Dr. Pablo Gonzalez

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Dr. Pablo Gonzalez

Continuing Lecturer

Chicanx Latinx Studies

borderlands anthropology, Chicana/o Studies, criminality and illegality, critical race theory and praxis, decolonial thought and practice, Social movements, the study of the commons, urban anthropology

Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin
M.A., Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin
B.A., Chicano Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Office:

512 Social Science Building
UC Berkeley

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Contact:

e: aztlan71@berkeley.edu

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Bio & Research Interests

I am a first-generation Chicano scholar-activist/anthropologist who studies the political and cultural resonance of social movements. In particular, the resonance of indigenous social movements on Chicanas/os and “people of color” in the United States.

I teach courses on Chicanx history, culture, ethnography, migration, and criminality. I am the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at UC Berkeley 2022. I am also the director of the Ethnic Studies Changemaker project. (ssbc.berkeley.edu)

My teaching experience is extensive. I have taught introductory classes in Anthropology and Chicano Studies, as well as undergraduate/graduate topic seminars. I facilitate talks and workshops on decolonial thought in the United States, Mexico, and Spain.

Awards & Honors

UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, 2022
UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Public Service, Community-Engaged Teaching 2019/2020
UC Berkeley Chancellors Public Service Fellow 2019/2020
UC Berkeley Instructional Improvement Grant
UC Berkeley Adobe Fellow, 2018/2019

Select publications

Peer Reviewed Bibliography

Gonzalez, Pablo; Chávez, Xóchitl C. “Chicano Ethnography.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies. Ed. Ilan Stavans. New York: Oxford University Press. oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199913701/obo-9780199913701-0139.xml?rskey=3igL9z&result=5

Anthology Chapter

2016 Gonzalez, Pablo. 2016. “Hecho en Berkeley: A Brief History of Chicana/o Studies at Berkeley High School,” In, “White” Washing American Education: The New Culture Wars in Ethnic Studies: Vol. 1 K-12 Anthology, pp 1-6.

Article

2019 “Twenty-five Years of Chicana/o urban Zapatismo: Part 1”, for Revista N’oj: the Journal of the Latinx Research Center at UC Berkeley. https://live-revistanoj.pantheonsite.io/2019/08/30/zapatismo-at-twenty-five-and-its-impact-on-chicana-o-activism-part-1/

Book Review

2020 Gonzalez, Pablo. Review of, Housing the City By the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco by John Baranski. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2019. In, Journal of American Ethnic History. (Summer 2020)
2020 Book Review, Raza Si, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego, by Jimmy Patiño. Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, volume 45, number 1 (Spring 2020)
2016 Gonzalez, Pablo. 2016. Review of, More than Shelter: Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing, by Amy Howard. University of Minnesota Press. 2014. City and Society, Fall 2016.

Editor Column

2012 “Ethnic Mexican Migrant Families and Property Ownership: Preliminary Ethnographic Data on the Housing Crisis”, Anthropology News, Vol. 53 Issue 9 December 2012.
2011 “ALLA Crosses the Northern Border: Two Exciting Panels for Montreal”, Anthropology News, Vol. 52 Issue 6 November 2011.
2011 “Una Red en Peces: Transborder Alliances between US Chicanos and Indigenous Communities in Baja California,” Anthropology News, Vol. 52 Issue 3 March 2011.

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