Latino Studies - Notable Scholars

Notable Scholars

• Gloria E. Anzaldúa, 1942-2004. Chicana Studies scholar, writer, and activist.
• Frances Aparicio, Professor of Latina/Latino Studies at Northwestern University.
• Juan Bruce-Novoa, 1944-2010. Formerly Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Irvine.
• Arlene Davila, Professor of Anthropology and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University.
• Juan Flores, Professor of Africana and Puerto Rican–Latino Studies at CUNY (City University of New York) Hunter College, and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Former director of CUNY’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies.
• Suzanne Oboler, Professor of Latin American and Latina/o Studies at John Jay College. Founding Editor of the journal, Latino Studies.
• Américo Paredes, 1915-1999. Formerly Dickson, Allen, and Anderson Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Gustavo Perez Firmat, David Feinson Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.
• George I. Sánchez (1906–1972), Formerly Professor of History at the University of Texas and President of LULAC
• José David Saldívar, Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University.
• Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor of English at Syracuse University, Founder of the Dominican Studies Institute, City College, City University of New York (CUNY).
• Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College.
• Luz Maria Umpierre,1947-. Puerto Rican Studies scholar, writer, and advocate.