Undergraduate Intercollegiate Department of Chicano/a Latino/a Studies

Intercollegiate Department of Chicano/a Latino/a Studies
647 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711
E-mail: cdearborn@pomona.edu
Telephone: (909) 607-3221
Website: www.chicano-studies.pomona.edu

Faculty

Active Claremont Colleges Faculty

Rita Alcala, PhD, University of Texas, Austin (Spanish Language/Literature and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Scripps College)

Raymond Buriel, PhD, University of California, Riverside (Psychology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College)

Jose Calderon, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pitzer College)

Gilda Ochoa, University of California, Los Angeles (Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College)

Adrian Pantota, PhD, Claremont Graduate University (American Politics and International Relations, Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pitzer College)

Maria Soldatenko, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pitzer College)

Miguel Tinker Salas, PhD, University of California, San Diego (History and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College)

Tomas Summers Sandoval, PhD, University of California, Berkeley (History and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College)

The primary mission of the undergraduate Intercollegiate Department of Chicano/a Latino/a Studies is the pursuit of knowledge of mestizo peoples in order to promote the intellectual growth of students and the development of their social consciousness.

Examples of Courses Offered

CGU applicants and current students should note that most of the following representative courses are offered at the undergraduate Claremont Colleges. Only upper-division undergraduate courses may be taken for graduate credit, with faculty approval.

Interpreting the Mexican Revolution
Chicano Movement Literature
Chicanas and Latinas in the U.S.
Issues in the Psychology of Multicultural Education
Latinas in the Garment Industry
Rural and Urban Social Movements
Applied Community Psychology in Latino Populations
The Latino/a Diaspora
Latino/a Politics