (Memo) Pastrano, Ph.D. Adjunct Instructor 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:... See full profile for Memo Pastrano AFFILIATED FACULTY R A Roberto de Anda Professor Emeritus 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 American... See full profile for Roberto de Anda