Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr.
Professor (United States, Mexican-American)
Agnes Arnold Hall
(713) 743-3111
gsanmiguel@uh.edu

Dr. San Miguel is a scholar of U.S. history who specializes in Mexican American Education. Professor San Miguel received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Much of San Miguel's research has focused on the impact of landmark court cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and the influence that education has had on Mexican Americans. Dr. San Miguel has served on the History Departments Executive and Graduate committees. He was also President of the National Association of the Chicana and Chicano Studies and has served on the Board of Directors, Institute for the History of Texas Music at Southwestern Texas State University. Professor San Miguel received the Public Forum Distinguished Lecture Award from North Harris College and Outstanding Book Award for the best book on the History of Education in 2001 for Brown, Not White).

Teaching:
Dr. San Miguel teaches a variety of classes in Chicano studies. Most recently he has taught classes in The History of Tejano Music, Latinos; Politics, & Education; Chicano History Since 1910; The Chicano/a Movement; Readings in Mexican American history.

Research:
Dr. San Miguel is the author of four books and numerous scholarly articles. He has also been an invited speaker and presented papers at national conferences. His current research focuses on ethnicity, religion and politics in the schooling of Mexican children and Latino activism in school reform.

Selected Publications:
"The Impact of Brown on Mexican American Desegregation Litigation," Journal of Latinos and Education. (to appear in October 2005, Vol. 4, No. 4.)

Contested Policy: The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education (University of North Texas Press, 2004).

Tejano Proud: Tex Mex Music in the 20th Century (Texas A&M University Press, 2002).

Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement (Texas A&M University Press, 2001).

Let all of Them Take Heed: Mexican Americans and the Quest for Educational Equality (University of Texas Press, 1987; reissued by Texas A&M University Press, 2001).

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