ABOUT ME
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My name is Carlos Parra and I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and I am fascinated by the history and peoples of the U.S.-Mexican border region. I study U.S., Latino, and Mexican history, and am currently writing a book based on my doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern California - “A Community on the Air: Latino Los Angeles and the Rise of Spanish-Language TV in the United States, 1960-1990" – which focuses on how Univision KMEX Channel 34 and Telemundo KVEA Channel 52 created a sense of Latino identity and community among Latinas and Latinos.
As a former high school teacher, I value the importance of making scholarly research accessible for a wider audience, especially for young people. NomadicBorder is a continuation of my work in the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Museum Studies Program (2017) and the USC Center for Democracy and Diversity's History in a Box Project in which I supervised the creation of local history teaching materials for elementary schools in the Latino-immigrant neighborhood on Boyle Heights in the eastside of Los Angeles. To understand our current-day social problems - to imagine a better future for the peoples of the Mexico-U.S. border region and beyond - we must understand the past we come from. Thank you for your visit - I look forward to hearing from you as you explore this site. CONTACT: cparra@usc.edu |
Publications
Parra, Carlos. "Lessons in Americanization: Educational Attainment and Internal Colonialism in Albuquerque Public Schools, 1879-1942." New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 91 (Spring 2016): 163-200.
Parra, Carlos. "Valientes Nogalenses: The 1918 Battle Between the U.S. and Mexico That Transformed Ambos Nogales." Journal of Arizona History, Vol. 51 (Spring 2010): 1-32.
Parra, Carlos. "Valientes Nogalenses: The 1918 Battle Between the U.S. and Mexico That Transformed Ambos Nogales." Journal of Arizona History, Vol. 51 (Spring 2010): 1-32.
YouTube Videos
I hate to see a fence anywhere. I hope there won't be a fence here too long. |