Carlos Salomon received his Ph. D. at the University of New Mexico in Borderlands and Latin American History. He is an interdisciplinary scholar and activist who likes to cross intellectual and geographic boundaries. His teaching interests are in the areas of social movements, oral traditions, and immigration. His research interests vary widely and include California before and after US occupation, oral history, and US-Mexico relations. Dr. Salomon recently published Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California with the University of Oklahoma Press (2010). He is currently working on a book that examines US-Mexican relations through the lens of cultural and intellectual collaborations on American Indian life, and specifically through the government-sponsored project known as indigenismo.
Professional Focus
Borderlands History
Latin American Immigration
Transnational Culture
Oral History
Indigenous Studies
Education
- B.A., 1994, San Francisco State University
- M.A., 1996, San Francisco State University
- Ph.D., 2002, University of New Mexico
Courses
- ES 1201 Ethnicity in American History I (4)
- ES 1202 Ethnicity in American History II (4)
- ES 3230 Oral Traditions (4)
- ES 3255 - The Chicano Movement (4)
- ES 3800 Peoples of Central America (4)
- ES 3805 Latin American Immigration (4)
- LAST 3000 The Latin American World (4)
- LAST 3370 Latin American Social Movements (4)
Publications
Pio Pico: The Governor of Mexican California
Pio Pico: The Governor of Mexican California, University of Oklahoma Press, April 2010
"Indigenismo Across Borders," Journal of the West, Winter 2009/2010
"Secularization in California: Pío Pico at Mission San Luis Rey." Southern California Quarterly, Winter 2008
"A Frontera Family's Brush with History." Cipactli, Fall, 2005
Other Accomplishments
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