Eduardo Obregón Pagán (born August 13, 1960) is the Bob Stump Endowed Professor of History at

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, and one of the hosts of the

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popular series

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since 2008.

Biography

A native of

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, Eduardo Pagán received his BA from

in 1987, an M.A. from the

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in 1989, another MA from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

in 1991, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1996. While at Princeton he was an exchange scholar at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He was an acting assistant dean of students at Princeton University (1991–1992), a faculty member at

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a col ...

(1995–2000), a program officer at the

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(2000–2004), and department chair of Language, Cultures, and History at Arizona State University (2004–2008). He has also appeared in the 2002 episode ''Zoot Suit Riots'' on PBS’s

American Experience ''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American his ...

. Pagán is a frequent guest lecturer on topics such as

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, American youth subculture and American religion.

Publications

Books

* ''Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A.'' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003) * ''Historic Photos of Phoenix'' (Nashville: Turner Publishing, 2007), winner of Arizona Book Publisher’s Association 2008 Glyph AwardLocal Interest – Historic Photos of Phoenix
''turnerpublishing.com''

References

External links

ASU Site

History Detectives Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pagan, Eduardo Obregon Arizona State University faculty Historians of the United States American television personalities Male television personalities 1960 births Living people Arizona State University alumni University of Arizona alumni Princeton University alumni