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Bright Alozie, who joins Portland State as an assistant professor of Black Studies, says his journey has been centered around preparing himself to be the best scholar-teacher he can become. "I have always been knowledge-driven and my...

Courtney Terry joins Portland State as an assistant professor in Black Studies. Born and reared in South Central Los Angeles, she graduated from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California with a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies...

Melissa Patiño-Vega, who has been at Portland State since 2019 as a visiting scholar in Chicano/Latino Studies and World Languages and Literatures, returns this fall as an assistant professor, continuing to split her time between both...

Martin Alberto Gonzalez, a first-generation Xicano from the predominantly Latinx community of Oxnard, California, comes to Portland State as an assistant professor of Chicano/Latino Studies. The youngest of seven and the only one in his...

Cristina Herrera joins Portland State as professor and new director of Chicano/Latino Studies after 14 years at California State University, Fresno. There, she served as chair of the Department of Chicano and Latin American studies, faculty...

Portland was thrust into the national spotlight this summer for its nightly...