From Deseret News archives:
Chicano-studies expert tackling questions
While it promises to be a hot topic in the coming election year, honors students at the U. will be taking on questions regarding the increasingly complex subject of immigration and the American West.
"The American West represents a particularly potent region because of its mythological positioning in the history of our country and because of the issues unique to its people, climate and landscape," said Vicky Newman, assistant professor of communication at the U.
Louis Gerard Mendoza, chairman of the University of Minnesota's department of Chicano studies, has been invited to the U. to talk about his recent 8,500-mile bicycle trip, which took him to the four corners of the country, and the experiences of people he met along the way.
Mendoza, 47, is a Tejano transplant living in Minnesota since 2004, when he joined the school faculty there. He came to America with his family in 1981 and began participating and learning English in the school system. He noticed at an early age that minorities and "illegals" were treated differently and it was then he set out to understand why.
His bicycle journey is a product of his curiosity and a way to share the stories of many who have come to America. He finished the tour Dec. 18, also known as International Migrants Day, in Oakland.
"My goal is to offer much-needed insight from voices that aren't often heard in formal media venues," Mendoza said.
Using science, politics, poetry, history, economics and the fine arts as sources to understand definitions and representations of the West and immigration, participants will work together to design alternative practices for ongoing collaboration between students and the community. Newman said she has invited a diverse range of community members to participate, including English-as-a-second-language students, farmers and ranchers, business leaders and union representatives.
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