Anthony Macias
Assistant Professor
HMNSS 3601
(951) 827-4393
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Anthony Macías, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, teaches Introduction to Chicano Studies, Chicano California History, Chicano Political History, Chicanos and Popular Music, and Senior Research Methodology Seminar. His research interests include twentieth-century United States history, Chicano history, Chicano, Latino, and African American expressive cultures, comparative race and ethnicity, and popular cultural production, circulation, and reception. He has published articles in American Quarterly and Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. His forthcoming book, Mexican American Mojo: Popular Music, Dance, and Urban Culture in Los Angeles, 1935-1968, is in production at Duke University Press. His current research project compares the cross-cultural connections between Mexico and the U.S., and between Mexicans and Mexican Americans, as well as between the images of Americans in Mexico, and of Mexicans in America, from the early 1930s through the late 1960s.
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- M.A. American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- B.A. History, University of California, Berkeley.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Twentieth-Century American History; Chicana/o and Latina/o Expressive Cultures; Popular Music, Dance, and Film; Comparative Race and Ethnicity; Urban History.
PUBLICATIONS:
Peer-Reviewed Research Article, "Bringing Music to the People: Race, Urban Culture, and Municipal Politics in Postwar Los Angeles." American Quarterly 56, no. 3 (September 2004), 693-717.
Peer-Reviewed Research Article, "Latin Holidays: Mexican Americans, Latin Music, and Cultural Identity in Postwar Los Angeles." Accepted for publication, August 13, 2004. Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. Forthcoming, September 2005. 22 ms. pp.
Reference Entry, "Zoot Suit," in Deena González and Suzanne Obeler, editors, Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States (New York: Oxford University Press). Accepted for publication, June 14, 2002. Forthcoming, Spring 2005. 5 ms. pp.
Book Review, Matt Garcia, A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001). Southern California Quarterly, 85, no. 2 (Summer 2003), 241-242.
Book Chapter, "Rock con Raza, Raza con Jazz: Latinos/as and Post-World War II Popular American Music," in Frances Aparicio and Cándida Jáquez, editors, Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Latin/o America, Volume 1 (New York: Palgrave MacMillan Press, 2002), 188-194.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Book Manuscript, "Mexican American Mojo: Popular Music, Dance, and Urban Culture in Los Angeles, 1935-1968." Under contract with Duke University Press.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & GRANTS:
U.C. Regents' Faculty Fellowship, 2004-2005 Academic Year.
Academic Senate Omnibus Research Funds, University of California, Riverside. 2004-2005 Academic Year.
Institute of American Cultures/Los Tigres Del Norte Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chicano Studies Research Center. University of California, Los Angeles. 2003-2004 Academic Year.
Institute of American Cultures Ethnic Studies Research Grant, University of California, Los Angeles. 2003-2004 Academic Year.
Ernesto Galarza Applied Research Center, Faculty Research Grant. University of California, Riverside. June 2003.
American Studies Association Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize, Honorable Mention. November 2002.
U.C. MEXUS Travel Grant, "Good Neighbors Indeed: Pachucos, the Mambo, and Cultural Connections Between Mexico City and Los Angeles" Research Project. November 2002.
U.C. Humanities Research Institute, Resident Fellowship, "Placing Popular Music: Nation, Citizenship, Diaspora" Research Group. University of California, Irvine. Winter 2002.
Scholarly Meeting Travel Grant, Academic Senate, University of California, Riverside. 2001-2002 Academic Year.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
Plenary:
"Mexican American Mojo: Chicano Expressive Culture and Black Cultural Connections." American Studies Association Annual Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. November 2004.
"Bringing Music to the People: Chicanos, Youth Culture, and Municipal Politics in Postwar Los Angeles." American Studies Association Annual Conference. Hartford, Connecticut. October 2003.
"Pachuco Blues, Paying Dues: Mexican American and African American Zoot Suiters and Professional Musicians," National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference. Los Angeles, California. April 2003.
"The Place of Latina/o Popular Culture?," Roundtable Panel at the American Studies Association Annual Conference. Houston, Texas. November 2002.
Invited:
"Latin Holidays: Mexican Americans, Latin Music, and Cultural Identity in Postwar Los Angeles." New Directions in Chicano Music and Musicology Symposium. University of California, Los Angeles. April 2004.
"Good Neighbors Indeed: Pachucos, Tarzanes, and the Mambo in Los Angeles and Mexico City." University of California Committee on Latino Research Conference, Latinos in California, II. Riverside, California. September 2003.
"The Music of the Mexican American Generation: Comparative History and Cultural Identity," Spring Lecture Series, The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. University of California, San Diego. May 2003.
"Youth Cultures." U.C. Humanities Research Institute/Ford Foundation Pan-American Workshop, "Cultural Hemispheres." San José, Costa Rica. January 2003.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Chicana/o History; Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies; U.S. Social and Cultural History; California History; Popular Music, Dance, and Film.
COURSES CREATED:
- "Introduction to Chicano Studies."
- "Chicanos and Popular Music in the 20th Century."
- "Chicano California: A Social and Cultural History."
- "Chicano Political History."
- "Understanding Whiteness in American Culture."