Richard F. Lowy
Lecturer
INTS 4007
(951) 827-1835
I began teaching for what was then the Ethnic Studies Program in Winter 1989 at the request of Dr. Alfredo Mirandé. While my primary responsibility has been to teach the large Ethnic Studies 001: Introduction to Race & Ethnicity classes, I have also taught Ethnic Studies 128: Chicano Sociology; Ethnic Studies 60: Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ethnic Studies 100: Race and Ethnicity in a Comparative Perspective; Ethnic Studies 102: Political Economy of Race and Class; Ethnic Studies 191E: Research Methodology: Native Americans; Ethnic Studies 180: Native American Policy in the 20th Century; Ethnic Studies 184: Native American Law; Ethnic Studies 191R: courses in Chicano Sociology, Martin Luther King, Jr., Black & Chicano Bibliography, comparative Race Relations, Political Economy of Race & Class, Research Methodology, Native American Policy in the 20th Century, & Native American Law; Ethnic Studies 191R: Research Methodology; Ethnic Studies 129: Theories in Chicano Studies; Ethnic Studies 190: directed Studies; and Ethnic Studies 198G: Group Internship. I have also served as the faculty adviser for one Senior Thesis and one Honors Thesis.
My personal biography, my intellectual training, my conceptual and theoretical orientation, and my primary mentors from Pasadena College; California State University, Long Beach; San Diego State University; and the University of California, Riverside have all motivated me toward a career as a university teacher.
My career in teaching has been developing slowly through part-time positions in Sociology & Ethnic Studies from 1986 to the present. I have been able to develop and hone my intellectual understandings of the course subject matter and more importantly, the dynamics of lecturing in the classroom and student interaction through the opportunities I have had to teach. I have proven to be a very humanistic, caring, and student-oriented professor who is able to teach at an intellectually challenging level while remaining in tough with and sensitive to, the needs of students. I have also worked closely with students and have always encouraged students intellectually, emotionally, and through my willingness to write letter of recommendation on behalf of students of students seeking further opportunities beyond the undergraduate level.
From 2000-2001 to the present I have been the faculty adviser for the Chicano Newspaper “Nuestra Cosa” which is published quarterly through Chicano Student Programs by students who also do lay-out and distribution to the community.
In November 1993, at a CUC-sponsored breakfast, the University honored me as the 1993-1994 Non-Senate Distinguished Teaching Award recipient.
I continue to seek excellence in teaching and in working effectively with students from every conceivable racial, ethnic, and class background.
I support student activism on campus and in the Inland Empire communities and I support many causes such as the Southern Poverty Law Center; the United Farm Workers, KPFK Radio Programming, the Inland Empire Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Chicano Student Programs, Raza Graduation Banquet, and other causes on a periodic and ongoing basis.
DEGREES
- A.A. Pasadena City College 1969
- B.A. California State University, Long Beach, Sociology 1972
- M.A. Sociology 1975 San Diego State University
- Ph.D. Sociology 1984 UCR
AWARDS
May 16, 1998 Certificate
Faculty Presider Eight Annual New Directions Undergraduate Research ConferenceMay 20, 2000 Certificate
Roundtable Presider Tenth Annual New Directions Undergraduate Research ConferenceMay 19, 2001 Certificate
Roundtable Presider Eleventh Annual New Directions Undergraduate Research ConferenceMay 24, 2001 Nuestra Cosa Certificate of Appreciation
Awarded to Dr. Richard Lowy for his support, guidance, and dedications to Nuestra Cosa and the education of La Raza.May 19, 2001 Apreciado Compañero Certificate
Presented by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán2006 Plaque presented to Dr. Richard Lowy by the Nuestra Cosa Students at the Chicano Student Program Organization Awards Banquet on May 18 “In Appreciation of Your Many Years of Dedicated Service, Devotion and Commitment to Nuestra Cosa.”
May 17, 2007 Certificate of Appreciation presented at the 16th Annual Chicano/Latino Awards Reception in Recognition of valuable contributions to Nuestra Cosa.
RESEARCH AREAS/INTERESTS
- George Herbert Mead
- Symbolic Interaction
- Sociology of Knowledge
- Race and Ethnicity
- Black History
- Black Studies
- Chicano Studies
- Theories in Chicano Studies
- Native American History
- History of Eugenics
- Racism
- Political Economy of Race and Class
- Comparative Race Relations
- Globalization and Inequality
- New World Order Politics
- Post 9/11 Politics
- Critical Theory
- Postmodernism
- Cultural Studies
- Conspiracy Theories and Alternative World Views
- Ancient Knowledge, Science, and Technology
PUBLICATIONS
Richard Lowy “George Herbert Mead: Bibliography of the Secondary Literature with Relevant Symbolic Interaction, Volume 7, Part B, pages 459-521, 1986.
Richard F. Lowy and David V. Baker “Transcendence Critical Theory and Emancipation: Reconceptualizing the Framework for a Chicano Sociology” Journal of Ethnic Studies 15:4, pages 57-68, 1988.
Mokerrom Hossain and Richard F. Lowy “Migration From Bangladesh to the Middle East: Volume, Trends, and Consequences” Asian and African Studies Volume 24 Number 1 March 1990, pages 75-88.
Richard Lowy “Yuppie Racism: Race Relations in the 1980s. Journal of Black Studies Vol. 21 No. 4, June 1991, pages 445-464.
Richard F. Lowy “Mental Sociality as Ultimate Reality and Meaning in the Thought of George Herbert Mead” Ultimate Reality and Meaning Vol. 16 numbers 1-2 March-June, 1995, pages 56-72.
Richard F. Lowy George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) “Mental Sociality as Ultimate Reality and Meaning in the Thought of G.H. Mead” In Andrew J. Reck, Tibor Horvath, Thomas Krettek, Stanley Grean. Editors. URAM Monographs No. 1: American Philosophers’ Ideas of Ultimate Reality and Meaning. Pages 160-176. Downsview, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 1994.
Mokerrom Hossain and Richard Lowy “Bangladesh: the Militarization and Development of Political Underdevelopment” Asian Thought and Society: An International Review Volume XIX, 56 May-August, 1994, pages 148-168.
Richard F. Lowy “Eurocentrism, Ethnic Studies, and The New World Order: Toward a Critical Paradigm” Journal of Black Studies Vol. 25 No. 6 July 1995, pages 712-736.
Richard F. Lowy “Development Theory, Globalism, and the New World Order: The Need for a Postmodern Antiracist, and Multicultural Critique” Journal of Black Studies Volume 28 Number 5 May 1998, pages 594-615.
Richard F. Lowy Introduction To Ethnic Studies. Duburque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2006.