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Lester and Sue Smith Campus | 5401 Caroline Street | Houston, Texas 77004 | 713-942-8000 | hmh.org
CHAIR Carl Josehart
VICE CHAIRS
Development Heidi Gerger
Diversity & Inclusion
Tali Blumrosen
Education Jerry Rochman
Facilities Gui llermo Guefen
Marketing Jerry Mart in
Outreach Peter Chang, M.D.
Survivor Services Chaja Verveer
SECRETARY Nancy L i-Tarim
TREASURER Steve Estrin
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Benjamin Warren
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Abby Daniels Mindy Morgan Finger
Charles Foster Deborah Gordon Jason Gordon Shelly Hendry B.J. Herz Marvalette Hunter Kisha Itkin
Mady Kades Evan H. Katz Gail Klein Nicole Lowenstein Gary Markowitz Alf ie Meyerson Russell Molina
Carmen Ng Hyman Penn, M.D. Limor Smith
EX-OFFICIO Kel ly J. Z úñiga, Ed.D. Chief Executive Off icer Holocaust Museum Houston
Jack Kins Chair Holocaust Museum Houston Foundation
Dear Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Committee,
Since 1996, Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) has been educating visitors and students of all ages about the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy. The Museum has touched the lives of thousands of individuals from Houston and around the world. Houston has grown. The world has changed. And our message is more important now than it has ever been, especially for marginalized communities such as Hispanic communities.
In 2019, HMH took a giant leap forward to engage Hispanic communities by opening its newly expanded bilingual (Spanish/English) facility. In doing so, HMH has positioned itself as a vital educational resource for the growing Hispanic population in Houston and Southeast Texas. Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza has been instrumental in the Museum’s growth and increased impact among Hispanic communities. It is my honor to nominate Dr. Esparza for the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award in Education in the Community. Dr. Esparza is an Assistant Professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences at Texas Southern University, where he has taught since 2009. His area of expertise is on the history of Latinos in the United States with an emphasis on civil rights activism.
In 2016, Dr. Esparza was a founding member of HMH’s Latino Initiatives Advisory Committee (LIAC) and is currently serving a two-year tenure as LIAC Chair. Under Dr. Esparza’s leadership, LIAC’s primary goals are breaking language barriers, creating free and accessible programs for Hispanics, increasing outreach within Hispanic communities and ensuring Hispanic representation throughout the Museum’s exhibits and programs. Through LIAC’s directive, HMH opened its first bilingual (Spanish/English) exhibit, “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964” in December 2016. The exhibit showcased the bracero program, the largest guest worker program in U.S. history, which brought millions of Mexican nationals north to work on short-term labor contracts. The work was backbreaking and living conditions were poor, but the program offered Mexican men economic opportunities and much-needed work. Their contributions to communities in Mexico and the U.S. have had a lasting impact on the political, economic, social, and cultural landscapes of both nations. As a LIAC member, Dr. Esparza supported the exhibit by hosting a bracero oral history project documenting Houston-area braceros or family members’ stories. Students from Dr. Esparza’s Mexican American History class conducted several interviews of Braceros, their families, and those that worked with them. These interviews were then donated to HMH and became a part of the exhibit. To compliment the exhibit, Dr. Esparza hosted a lecture and screened a short film called “Soldiers on the Farm Front: Braceros and the Making of America, 1942-1964.”
A majority of the Museum’s visitors are Hispanic. LIAC wants to ensure Hispanic students can see themselves within the Museum’s exhibits and be able to better relate to the subject matter when they walk through the Museum’s doors. As an institution that is sometimes seen as a Jewish or Caucasian institution, LIAC works diligently to be more inclusive and ensure Hispanic representation. Consequently, for the “Texas Liberators” exhibit in 2018, Dr. Esparza thoroughly researched Latino Liberators of the Holocaust. Dr. Esparza’s research led to inclusion of newly identified Latino Liberations into the exhibit, which helped transform the exhibit from featuring solely Caucasian Liberators to also including Latino Liberators. Dr. Esparza shared his research with the public at a lecture entitled “From Out of the Shadows: Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II.” In attendance the evening of the lecture was the son of one of the featured Latino Liberators. The son was moved to tears by his father’s story and expressed his gratitude towards Dr. Esparza in ensuring his father’s story lived on for future Hispanic generations to learn from and realize the significance of Hispanics during the Holocaust.
In November 2019, HMH hosted the “Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos” exhibit. This captivating exhibit shared the compelling story of legendary activist and leader Dolores Huerta and the farm workers movement of the 1960s and ‘70s. Through LIAC, Dr. Esparza hosted two film screenings of “Dolores” and led an exhibit tour for the Museum’s young professionals’ group, NEXTGen at their quarterly “Tacos & Tours” event. Most significantly, through Dr. Esparza’s LIAC leadership, HMH was able to host civil rights icon, Dolores Huerta, for a free public program where she led a energetic “Si, Se Puede” chant and mobilized guests to get involved in their own communities. To this day, Hispanic guests rave about the exhibition and the complementing events. Many of which pointed out it was their first-time visiting Holocaust Museum Houston and hadn’t realized the bilingual facility catered to them.
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Always finding new and creative ways to promote the advancement of historical knowledge, Dr. Esparza has also partnered with several community partners to capture, preserve, and promote the “hidden” histories of too-often neglected communities in Houston. In 2015, for example, he partnered with Houston Public Library to help create an exhibit called “Remembering World War II Houston’s Latino Veterans.” The next year, he partnered with Houston Community College to establish an exhibit called “Houston Eats: Latino Cuisine and Culture.” Learning from these partnerships, Dr. Esparza would unveil his own exhibit on the campus of Texas Southern University called “Northside: Profile of a Latino Community in Houston.” Additionally, in 2017, Dr. Esparza partnered with the Honors College at the University of Houston to host a student-led exhibit called “Great Migrations: Past and Present.” More recently, Dr. Esparza partnered with the Fire Museum of Houston for their exhibit called “Unsung Heroes” which is dedicated to exploring the experiences of Latino, Black, and women firefighters. And in the fall of 2019, Dr. Esparza helped the Houston Public Library unveil another exhibit called “Musica: A History of Hispanic Sounds in Houston.” Dr. Esparza is currently working on a manuscript entitled Raza Schools: Latino Educational Autonomy and Activism in Texas, 1920-1980 which offers a multiracial narrative of a Latino-owned school district in west Texas since the end of the First World War through the post-civil rights era.
Dr. Esparza is always more than happy to help advance education initiatives in any way he can. In 2019 alone, Dr. Esparza participated in a variety of talks aimed at enhancing the historical knowledge and understanding of community folk from throughout Houston. In March 2019, he delivered a lecture entitled “More Than a Huelga: The United Farm Worker Movement and the Struggle in the Fields” at Lone Star College Kingwood. In April 2019, he gave a talk called “A Cause Betrayed: Segregating Black School Aged Children in a Latino School District, 1925-1960” for the Texas Oral History Association Annual Conference at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas. Twice in May 2019, he presented first at the Houston Fire Museum, a talk titled “A History Worth Telling: The Unsung Heroes Oral History Project” and second at the Shrine of the Black Madonna a talk titled “A Miscegenated Experience: A Brief History of Afro-Latinos in the United States” as part of an Afro Latino Cultural Capital Symposium. Dr. Esparza also delivered additional presentations for the Hispanic Genealogical Society of Houston, for the East Texas Historical Association Annual Meeting in Nacogdoches, Texas, and at Rice University for their Community Learning and Engagement, Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Dr. Esparza also helps positively impact Hispanic communities by serving on numerous Boards and organizations aimed at community service, educational enhancement, and socio-cultural uplift. For example, Dr. Esparza serves as the Faculty Advisor to two student organizations on the campus of Texas Southern University, Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the Hispanic Student Association. In addition to serving as HMH’s LIAC Chair, Dr. Esparza also sits on the Board of Directors for the Houston History Alliance and the Center for the Healing of Racism. Dr. Esparza also works with organizations designed to promote historical knowledge. Dr. Esparza serves as the Assistant Director of Summer Workshop on African American Texas History (SWAATH), an organization for teachers K-12 aimed at including into the curriculum the history of African Americans in Texas History. Dr. Esparza was also a part of the effort to establish Tejano History Month in Houston, in partnership with the Houston City Council. In February of 2019, Dr. Esparza also served on the planning committee for the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies, the largest organization in Texas dedicated to promoting Mexican American Studies.
As a student in the history graduate program at the University of Houston, Dr. Esparza received several fellowships including the Mexican American History Fellowship and the Murry Miller Dissertation Fellowship. Since then, Dr. Esparza has also received numerous endowments and grants including the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2015), National Endowment for the Humanities Latino Americans Grant (2015-2016), a Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship (2016) from the African American Library at the Gregory School a special division of the Houston Public Library, and more recently a Summerlee Foundation Grant (2018) to operate the Summer Workshop on African American Texas History on the campus of Texas Southern University.
It is my honor to nominate Dr. Esparza for the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award and discuss Dr. Esparza’s genuine dedication to the Hispanic community by constantly seeking new ways to positively impact the Hispanic community through education. Now more than ever, Holocaust Museum Houston serves as a catalyst for change in our communities and beyond. We cannot do what we do without the incredible support and vision of Dr. Esparza. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Rocio Rubio Corporate Relations Officer
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Dr. Jesús Jesse Esparza
15314 Bonita Springs Drive, Houston TX 77083 * [email protected]
Education:
Ph.D., U.S. History, University of Houston, Fall 2008
Minor: Latin American History
M.Ed., U.S. History, Southwest Texas State University, Fall 2001
Minor: Women’s Studies
B.A., U.S. History, Southwest Texas State University, Spring 2000
Minor: Spanish
Publications:
Articles:
“The Jewel of the Barrio: The Raul Yzaguirre School for Success and Community
Centered Education in Houston, Texas, 1996-2016.” The Journal of South Texas,
Vol. 32, No. 1 (Fall 2018).
“The Legacy of the Day of the Dead.” The Mexican American Studies Reader. Kendall
Hunt Publishing. (November 2017).
“A History of Chicana and Chicano Studies: From the Third World Liberation Front to
the Ban on Ethnic Studies.” The Mexican American Studies Reader. Kendall Hunt
Publishing. (November 2017).
“From Mexican American to Chicana/o, 1930-1980.” The Mexican American Studies
Reader. Kendall Hunt Publishing. (November 2017).
“La Colonia Mexicana: A History of Mexican Americans in Houston.” Houston History
Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1, The Center for Public History, University of Houston,
Fall 2011, 2-8.
“La Escuela Negra: The Status of Black School-Aged Children in a West Texas Mexican
American School District, 1925-1965.” Journal of History and Culture 1:4, The
Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture, Prairie View A&M
University, Summer 2011, 30-49.
“DJ Screw” The Handbook of Texas Music, Austin: Texas State Historical Association,
Fall 2003, 74.
“Tito Guizar” The Handbook of Texas Music, Austin: Texas State Historical Association,
Fall 2003, 129.
Encyclopedic Essays:
(Latino)
“World War II and Postwar Migrations, 1941-1959.” In 50 Events that Shaped Latino
History. Edited by Lilia Fernandez. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press,
2018.
“Blowouts,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1. Carmen Lugo-Lugo
and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 73-74.
“Chicano Art,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1. Carmen Lugo-
Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 107-108.
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“Community Service Organization,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol.
1. Carmen Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,
2009, 130-131.
“Gonzales, Rodolfo ‘Corky’,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1.
Carmen Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,
2009, 207-209.
“Mendez v. Westminster School District (1946),” Latino History and Culture: An
Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. Carmen Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York:
M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 321-322.
“Mexican American Political Association,” Latino History and Culture: An
Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. Carmen Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York:
M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 328-330.
“National Council of La Raza,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2.
Carmen Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,
2009, 383-385.
“Plan Espiritual de Aztlan,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2.
Carmen Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,
2009, 425-427.
“Politics,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. Carmen Lugo-Lugo and
David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 428-435.
“Reparation,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. Carmen Lugo-Lugo
and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 477-479.
“Taos Rebellion,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. Carmen Lugo-
Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 521-522.
“Tijerina, Reies Lopez,” Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. Carmen
Lugo-Lugo and David J. Leonard, Eds., New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009, 536-
539.
“Albuquerque Walkout” Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the
United States, Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum Eds., Danbury, CT.: Grolier
Academic Reference, 2005, 63-64.
“East Los Angeles School Walkouts” Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and
Society in the United States, Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum Eds., Danbury,
CT.: Grolier Academic Reference, 2005, 123-126.
(African American)
“Black Panther Party,” Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:
From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, Vol. 1. Gerald Horne,
Ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 218-219.
“Crown Heights Riot” Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:
From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, Vol. 1. Gerald Horne,
Ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 520-521.
“King, Martin Luther, Assassination of” Encyclopedia of African American History,
1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century,
Vol. 3. Gerald Horne, Ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 107-109.
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“Rod Paige,” Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the
Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, Vol. 4. Gerald Horne, Ed., New
York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 41-42.
“Hispanic Immigrants and Hispanic Americans, Relations With Black Migrants,”
Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration, Vol. 1. Steven A. Reich, Ed.,
Westport, CT.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, 588-592.
“Hispanic Migration to and Within the United States, Comparison With Great Black
Migration,” Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration, Vol. 1. Steven A. Reich,
Ed., Westport, CT.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, 392-395.
“Riots and Rebellions From the Antebellum Period to 1895,” Encyclopedia of African
American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick
Douglass, vol. 3. Paul Finkelman, Ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 2006,
48-53.
In-Progress Publication Projects:
Manuscripts:
Raza Schools: Latino Educational Activism and Autonomy in Del Rio, Texas, 1920-1980.
(under consideration with the University of Oklahoma Press)
Articles:
“Chale Con la Guerra: The Chicano Anti-War Movement in Houston, 1965-1975.” In
Rewriting the Chicano Movement: Critical Essays. Edited by Mario Garcia and
Ellen McCracken. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, Forthcoming.
“The Roots of Oppression: Worker Exploitation, Survival, and Storytelling During the
Bracero Program.” (submitted to and under considering with the East Texas
Historical Association Journal)
“Answering the Call: Latino Integration of the Houston Fire Department.” In Race,
Place, and Power in Houston, Texas: The Past and Present of Megapolitian
Texas. Edited by Brian D. Behnken, Alexander X. Byrd, Emily E. Straus. Baton
Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. Forthcoming.
“Get the Pigs!: Chicano-Black Coalition Building in Houston and the Struggle Against
Police Brutality.” The Journal of Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
of the South. Northwestern State University Press, Forthcoming.
“Holding the Line: Booker T. Washington High School and Black Educational Self-
Determination in Houston.” In Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines: Resisting
Racism Through Scholactivism. Eds. Jonathan Chism, Stacie DeFreitas, Vida
Robertson, and David Ryden. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, Rowman &
Littlefield. Forthcoming.
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, 2016-2020, Department of History, Geography, and General Studies,
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas.
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2008-2016, History Department, Texas Southern University
United States History I and II, Texas History, Mexican American History, History
of Mexico, and Civil Rights Movements History
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History Adjunct Instructor, 2012-2016, History Department, HCC Central Campus
United States History I and II, and Mexican American History
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2009-2012, History Department, Texas A&M University
United States History I and II, Texas History, Mexican American History, and
Western Civilization 1660 to the Present
History Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2011, Hist. Department, Lone Star College-CyFair
United States History I
History Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2009, History Department, University of Houston
United States History I
Conferences & Presentations:
“Looking Through the Glass Window: The Women Without the Vote 100 Years Ago.”
Chair, Moderator, American Historical Association Annual Conference, New
York City, January 2020.
“What History Loses When Contingent Labor Becomes the Norm.” Chair, Moderator,
American Historical Association Annual Conference, New York City, January
2020.
“Foreigners on Their Own Land: American Nativism and the Politics of Citizenship.”
Frederick Douglass Lecture Series, Thomas F. Freeman Honors College, Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas. November 2019.
“Saints and Sinners: Mesoamerican Theology and the Conquest of Mexico.” Sugarland
Heritage Foundation, Sugarland Heritage Museum. November 2019.
“A Grassroots History of Latino Houston: Community Formation, Civil Rights, and
Culture in the Second Ward.” Community Learning and Engagement, Glasscock
School of Continuing Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas. October 2019.
“Challenging the ‘Good Ol’ Boy’ System: Latino Firefighters Within the Houston Fire
Department.” East Texas Historical Association Annual Meeting. Nacogdoches,
Texas. October 2019.
“Triumph and Tragedy: Latino Activism in the Schools.” Hispanic Genealogical
Society of Houston, Houston, Texas. September 2019.
“A Miscegenated Experience: A Brief History of Afro-Latinos in the United States.”
Afro Latino Cultural Capital Symposium, Shrine of the Black Madonna, Houston,
Texas. May 2019.
“A History Worth Telling: The Unsung Heroes Oral History Project.” Houston Fire
Museum, Houston, Texas. May 2019.
“A Cause Betrayed: Segregating Black School Aged Children in a Latino School District,
1925-1960.” Texas Oral History Association Annual Conference, St. Edwards
University, Austin, Texas. April 2019.
“More Than a Huelga: The United Farm Worker Movement and the Struggle in the
Fields.” Lone Star College Kingwood, Porter, Texas, March 2019.
“From Out of the Shadows: Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II.” Holocaust
Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, October 2018.
“Forced to Fight: Discrimination, War, and Mexican American Activism.” Lone Star
College Kingwood, Porter, Texas, October 2018.
“On Two Fronts: Houston Hispanics and the Vietnam War.” The Heritage Society,
Houston, Texas, September 2018.
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“Endless Pursuits, The Latino Civil Rights Movement in Texas.” The Heritage Society,
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas,
September 2018.
“Reconciling a Racist History: Race Relations in Texas Since Slavery.” Austin
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas, September 2018.
“Chale Con la Guerra: The Chicano Anti-War Movement in Houston, 1965-1975.”
Center for Public History Research Colloquium, University of Houston, Houston,
Texas, May 2018.
“Soldiers on the Farm Front: The Bracero Oral History Project, Houston, Texas.” Texas
Oral History Association Seventh Annual Conference, Texas A&M University,
College Station, April 2018.
“Betraying the Cause: Segregating Black School Aged Children in a Latino School
District, 1925-1960.” Texas Center for Working Class Studies Conference, Collin
College, Plano, Texas, March 2018.
“Chale Con El Draft: The Chicano Anti-War Movement in Houston, 1965-1975.” Texas
State Historical Association. San Marcos, Texas, March 2018.
“Oppressed Like Me: Houston Chicanos Against the War in Vietnam, 1965-1975.” Sal
Castro Memorial Conference, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California, February 2018.
“Recovering Migrant History: The Bracero Oral History Project, Houston, Texas.”
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Foco, Texas
Lutheran University, Seguin, February 2018.
“En Lucha: Mexican Americans and Educational Protest.” Martin De Leon Symposium
on the Humanities, University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria, Texas, September
2017.
“Mark My Words: Personal Testimonies of Korean War Veterans.” Korean War Veteran
Digital Memorial History Conference, Washington, D.C. July 2017.
“My Juneteenth: A Thorough History.” Center for the Healing of Racism. Houston,
Texas, June 2017.
“Failure is Not an Option: Latinos and the American Education System.” Latino
Education Summit. American Latino Center for Research, Education, and Justice.
Houston Community College Southeast Campus, Houston, Texas. April 2017.
“Grassroots History of Latino Houston.” Chair and Moderator, Texas State Historical
Association. Houston, Texas, March 2017.
“The Unique Experience: Jewish American Veterans of the Korean War.” Yom Limmud.
Congregation Emanu El, Houston, Texas, February 2017.
“War Stories: Preserving Houston’s Latino History Through the Digital Humanities”
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference. University of
Houston. February 2017.
“Historical Discipline & Historical Preservation.” Thomas J. Freeman Honors College,
Texas Southern University, November 28, 2016.
“Silent Heroes: A Tribute to Latino Veterans.” Silent Heroes Symposium, Talento
Bilingue de Houston, Houston, Texas. November 2016.
“Latino Family and Oral History Project.” Family History: Our Heritage and Hope
Symposium, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, October 2016.
AP Symposium on History. The College Board. Philadelphia, PA. October 2016.
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“Food, War, and Peace: Capturing Houston’s Culinary and Wartime Histories.” Chair,
East Texas Historical Association, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, Texas, October 2016.
“Tejanos in Schools and Culture.” East Texas Historical Association, Stephen F. Austin
State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, October 2016.
“Wards Apart: Community Preservation in Houston’s Fourth Ward.” The Center for
Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
September 2016.
“A School of Their Own: Booker T. Washington High School and Educational Self
Determination.” Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning, The
African American Library at the Gregory School, Houston, Texas, Sept. 2016.
“Herencia: A Hispanic Heritage Talk.” Hispanic Heritage Month, Houston Community
College System, Houston, Texas. September 2016.
“Chronicling Houston’s Korean War History.” Korean War Veteran Digital Memorial
History Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 2016.
“One Story at a Time: Chronicling Houston’s History” Texas Oral History Association
Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, April 2016.
“A Chicano Movement Too: Educational Activism and Community Preservation, Del
Rio, Texas, 1928-1972.” Sal Castro Memorial Conference, University of
California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, February 2016.
“Soldados: Curating Latina and Latino Veterans of the Second World War.” Latino
Studies Working Group, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas,
November 2015.
“Remembering the Forgotten War.” Korean War Veteran Digital Memorial History and
Social Studies Teachers Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2015.
“An Institute for Digital Humanists: Beyond Pockets of Innovation, Toward a
Community of Practice.” NEH Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Eugene,
Oregon, July 2015.
“The Lone Star Slave State: Slavery in Texas Before 1865.” Summer Workshop on
African American Texas History, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas,
July 2015.
“From its Origins to its Prohibition: Overviews and Innovations in Mexican American
History.” Mexican American Studies Workshop, Houston Community College
Southeast, Houston, Texas, June 2015.
“Putting Students in the Archives.” Mexican American Studies Workshop, Houston
Community College Southeast, Houston, Texas, June 2015.
“A History of Chicano Studies: From the Third World Liberation Front to the Ban on
Ethnic Studies.” Raza Youth Conference, Houston, Texas, April 2015.
“Race, Religious Histories, and the Taboos of the Spiritual.” Chair, Moderator,
Organization of American Historians, St. Louis, Missouri, April 2015.
“After Ferguson, Now What?: Thinking Through the Movement for Liberation.”
University of Houston, Houston, Texas, April 2015.
“Smell the History: Putting Houston Students in the Archives.” National Association for
Chicano and Chicana Studies Tejas Regional Conference, Lone Star College-
North Harris, Houston, Texas, February 2015.
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“Digital Archiving: Making History Come Alive One Archive at a Time.” Digital
Humanities Conference, Houston Community College Central, Houston, Texas,
January 2015.
“Black Tejanos: Africans in Early Texas History From Spanish Contact to Pre-
Emancipation.” Summer Workshop on African American Texas History, Texas
Southern University, July 2014.
“Academic Service: Volunteering in the Archives.” Houston Metropolitan Research
Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas, April 2014.
“To Hell and Back: Solomon Northup’s Odyssey through the Peculiar Institution.” Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, November 2013.
“El Diez y Seis: The Legacy of the Mexican Revolution as a Mechanism for Social
Healing.” Houston Community College System-Southeast Campus, Houston,
Texas, September 2013.
“The Challenges of Activism: Educational Autonomy and Black Internationalism Within
the United States.” Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, April 2013.
“El Dia de los Muertos: The Legacy of the Day of the Dead.” Texas Southern University,
Houston, Texas, November 2012.
“What Did You Call Me!?: Ethno-Racial Terms and the Politics of Identity.” Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, October 2012.
“The Chicano Studies Network as Tehchihuiliztle (Remedy for Curing Pain and Shame):
A Socio-ecological Model for Academic Equity.” National Association for
Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Regional Conference, Texas State University,
San Marcos, Texas, March 2012.
“Immigration Reform Deconstructed: Myths vs. Facts.” Texas Southern University,
Houston, Texas, March 2012.
“Selecting the Right Institution.” Maximizing Educational Development through
Academic & Leadership Skills Conference, Texas A&M University, College
Station, November 2011.
“Almost Allies: Chicanos and Blacks in Houston During the Civil Rights Era.” Houston
History Conference, Houston History Association, Houston, Texas, October 2011.
“The Immigration Debate: Proper Enforcement vs. Hidden Policymaking Agendas”
History, Humanities, and Liberal Arts Department, Houston Community College
System-Southeast Campus, September 2011.
“Freedom Walkers: Illegal Immigration and Grassroots Organizing for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform.” Mexican American/Latino Studies Summer Institute,
Houston Community College-Southeast Campus, Houston, Texas, July 2011.
“Resistance from a Position of Power: Latino Educational Activism and School
Preservation.” Center for Mexican American Studies & Research Conference,
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas, April 2011.
“Activism, Resistance, and Nationalism: Chicana/o Education in the American 20th
Century” National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies Tejas Regional
Conference, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, March 2011.
“Latino Segregationists: Self Determination and Educational Activism in Texas, 1928-
1972.” Social Science History Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 2010.
“The Challenges of Chicano Activism: Religious, Educational, and Legal Activists,
1928-1974” Texas State Historical Association, Dallas, Texas, March 2010.
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“How to Enroll In and Survive College.” Sigma Delta Lambda Youth Summit, Texas
State University, San Marcos, Texas, November 2009.
“Getting Through and Succeeding in Graduate School” National Association for Chicano
and Chicana Studies Tejas Regional Conference, South Texas College, McAllen,
Texas, March 2008.
“Chicano Self-Determination and School Control” Texas Association of Chicanos in
Higher Education (TACHE), Austin, Texas, February 2008.
“Schools of Their Own: San Felipe Independent School District and Mexican American
Educational Autonomy, Del Rio, Texas, 1929-1972” Texas Association of
Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE), Dallas, Texas, February 2007.
“Boycotting the Schools: The Chicana/o High School Walkouts, 1968-1972,” Pacific
Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, San Jose, California,
August 2004.
“University of Houston Graduate Student Panel: Getting into and Surviving Graduate
School” National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies, Los Angeles,
April 2002.
Forthcoming Conferences & Presentations:
"Holding Them Accountable: Chicano-Black Coalition Building and the Struggle Against
Police Misconduct, Houston, Texas." Oral History Association, Baltimore, MD.,
October 2020.
Professional Service:
International Programs Committee, Office of International Programs, Texas Southern
University, Spring 2018 – Present
Common Reader Faculty, The First-Year Experience, and the College of Liberal Arts and
Behavioral Sciences, Texas Southern University, Summer 2020.
Assessment Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, August 2019 - Present
Student Enhancement Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences,
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, January 2019 - Present
Scholarship Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, August 2019 – Present
Latino History Month Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences,
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, August 2015 - Present
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of History, Geography, and General Studies,
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, 2019/2020 - Present
Graduate Committee, Department of History, Geography, and General Studies, Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, 2019 – Present
Search Committee, Department of History, Geography, and General Studies, Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, 2019 – Present
Co-Chair, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Foco, Houston,
Texas, February 2019 - Present.
Board of Directors and Conference Program Coordinator, Texas Oral History
Association, June 2019 - Present.
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Academic Course Guide Manual Learning Outcomes Committee, Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, Austin, Texas. June 2019 - Present.
Book Review Editor, Journal of South Texas, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas,
January 2016 - Present
Faculty Awards Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Texas
Southern University, Houston, Texas, August 2016 - 2019
Internship Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Texas Southern
University, Houston, Texas, August 2016 - 2019
Search Committee, University Libraries and Museums, Texas Southern University, Fall
2018 - Spring 2019.
Reviewer, Texas State Board of Education Textbook Adoption Committee, Austin,
Texas. Spring 2016.
Commencement Marshall, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas.
Hispanic Genealogical Society, September 2019 - Present
Southwest Oral History Association, August 2019 - Present
Community Service:
Faculty Advisor, Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc., Texas Southern University.
Faculty Advisor, Multicultural Greek Council, Texas Southern University.
Board of Directors, Houston History Alliance, Houston, Texas.
Assistant Director, SWATH Planning Committee, Texas Southern University.
Director, Latino Initiative Advisory Board Committee, Holocaust Museum Houston.
Board of Directors, Center for the Healing of Racism, Houston, Texas.
United Nations Peace Ambassador, Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, South Korea.
Research Volunteer, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Tejano History Month Proclamation Committee, City Council, Houston, Texas.
Faculty Partners Network, Cengage Publishing.
National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Foco Conference Planning
Committee, Houston, Texas, February 14-16, 2019.
Museum & Digital Exhibits:
“Musica: A History of Hispanic Sounds in Houston” Houston Metropolitan Research
Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas. Fall 2019.
“Unsung Heroes.” Fire Museum of Houston, Houston, Texas. February - May 2019.
“Texas Liberators Project.” Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, Holocaust
Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, September 2018.
“Great Migrations: Past and Present.” Honors College, University of Houston. Houston,
Texas. April 2017.
“Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964.” Holocaust Museum Houston,
Houston, Texas. December 2016-May 2017.
“Northside: Profile of a Latino Community in Houston.” Department of History,
Geography, and General Studies, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas,
September 2016-December 2016.
“Houston Eats: Latino Cuisine and Culture.” Houston Community College System,
Houston, Texas. February 2016.
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“Remembering World War II Houston’s Latino Veterans.” Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas. August 2015 -
November 2015.
Radio/TV Presentations:
“A History of Latino Activism.” KOOP Radio, Austin’s Community Radio, 91.7, Austin,
Texas. August 4, 2020.
“Tejas Got Soul: Early Chicano Sounds in Houston’s East End.” Nuestra Palabra: Latino
Writers Have Their Say, 90.1, KPFT, Houston, Texas. April 2, 2019.
“Semillas de Poder: Honoring Chicana and Chicano Movements.” Nuestra Palabra:
Latino Writers Have Their Say, 90.1, KPFT, Houston, Texas. February 12, 2019
“Latino Holocaust Liberators.” Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say, 90.1,
KPFT, Houston, Texas. October 2018.
“The Bracero Program.” Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say, 90.1, KPFT,
Houston, Texas. December 2016.
“Bittersweet Harvest / Cosecha Amarga.” Univision. Houston, Texas. December 2016.
Academic Awards & Grants:
Humanities Texas Mini-Grant, Texas Oral History Association Annual Conference,
Baylor University, Waco, Texas, March 2020.
Summerlee Foundation Grant, Summer Workshop on African American Texas History
(SWATH), Texas Southern University, July 12-14, 2018.
Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship, The African American Library at the Gregory School,
Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas, February 2016-September 2016.
National Endowment for the Humanities Latino Americans Grant, Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas, Aug. 2015-July 2016.
National Endowment for the Humanities Latino Americans Grant, Houston Community
College System, Houston, Texas, August 2015-July 2016.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Lane Community College, Eugene,
Oregon, July 2015.
Murry Miller Dissertation Fellowship, Department of History, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas, August 2007-May 2008.
Murry Miller Dissertation Fellowship, Department of History, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas, May 2006-May 2007.
Mexican American History Fellowship, Department of History, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas, 2003-2004.
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References:
Dr. Guadalupe San Miguel Dr. Cynthia Orozco
Professor of History Professor of History
Department of History Department of History
University of Houston Eastern New Mexico University
4800 Calhoun Rd, 1500 S. Ave K
Houston, TX 77004 Portales, NM 88130
713.743.3111 575.937.1297
[email protected] [email protected]
Mikaela Selley Garza Michelle Tovar
Hispanic Collection Archivist Associate Director of Education
Houston Metropolitan Research Center Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston Public Library Lester and Sue Smith Campus
550 McKinney 5401 Caroline Street
Houston, TX 77002 Houston, TX 77004
832.723.3254 713.527.1630
