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Mexican American Studies
César E. Chávez Building Rm 208
P.O.Box 210023
FedX Address:

1110 E. James Rogers Way

Tucson, AZ 85721-0023
Tel: (520) 621-7551
Fax: (520) 621-7966
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Department Director

Richard Ruiz
César E. Chávez Building Rm 208C
Tel: (520) 621-0107
Fax: (520) 621-7966
ruizr@email.arizona.edu

Cesar Chavez Building
Cesar Chavez Building
The University of Arizona Mall -- view to the West at sunset.
The University of Arizona Mall -- view to the West at sunset.
Mariachi group from Davis Bilingual Magnet School performing at a Mexican American Studies-sponsored event in downtown Tucson.
Mariachi group from Davis Bilingual Magnet School performing at a Mexican American Studies-sponsored event in downtown Tucson.
MAS professors Lydia Otero and Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez with a local ballet folclórico group at the annual UA Hispanic Convocation.
MAS professors Lydia Otero and Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez with a local ballet folclórico group at the annual UA Hispanic Convocation.
Cesar Chavez Building
The University of Arizona Mall -- view to the West at sunset.
Mariachi group from Davis Bilingual Magnet School performing at a Mexican American Studies-sponsored event in downtown Tucson.
MAS professors Lydia Otero and Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez with a local ballet folclórico group at the annual UA Hispanic Convocation.

Welcome to The Department of Mexican American Studies

The Department of Mexican American Studies is committed to contemporary applied public policy research on Mexican Americans. As the leading public policy research center addressing issues of concern to this minority group in Arizona, the Department works collaboratively with key community agencies in promoting leadership and empowerment of Mexican Americans within the state and the nation.

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Department News

  • Prof. Patrisia Gonzales is author of new book on Indigenous Medicine
    The University of Arizona Press has just published Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing by Patrisia Gonzales of the MAS faculty. From the UA Press notice: "Patrisia Gonzales addresses "Red Medicine" as a system of healing that includes birthing practices, dreaming, and purification rites to re-establish personal and social equilibrium. The book explores Indigenous...
  • Prof Lydia Otero's book, La Calle, wins Southwest Book Award
    La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City, written by Prof Lydia Otero, a University of Arizona associate professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies, has been named winner of a Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. Full story at UA News: http://uanews.org/node/44640
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