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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
SBS-MAS@email.arizona.edu

Department Director

Antonio Estrada
César E. Chávez Building Rm 208C
Tel: (520) 621-7551
Fax: (520) 621-7966
aestrada@email.arizona.edu

Barrio Hollywood Alphabet poster designed by former MAS student Karen Lutrick for the Westside (Tucson) neighborhood's Fiesta Grande! The project was part of the department's Public History Program.
Barrio Hollywood Alphabet poster designed by former MAS student Karen Lutrick for the Westside (Tucson) neighborhood's Fiesta Grande! The project was part of the department's Public History Program.
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.
Barrio Hollywood Alphabet poster designed by former MAS student Karen Lutrick for the Westside (Tucson) neighborhood's Fiesta Grande! The project was part of the department's Public History Program.
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.
Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez Book Signing - Fri, Feb 3 - "Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman"

Meet Yolanda Broyles-González, co-author or Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman. Book launch sponsored by Antigone Books, Red Ink Magazine and the University of Arizona Press. Friday, February 3, 2012 7:00 PM @ Antigone Books 411 N. 4th Avenue, Tucson... more

Wed./ Dec. 7/ 3 PM/ Old Main 110: MAS professor and graduate student to present in UA Confluence Center Series

Wed./ Dec. 7/ 3 PM/ Old Main 110 - MAS faculty member Rosario Carrillo and graduate student Lizette Curiel Opio will present a lecture sponsored by the UA Confluence Center. The title of the lecture is “What is it Like to Experience Participatory Research?—Using Phenomenology for Reflexivity.” The event is part of the Confluence Center's faculty grant recipients speaker series.”... more

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

  • New Ph.D. Program in Mexican American Studies
    The new UA doctoral program in Mexican American studies will begin accepting students in fall 2013. “The University of Arizona is the ideal academic institution for the MAS doctoral program given its geographic location and top-20 ranking among public institutions,” MAS Director Antonio Estrada said. “As such, we will be able to recruit some of the best graduate students into...
  • Professor Ada Wilkinson-Lee is co-author of new study in Addictive Behaviors journal
    MAS Assistant Professor Ada Wilkinson-Lee is one of the authors of a new study concerning smoking among middle school students.  The article, which was recently published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, is titled "Smoking susceptibility among students followed from grade six to eight." The other authors are Velia Leybas Nuño, Qionghui Zhang, Robin B. Harris, and Mari S....
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