Profiles in "American and Ethnic Studies" Expertise Area

  • Cuádraz publishes in the areas of Chicana/os and higher education, oral history, feminist methods, testimonio and Chicana/o labor history in Arizona.
  • Vega's research ethnographically explores the every day lived experiences of Latina/os in the U.S. with an emphasis on gender and religion.
  • Tony Clark, U.S. Marine veteran and first-gen college grad, served as a visiting combat instructor for the final Marine scout sniper course at SOI-West in 2023 and proof-of-concept basic scout course in 2024.
  • Fine holds a doctorate in English with an emphasis in Literature, Social Justice, and Environment. She is an instructor in ASU's Writing Programs.
  • Brian K. Goodman is a literary historian of the Cold War and its aftermath. His research explores how dissenting writers have shaped our ideas about human rights, censorship, and free expression.
  • Alex Young is a scholar of transnational settler colonialism and the literature and culture of the United States. His research focuses on how U.S. culture has been shaped by settler colonialism and Indigenous resistance.
  • Rafael Martínez is an assistant professor of Southwest Borderlands in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. Rafael’s work focuses on immigration, migration, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.
  • Anita Huízar-Hernández is associate director of the Hispanic Research Center and an associate professor in the School of International Letters and Cultures.
  • Jian Gao specializes in the history of U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Asian American studies, transnational migration, global Asia, and immigration law and jurisprudence.