Print
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Release
Share
April 6
Mexican-American civil rights addressed by Notre Dame prof
Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010
By Melissa O’Neil Perdue, WSU Tri-Cities
RICHLAND - An expert in immigration and Chicano history will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in the Consolidated Information Center 120 at WSU Tri-Cities as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series.
“Mexican-American Legal History: Seeing Civil Rights Beyond Black and White” will be presented by Marc Simon Rodriguez, an assistant professor of history, a fellow of the Institute for Latino Studies, and an assistant professor of law at the University of Notre Dame.
Rodriguez also will meet informally with students at 11 a.m. and 3:3 p.m. on Monday, April 5, in the West Building atrium. The meet-and-greet sessions are sponsored by the WSU Tri-Cities Multicultural Club.
Rodriguez holds a master’s of arts degree and a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University (2000) and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law School (2001).
Working within the fields of Mexican-American and American legal history, Rodriguez focuses on the relationship between migration, ethnicity, youth politics, state reform, and labor after 1945.
“Mexican-American Legal History: Seeing Civil Rights Beyond Black and White” will be presented by Marc Simon Rodriguez, an assistant professor of history, a fellow of the Institute for Latino Studies, and an assistant professor of law at the University of Notre Dame.
Rodriguez also will meet informally with students at 11 a.m. and 3:3 p.m. on Monday, April 5, in the West Building atrium. The meet-and-greet sessions are sponsored by the WSU Tri-Cities Multicultural Club.
Rodriguez holds a master’s of arts degree and a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University (2000) and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law School (2001).
Working within the fields of Mexican-American and American legal history, Rodriguez focuses on the relationship between migration, ethnicity, youth politics, state reform, and labor after 1945.
He is completing his first book, tentatively titled "Mexican Americanism: The Tejano Diaspora and Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin after 1950" (forthcoming, University of North Carolina Press), which details the growth of Mexican-American politics among migrants and activists.
Note: To share this article, please click the orange-colored 'Share' button at the top or bottom of the page