Faculty Members
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Estevan Azcona Assistant Research Social Scientist, Southwest Center Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies Email: estevanazcona@arizona.edu TEL: (520)621-0185 Estevan Azcona has been active in the world of Chicano/Latino arts and culture for over twenty years as a scholar, arts presenter, and musician. Azcona is Assistant Research Social Scientist at the University of Arizona's Southwest Center and Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies. He... |
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Damian Baca Associate Professor Email: damian@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-8985 Office: Chávez, Room 224 Damián Baca is Associate Professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona, and faculty with the Bread Loaf Graduate School of English in Santa Fe, NM. He is author of ... |
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Antonio Estrada Professor Email: aestrada@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-5121 FAX: (520) 621-7966 Office: Chávez Bldg., Room 208 **Dr. Estrada will be retired as of the end of Spring 2023. The department thanks Dr. Estrada for all the contributions and work he has done for many years in the field of Latino Health. We... |
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Patrisia Gonzales Associate Professor Email: pgonza@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-0408 FAX: (520) 621-7966 Office: Chávez, Room 220 **Dr. Gonzales will be retired as of Fall 2023 and begin Emeritus status on December 31, 2023. We are truly grateful for all the work Dr. Gonzales has done for the department, University and the community. We wish her the best in her future endevous. As the granddaughter of ... |
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Maurice Rafael Magaña Associate Professor Email: mmagana0512@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1037 FAX: (520) 621-7966 Office: Chávez, Room 207C Maurice Rafael Magaña is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research focuses on the cultural politics of youth organizing, transnational migration, urban space, and social movements in Mexico and the United States. Specifically, Dr. Magaña’s work examines how youth construct themselves as... |
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Daniel E. Martínez Associate Professor Email: daniel.martinez@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-4987 Office: Chávez, Room 207C Daniel E. Martínez is an Associate Professor of Sociology, a core faculty member in the Mexican American Studies Department, and a co-director of the Binational Migration Institute at the University of Arizona. He is also an affiliate of the Center for Latin American Studies, School of Geography... |
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Anna Ochoa O'Leary Professor and Department Head Email: olearya@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-8134 FAX: (520) 621-7966 Office: Chávez, Room 208C Dr. Anna Ochoa O'Leary, is Professor and Department Head. She received her doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Arizona. Her dissertation, "Investment in Female Education as an Economic Strategy... |
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Michelle Téllez Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Email: michelletellez@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-0409 Office: César Chavez Bldg., Room 228 Dr. Michelle Téllez, an interdisciplinary scholar trained in Community Studies, Sociology, Chicana/o Studies and Education, has been committed to mapping projects of resistance, exploring shared human experiences and advancing social justice for the last 25-years. Her public and academic... |
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Ada Wilkinson-Lee Associate Professor Email: adaw@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-7766 FAX: (520) 621-7966 Office: Chavez, Room 214 Dr. Wilkinson-Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the Co-Principal Investigator of the Arizona Prevention Research Center (AzPRC)... |