Department/College/UnitSocial Sciences Division

TitleAssociate Professor, Latin American & Latino Studies
Chair: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, UCSC Academic Senate
Ex Officio, Department Chair, Latin American & Latino Studies

AffiliationFaculty

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationDolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas
History Department
Merrill College
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Feminist Studies Department

Primary Office LocationMerrill College Academic Building
33

Office HoursFall 2024: Wednesdays 12:00pm - 2:00pm via zoom: email me to sign up and receive a link

Mail StopMerrill/Crown Faculty Services

Biography, Education and Training

Associate Professor LALS; Chair: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, UCSC Academic Senate; former Department Chair, LALS (2016-2021); UCSC EVC Research Fellow 2018-19; former director Dolores Huerta Research Center (Chicano Latino Research Center); author Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation, 1916-1939 (2008); co-editor Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader (2003). PhD (History), The University of Chicago; CIC Fellow: University of Michigan; MA (History) SFSU; BA (History) Reed College.

Summary of Expertise

Chicana/o/x histories; Chicana and Mexicana feminisms; “borderlands” studies; Migration histories of the Américas; Latina/o/x studies; social history - U.S./Mexico;  critical race studies;  history of modern Mexico. 

Research Interests

Current research interests in cross-ethnic and cross-racial cooperation rooted in historical Chicana/o/x activism, diversity in coalitions, and processes of racial "mixing" in historical contexts of struggles for rights in what is now the United States.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Arredondo's teaching and research interests include Chicana/o/x histories, comparative Latina/o/x histories, comparative immigration/migrations in the United States, histories of ethnic and racial studies, bridging Latin American and Latina/o Studies,  gender and racial formations, U.S./Mexico histories, oral history and archival research methods.

Awards, Honors and Grants

Distinguished Research Lecturer, Organization of American Historians

Research Fellow, UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor's Fellows Academy

Golden Apple Teaching Award, Social Sciences Division, UCSC

Fellow, Executive Vice Chancellor's Leadership Academy, UCSC

Research Fellow, Stanford University: Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity

UC Online Educational Innovations Course Development Grant, co- PI

Crossing Latinidades Humanities Initiative, co- PI

UC MEXUS "Translations of Knowledge", co-PI