Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. (born 19 January 1950) is an American professor and non fiction writer. His works includes; '' "Let All of Them Take Heed"'' (1987), ''

Tejano Proud ''Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century'' is a 2002 non-fiction book by Guadalupe San Miguel, published by the Texas A&M University Press. John Koegel of California State University, Fullerton described the work as "a sympathetic ...

'' (2002), '' Brown, Not White'' (2005). Guadalupe is a professor of history at the University of Houston and has written articles and books on history of

Mexican American Mexican Americans ( es, mexicano-estadounidenses, , or ) are Americans of full or partial Mexican heritage. In 2019, Mexican Americans comprised 11.3% of the US population and 61.5% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexica ...

Chicana Chicano or Chicana is a chosen identity for many Mexican Americans in the United States. The label ''Chicano'' is sometimes used interchangeably with ''Mexican American'', although the terms have different meanings. While Mexican-American iden ...

, and Latina including political reviews.

Life and career

Early life and beginning

Guadalupe received his M.A. and Ph.D. from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. His research interests span topics such as ethnicity, religion, and politics in the schooling of Mexican children, Latino activism in school reform, and the role of music in Mexican American culture. Notably, his book '' Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston'' shared light on a little-known struggle for educational reform in Texas during the early 1970s.

Teaching

San Miguel became a professor of history at the University of Houston and he had taught

Chicano studies Chicana/o studies, also known as Chican@ studies, originates from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, and is the study of the Chicana/o and Latina/o experience. Chican@ studies draws upon a variety of fields, including history, sociol ...

, covering topics such as Tejano Music, Latino politics, Chicano history, and the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century.

Leadership and awards

Dr. San Miguel has served as president of the

National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) is "the academic organization that serves academic programs, departments and research centers that focus on issues pertaining to Mexican Americans, Chicana/os, and Latina/os." Unlik ...

. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the same association. His work has been recognized with awards including; the Public Forum Distinguished Lecture Award and an Outstanding Book Award for his impactful research.

Writings

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References

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