HESBURGH LECTURE SERIES 2013 Program - Alumni Association ...
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Gilberto Cárdenas ’72 M.A., ’77 Ph.D.<br />
Director, Institute of Latino Studies; Professor, Julian Samora Chair,<br />
Latino Studies, Sociology; Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International<br />
Studies<br />
Biography<br />
Gilberto Cárdenas was the founding director of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University<br />
of Notre Dame. He is also the executive director for the Inter-University <strong>Program</strong> for Latino<br />
Research (IUPLR). He holds the Julian Samora Chair in Latino Studies and teaches in the<br />
Department of Sociology. He received his B.A. from the California State University at Los<br />
Angeles, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Notre Dame. His principal research interests are<br />
immigration, race and ethnic relations, and visual sociology.<br />
Cárdenas has worked in the area of immigration for over 40 years and has gained international<br />
recognition as a scholar in Mexican immigration. Three times named by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 most<br />
influential Latinos in the U.S., Cárdenas has authored and edited numerous books, articles, monographs, and reports on topics<br />
covering several fields of specialization, including international migration, economy and society, and race and ethnic relations.<br />
These works include his co-authorship of Los Mojados: The Wetback Story (with Julian Samora and Jorge Bustamante) and<br />
editorship of LA CAUSA: Civil Rights, Social Justice, and the Struggle of Equality in the Midwest, which was published in 2005 by<br />
Arte Público Press, University of Houston. Cárdenas previously was a member of the sociology department at the University of<br />
Texas at Austin from 1975 until 1999.<br />
Cárdenas established and owned Galería sin Fronteras Inc., in Austin, Texas, a commercial gallery exhibiting the works of<br />
Chicano/Latino artists. In 1994, he founded and served as executive producer of Latino USA, a half-hour weekly radio program<br />
produced at the University of Texas at Austin and distributed nationally by National Public Radio. In addition to his professional<br />
and artistic activities, Cárdenas has provided testimony before the U.S. Congress and state legislative bodies, and has served as an<br />
expert witness in several critical or landmark cases, including Plyler v. Doe (1982).<br />
A member of the original task force that produced Willful Neglect (1994), Cárdenas served on the Smithsonian Institution’s<br />
Oversight Committee for Latino Issues, and is a member of the Smithsonian Institute’s Latino Center Board. In 1997, he served<br />
as first vice president of the Board of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), and currently serves<br />
on the board. Cárdenas was one of six people appointed to the advisory committee of the Gates Millennium Scholars <strong>Program</strong>, a<br />
$1.5 billion-plus minority scholarship initiative established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Cárdenas was appointed by<br />
President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellows (2001-2008), and more<br />
recently to serve on the President’s Commission on the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino. In addition,<br />
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appointed Cárdenas to serve as a commissioner on the Indiana Arts Commission.<br />
Lecture<br />
Immigration<br />
Categories<br />
History, Notre Dame, Social<br />
Concerns<br />
This lecture will discuss contemporary issues pertaining to Mexican immigration, drawing on historical foundations of<br />
immigration policy and utilizing a visual presentation based on contemporary artwork addressing immigration issues. These<br />
issues will include works from the “CARAS VEMOS” exhibit inaugurated at the University of Notre Dame’s Snite Museum in the<br />
fall of 2006 and formerly on national tour.<br />
The Hesburgh Lecture Series, <strong>2013</strong> <strong>Program</strong> 17