A moving article about Dr. Joe Trotter and alumna Jackie Wu is being featured on the Dietrich website. The article highlights the impact Dr. Joe Trotter had on Jackie and celebrates both of their awards from the AHA this year. Check out the story here: cmu.edu/dietrich/news/…

Much appreciate this review, its reviewers, and the venue. 🙏🏽 s-usih.org/2024/02/jordan…

I recommend this short but powerful counter-history of a migrant-working class bar in Pilsen #Chicago (El Trébol) by @alfonsofierroo, where I enjoyed my share of Old Styles back in the day. Studs Terkel meets borderlands urbanism. 🔥

They are 100% fully worthy of remembrance & rescue regardless of our ascriptions related to their precarious labor positions. I hope these Latino migrant men were found. And/or, so much love to the families who’ll receive the painful news about their horrific departures ❤️‍🩹

Being first-gen in academia means you’re always scaling mountains of exclusion & elitism, but does not mean you don’t come from communities of knowledge producers. Let's talk about it. Join me today for an Immigration and Ethnic History Society workshop at 12:15pm, Exhibit Hall #OAH24

Happy to be joining the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton as a fellow next year. ias.edu/sites/default/…

In a race between US fascism in the form of neoliberal status quo and extreme ethno nationalism, the poor, the dispossessed, the wretched here and abroad still lose. More of a reason to study, struggle, and organize. Democracy from below not from the ruling class.

Professor of History Mireya Loza gathers and shares the stories of the immigrant and migrant farmworkers of the past and today — providing a clearer picture of the people who have fed and continue to feed us. Read the full story here: college.georgetown.edu/magazine-facul…

Profoundly grateful to be in community here surrounded by such generous and brilliant scholars.

Thrilled to deliver the Greer Lecture in Latin American History next month at VCU History Dept. If you're in Richmond, come say hi!

This is THE analysis I need rn on this election. From the pro Local D.C. park mom, now 45!! Trump, Harris and the Enduring Symbolism of McDonald’s nytimes.com/2024/10/21/opi…

Thanks again to SACRPH for this award. Honored to be part of the ceremony.

From the 1960s to the present, both Democratic and Republican Parties have struggled to reach “a monolithic ‘Latino vote’ that does not actually exist.” Historian Mike Amezcua delves into this story in #AHAPerspectives. historians.org/perspectives-a…

Great piece by historian Mike Amezcua in #AHAPerspectives: "It can be tempting to talk about a single entity called the 'Latino vote,' but that idea simplifies a rather complex polity of communities whose historical linkages to the United States and ties to Latin America are

DOYERS!!!

Latinos in swing states will need more than costume politics from the campaigns to get energized. My new piece for #AHAPerspectives: Chasing the “Latino Vote” historians.org/perspectives-a…

Days from a critical US election, I am pleased that our AI Democracy Projects report, showing serious disparities in Spanish-language info on elections and voting generated by LLMs, is highlighted in reporting by The Associated Press Garance Burke Gisela Salomon.

Shared my jam-packed, pre-election special 197th #ScholarSunday thread over at the newsletter this morning, featuring great work from Jennifer Stavros ✍️🖤💀⚰️ American Historical Association feat Mike Amezcua Martha S. Jones Einav Rabinovitch-Fox Ana Minian + americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsunda…