EDUCATION
Ph.D. in History, University of California, Berkeley (2002)
M.A. in History, University of California, Berkeley, (1996)
B.A., History and Philosophy, Politics, & Economics, Claremont McKenna College, (1994)

EMPLOYMENT
Professor, Pomona College, July 2025 – present
Associate Professor, Pomona College, July 2012 – June 2025
Assistant Professor, Pomona College, January 2006 – June 2012
Assistant Professor, California State University, Monterey Bay, 2002-2006

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Latinos at the Golden Gate: Creating Community and Identity in San Francisco (University of North Carolina Press, August 2013; paperback edition, 2016).

“Defiant Histories: Obligations and Ethics in Latinx (Public) History,” in Molly Todd and Jason Cohen, eds., Public Humanities: Engaging Community, Empowering Civic Discourse, and Reshaping Academia (Michigan State University Press, December 2025): 139-155.

“‘I will never deny what I am’: Masculinity in Oral Life Stories with Latine Vietnam Veterans,” in Maria Joaquina Villaseñor and Christina J. Fernandez, eds., Routledge Handbook on Latinx Life Writing: Past, Present, and Future (Routledge, 2024): 36-48.

“‘All those who care about the Mission, stand up with me!’: Latino Community Formation and the Mission Coalition Organization,” in Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-1978, edited by Chris Carlsson (San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2011), 48-60.

“Disobedient Bodies: Race, Resistance, and the Mass (Re)Articulation of the Mexican Immigrant Body,” American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 52, no. 4 (Dec. 2008): 580-597.

“On the Merits of Racial Identity,” in Pop Perspectives: Readings to Critique Contemporary Culture, ed. Laura Gray-Rosendale (McGraw Hill, 2008), 132-138.

“The Burden of History and John Sayles’ Lonestar,” in Westerns: Films through History (AFI Film Readers), ed. Janet Walker (Routledge Press, 2001), 71-85.

PUBLIC-FACING PROJECTS
“Sounds of Pomona: Coming of Age in the Golden Era of Music, 1955-1975,” public history exhibit, November 11, 2023-February 24, 2024, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA.

Ring of Red: A Barrio Story, stage play, premiered at The Bootleg Theater (Los Angeles), September 20-30, 2018.

“Voices Veteranos: Mexican America and the Legacy of Vietnam,” public history exhibit, March 11-April 15, 2017, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA.

IN THE MEDIA
Andrew Alonzo, “dA exhibit celebrates Pomona’s rock ‘n roll heyday,” Claremont Courier, November 9, 2023.

“‘The Sounds of Pomona’ exhibit will showcase local music of 1955-1975,” Daily Bulletin, November 10, 2023.

Mercedes Cannon-Tran, “Pomona’s music history on display at da Center for the Arts’ new exhibit,” Daily Bulletin, November 17, 2023.

David Allen, “This tribute to ‘60s garage bands is rocking Pomona, reuniting friends,” Daily Bulletin, November 30, 2023.

Brittny Mejia, “50 years after the Chicano Moratorium, a Mexican American veteran on what it meant to fight in the war,” Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2020 (print edition).

Libby Denkmann, “This play is keeping alive the ‘hidden history’ and memories of Chicanos who served in Vietnam,” The Frame (89.3 KPCC radio), September 25, 2018.

“Veterans’ Voices: Telling Latino Vietnam Vets’ Stories,” CBS 2 News (KCBS, Los Angeles), September 25, 2018.

Jacqueline Fernandez,“‘Ring of Red’ tells the story of Chicano Vietnam War vets in their own words,” The Eastsider, September 21, 2018.

“To Pledge Allegiance,” The Atlantic (online), sponsored by PBS, September 5, 2017.

A.V. Martínez, “Académico documenta historias de veteranos latinos en Valle de Pomona,” EFE USA, 1 junio 2016.  (Via Agencia EFE, a Spanish news service.)

“The History of Latinos at the Golden Gate,” UpFront, KPFA radio (Berkeley, CA), interview by Brian Edwards-Tiekert, November 10, 2015.

“Latinos at the Golden Gate,” New Books in Latino Studies, podcast, interview by David James Gonzalez, July 26, 2015.

Pat Morrison, “Vietnam Through the Eyes of Latino Soldiers,” Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2015.

“The Invisible Force: Latinos at War in Vietnam,” The California Report, NPR, story by Steve Cuevas (KQED Productions), May 25, 2015.

Interview by Brad Pomerance, “Time Warner Cable Local Edition,” TWC Community channel in Southern California (Time Warner Cable), May 17, 2015.  Accessible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF44LZfaapE.

Liset Marquez, “Vietnam War, 50 years later: Giving a voice to Latino veterans,” Inland Valley Bulletin (San Bernardino, CA), March 21, 2015.  Reprinted in Los Angeles Daily News, Pasadena Star, Long Beach Press Telegram, and San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

COLLEGE & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Coordinator, Chicanx-Latinx Studies Program, 2019-21, 2022-23, 2025-26
President, Oral History Association, 2022-2023
Member, Board of Directors, Mt. San Antonio Gardens, 2017-2023
Faculty Executive Committee, Division III Chair, 2018-20
Chair, Department of History, Pomona College, 2014-15, 2016-17
Faculty Coordinator, Draper Center for Community Partnerships, 2009-2014
Treasurer, California Studies Association, 2016-2017
Secretary, California Studies Association, 2007-2012