My work is sometimes featured in non-academic venues. I have also served as a historical advisor to various media projects. And, sometimes, I’m quoted in the press because of my work as a historian.
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Radio, Television, Film, and Podcast
June 15, 2018
“Latinos in the Vietnam War,” Latino Media Collective, hosted by Oscar Fernandez.
May 28, 2018
Dieciocho Podcast (episode 14), News Taco Podcast Network, hosted by Victor Landa.
February 12, 2017
“The return of “Zoot Suit”: downSTAGE with The Frame” (KPCC 89.3).
November 10, 2015 on KPFA’s “UpFront”
“The History of Latinos at the Golden Gate,” UpFront (KPFA radio, Berkeley), interview by Brian Edwards-Tiekert.
September 22, 2015 on PBS
“On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam” (Souvenir Pictures, 2015). Original air date September 22, 2015.
July 26, 2015 on New Books in Latino Studies
“Latinos at the Golden Gate,” New Books in Latino Studies podcast, interview by David James Gonzalez.
June 9, 2015 on BlogTalk Radio
“Latino Role Models Success,” BlogTalk Radio online podcast, Armando F. Sánchez Productions.
May 25, 2015 on NPR’s “The California Report”
Steven Cuevas, “The Invisible Force: Latinos at War in Vietnam,” The California Report, KQED.
May 17, 2015 on TWC Community channel in Southern California
“Time Warner Cable Local Edition,” hosted by Brad Pomerance, Time Warner Cable.
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Newspapers, Magazines, and Digital
March 23, 2018
Stephen A. Nuño, “Documentary on Dr. Gonzo captures Oscar Zeta Acosta’s wild ride,” NBC Latino/ NBC News.
January 5, 2018
Deborah Paredez, “Soldiers in la Guerra,” New York Times.
September 7, 2017
Olga Rojas, “Herencia Hispana e Indígena en Los Ángeles, un ejemplo para SoCal,” Press Enterprise.
July 22, 2016 via Associated Press
Russell Contreras and Jesse J. Holland, “Critics: Trump speech signals shift to coded race language,” Salon.
June 1, 2016 via Agencia EFE (Spanish news service)
A.V. Martínez, “Académico documenta historias de veteranos latinos en Valle de Pomona,” EFE USA.
October 26, 2015 in La Prensa
Olga Rojas, “Día de los Muertos con estampa de ‘Made in China’,” La Prensa (Riverside, CA).
September 22, 2015 on Fox News Latino
Naibe Reynoso, “Documentary captures the legacy of Latino soldiers during the Vietnam War,” Fox News Latino (online).
May 27, 2015 in the LA Times
Pat Morrison, “Vietnam Through the Eyes of Latino Soldiers,” Los Angeles Times.
March 21, 2015 in the Inland Valley Bulletin
Liset Marquez, “Vietnam War, 50 years later: Giving a voice to Latino veterans,” Inland Valley Bulletin (San Bernardino, CA). (Also reprinted in the Los Angeles Daily News, the Pasadena Star, Long Beach Press Telegram, and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.)
October 17, 2013 in La Prensa
Olga Rojas, “Deshojando el tema de la felicidad entre latinos,” La Prensa (Riverside, CA).
March 5, 2012 in Pomona College Magazine
Anna Miller, “Memories of War,” Pomona College Magazine, Spring 2012.
Tomás Summers Sandoval 