Dr. Raoul Contreras Chair of Minority Studies Associate Professor of Latino Studies

e-mail:  rcontrer@iun.edu

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Education | Teaching Expertise | Courses Taught  | Research | Office Hours | Web Links

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• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles - 1993

• Chicano Studies
• Latino Studies
• Race-Ethnic Studies
• Political Science (Theory)

• Introduction to Latino Studies
• History of Chicanos and Puerto Ricans
• Minority People in the U.S.
• Social Justice and Chicano Labor History
• The Politics of Chicano Cultural Identity
• American Politics
• Race and Politics

• Principles and Foundations of Chicano Studies:  Chicano Organization on University Campuses in California (1992)
• Chicano Discourse, Tacho Mindiola and Emilio Zamora (Eds.) Houston:  University of Houston
• "Chicano Movement Chicano Studies:  Social Science and Self-Conscious Ideology:  Perspectives in Mexican American Studies-Mexican Americans in the 1990's, Politics, Policies, and Perceptions, Vol. 6, 1997, p. 20-51.

Topic:  Social Theory in Chicano Studies.  Co-editor for anthology on social theory produced in the field of Chicano Studies in the areas of history, cultural identity, community, and politics.  "Chicano Studies:  Political Strategy of the Chicano Movement," A historical analysis of Chicano Studies as a new Social Science" that was inscribed with a political orientation by its relationship to the Chicano Movement.

Web Links

• ALMA
• Minority Studies Event Pictorial
• Chicano/Latino Web Links Page
• Mexican Web Links Page