We are very excited to announce that Dr. Alan Gómez will join LGSA on Wednesday, March 6th from 12:30 PM-1:30 PM in the Memorial Union 240 Navajo Room. He will be discussing the topic: "Navigating Graduate School and Beyond." He will share his research regarding activism and Latinos, as well as his journey through graduate school and academia, and some of the challenges he faced (especially as a Latino male) as he navigated through that process. All graduate students are welcome to attend!
Refreshments will be provided!
SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE RSVP TO ATTEND THIS EVENT before 2-28-13 by contacting: [email protected]
About Dr. Gómez:
Alan Eladio Gómez (Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin) is a historian and Assistant Professor in the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. His research has been published in Radical History Review, Latino Studies, Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, the anthology Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States (Palgrave), and recently, a book chapter, “Revolutionary Imagination of Greater Mexico: Chicanas/os, Social Movements and the Dirty War in Mexico, 1973-1978”, in Challenging Authoritarianism in Mexico: Revolutionary Struggles and the Dirty War, 1964-1982 (Routledge, 2011). Dr. Gómez is completing a book titled “With Dignity Intact:” Rainbow Coalitions, Contol Units, and Struggles for Human Rights in the U.S. Federal Prison System, 1969-1974. Prior to coming to ASU he taught at Ithaca College and Cornell University.
Refreshments will be provided!
SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE RSVP TO ATTEND THIS EVENT before 2-28-13 by contacting: [email protected]
About Dr. Gómez:
Alan Eladio Gómez (Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin) is a historian and Assistant Professor in the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. His research has been published in Radical History Review, Latino Studies, Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, the anthology Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States (Palgrave), and recently, a book chapter, “Revolutionary Imagination of Greater Mexico: Chicanas/os, Social Movements and the Dirty War in Mexico, 1973-1978”, in Challenging Authoritarianism in Mexico: Revolutionary Struggles and the Dirty War, 1964-1982 (Routledge, 2011). Dr. Gómez is completing a book titled “With Dignity Intact:” Rainbow Coalitions, Contol Units, and Struggles for Human Rights in the U.S. Federal Prison System, 1969-1974. Prior to coming to ASU he taught at Ithaca College and Cornell University.