Miroslava Chavez-Garcia
Miroslava Chávez-García is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds joint appointments in the Departments of Chicana/o Studies and Feminist Studies.[1] Chávez-García's research focuses on Chicana/o history, eugenics, gender, and juvenile justice.[2] Chávez-García has authored three books: Negotiating Conquest (Tucson, 2004),[3] States of Delinquency (Berkeley, 2012),[4] and Migrant Longing (Chapel Hill, 2018).[5] Her second work, States of Delinquency, was considered a groundbreaking text, describing California's eugenic program, which targeted young Mexican American and African American boys for irreversible sterilizations.[6]
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia | |
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| Born | |
| Known for | Chicana/o History, Race & Gender, Immigration & the Borderlands, Juvenile Justice |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles, BA (1991), MA (1993), PhD (1998) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Chávez-García was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico to farm worker parents. They moved to San Jose, California when she was an infant.[7] She graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1986 and then received her B.A. (1991), M.A. (1993), and Ph.D. (1998), from the University of California, Los Angeles.[2]
Selected works edit
- Books
- Migrant Longing: Letter Writing Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018).
- States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California’s Juvenile Justice System (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012).
- Negotiating Conquest: Gender and Power in California, 1770s to the 1880s (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2004).
References edit
- ^ "Biography". Feminist Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Miroslava Chavez Garcia". Department of History. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Negotiating Conquest". University of Arizona Press. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Eugenics in California". Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "EIHS Lecture". Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. University of Michigan. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Krisberg, Barry. "Review: States of Delinquency". Rutgers University. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "In Conversation with Miroslava Chávez-García". Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. Retrieved November 25, 2020.