JOSEPH
A. RODRIGUEZ
Associate
Professor of History and Urban Studies
University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
I. Address
Department of History 4132 N. Farwell Ave.
University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Holton Hall (414)
961-7139
(414)229-3963/4361
II. Education
1990, Ph.D., History,
1983, M.A., History,
1981, B.A., History,
III. Professional Experience
2005-present-Director,
Urban Studies Programs, UWM
2001-2003 Interim
Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UWM
1998-present,
Associate Professor, Department of History, UWM.
1991-1998, Assistant
Professor, Department of History, UWM.
IV. Publications
A. Books
City Against Suburb: The Culture Wars in an American
Metropolis (Praeger,
1999); a comparative analysis of urban social movements in the San Francisco
Bay Area from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Nuestro
Milwaukee: The Making of the United Community Center
(
B. Articles:
"Understanding
“At Loose Ends:
Twentieth Century Latinos in Current
“Planning and Urban
Rivalry in the
“Transit and
Community Power:
"Becoming
Latino: Mexican Americans, Chicanos, and the Spanish Myth in the Urban
Southwest," Western Historical
Quarterly 29(Summer 1998), 165-185.
"Local Space,
Public Art, and Community in an Urbanizing Suburb,” Ecumene 5:2 (April, 1998), 218-236.
"How Mexicans
Became Mexican Americans: Recent Studies in Immigration, Labor, and Ethnic
Identity," Journal of Urban History 24:4 (May
1998), 542-551.
"Ethnicity and
the
"Mexicans in
C. Encyclopedia Entries:
"Catholic
Church," "Political Parties," and "Cultural Exchange,"
in Lee Stacy, ed.
"Multicentered
Metropolis, Urban Rivalry, and Urban Imperialism," in Neil Larry Shumsky, ed.,
Encyclopedia of Urban
Reviews:
Patrick J. Carroll, Felix Longoria's Wake in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Jan.
2004.
Anderson, Carlotta
R., All-American Anarchist: Joseph A.
Labadie and the Labor Movement in
Saldivar, Jose. Re-mapping
American Cultural Studies in Western Historical Quarterly 29 (Autumn 1998),
385-86.
Loveless, Stephen, et
al., Immigration and Its Impact on American
Cities (H-Net, April, 1997).
Chicano Studies
Library Serials Collection," Journal
of American History, (June 1995), 380-381.
Sanchez, George, Becoming Mexican American and MarioGarcia,
Bert Corona: Memories of Chicano History (H-Net, March, 1995)
Leonard, Karen, Making Ethnic Choices in the Journal of Asian Studies (Spring,
1993).
V. Current Research Projects
a. "The Press
and the City." Book length comparative study of the press coverage of
urban and suburban growth in the
b. Edited book "Border Cities/Border
Cultures," under review; anthology on immigration, migration, transnationalism,
and culture.
c.
Web-site version of Nuestro Milwaukee.
e. Article on the
History of Latino and Asian immigration to
VI. Professional Papers Given
(selected)
"Latinos/as in
the Suburbs: Housing and Employment in
"The History of
Latinos in
“Teaching the 1960s”
Organization of American Historians, Annual meeting, April, 2001.
“City Against
Suburb,” invited lecture, California Redevelopment Association,
VII. Extramural
funding:
Spring
2003, $2000,
Spring
2002, Grant, $2,500, Cultures and Communities, to offer a Spanish class in the
Latino community.
Spring,
2002, Grant, $6,000, Center for International Education, for Border Cities/Border
Cultures Conference.
Spring,
1998, Grant, $600, UW Institute on Race and Ethnicity, for production of City
Against Suburb: The Culture Wars in an
American Metropolis.
Spring,
1995, Grant, $3,000, UW Institute on Race and Ethnicity; course reduction to
work book manuscript.
Spring,
1994, $4,200, summer stipend, National Endowment for the Humanities; support
for summer research
Spring 1992, Grant,
$4,000,
VIII. Courses Taught
History 267: The
History of Latinos in the
History 269: Asian
Americans in Historical Perspective
History 271: The
1960s: A Cultural History
History 463: The
Urban Studies Programs
980: The Growth of Urban Society
Urban Studies
Programs 984: Thinking Historically, Thinking Sociologically
Urban Studies
Programs 999: The History of Ethnicity and Immigration in the
Faculty
Athletic Representative 2005-
Coordinator, History
Master's Program 2004-2005
Hispanic
Council, Chair, 1994, 2004-2005
UW
Extension Policy Committee 2004-2005
MAFLL
Coordinating Committee 2001-2002
Chancellor's
Advisory Group on Latino/Hispanic Issues, 1999-2000
Ethnic
Studies Program Coordinator, 1999-2002
Ethnic
Studies Advisory Committee 1992-2000
Letters
and Science Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, 2000
Urban
Studies Awards Committee, 1999-2000
Coordinator
USP MS Program, 2000-2001
Roberto
Hernandez Advisory Committee 1998-
Holton-Merrill
Classroom Remodeling Committee, 2000
Latino
Studies Certificate Program Coordinating Committee, 1994-1997
Committee
to Review English 112, 1994
Ad
Hoc 5 Year Committee on Minority Student Retention, 1995
Admissions
and Records Policy Committee, 1992-1994
USP
Admissions and Appeals, 1995
Graduate
Special Assistance Committee, 1993
History
Undergraduate Affairs, 1994
History
Awards Committee, 1994
Advanced
Financial
Aid and Student Employment Advisory Committee, 1992
Academic
Standing and Appeals Committee, 1992
X. Community Service
United
Community Center, various projects including Nuestro Milwauke web site.
Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, member of Philip Arreola Scholarship Committee,
1993-1997
Wisconsin
Humanities Council, 2000- Board member, Secretary and chair of Membership Committee,
vice-Chair.