Early Chicano/Latino History at Stanford: A Faculty Perspective
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this panel discussion, four of the earliest Chicano faculty members at Stanford share their experiences and reflect on the challenges faced by the Chicano and Latino populations of students and faculty from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Participants include Albert Camarillo, Leon Sloss Jr. Memorial Professor, Emeritus, from the Department of History; Jim Leckie, C.L. Peck, Class of 1906 Professor in the School of Engineering; Jerry Porras, the Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus, in the Graduate School of Business; and Renato Rosaldo, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus. Topics include recruitment to Stanford and the impact of affirmative action, demands on faculty of color, the institutionalization of support for Chicano faculty and students, and Stanford’s efforts to increase diversity.
- Summary
- Rosaldo’s recruitment to the Department of Anthropology in 1970 • Leckie’s recruitment from Harvard to Stanford • Porras’ recruitment to the Business School through letter written by a friend to the dean • Camarillo’s training at UCLA as one of the first historians specializing in Chicano history • Affirmative action in higher education • Early efforts to recruit Chicano faculty at Stanford • Arturo Islas • Struggles to balance academic careers, demands of students, and family life • Luis Nogales and views of Chicano faculty in administration • Creation of the office of minority affairs • Support from administrators, including Ray Bacchetti • Lack of Latino faculty and students in the School of Engineering • Trying to finish dissertations while beginning to teach • Porras and Rosaldo called on to negotiate a dispute between SCORE Project faculty organizers and Chicano graduate students • Feeling of obligation to support Chicano activities and projects outside their fields • Leckie’s service on the School of Medicine Admissions Committee • Success of students • Chicano Fellows Program • Creation of the Stanford Center for Chicano Research • Criticism from white faculty and administrators for becoming so involved in the Chicano community on campus • Support from Don Kennedy and Ray Bacchetti • Creation of El Centro to support students • Arturo Pacheco’s intensive involvement in Casa Zapata and the Chicano community • Early struggles at Casa Zapata • Lasting impact of Cecilia Burciaga and Tony Burciaga • Finding places for support as Chicano faculty among the small group of colleagues • Role Cecilia Burciaga played in keeping Chicano faculty group informed and together • Visiting with search committees across the university to promote diversity in faculty hiring • Memories of working with Arthur Bienenstock to promote hiring of Chicano faculty across the university, including frustrating experiences at the Law School and in the Department of Religious Studies • Thoughts on factors important to increasing faculty diversity • Impact of Jim Montoya’s efforts in Admissions to recruit Chicano students from a wide variety of high schools • Success in diversity efforts at the undergraduate level • Efforts to increase graduate student diversity, especially the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Program • Changes in educational background of Latino students at the GSB • Changes in demographics and culture of students of color • Reflections on a seeming lack of cohesiveness among Chicano faculty today • Discussion of change over time, successes, and remaining challenges regarding diversity at Stanford, including students’ accomplishments, the importance of vocal support from university leaders, and the lack of diversity in the Graduate School of Business
Description
| Type of resource | moving image, sound recording-nonmusical, text |
|---|---|
| Extent | 2 video files; 2 audio files; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | August 5, 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Camarillo, Albert |
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| Interviewee | Leckie, Jim, 1939- |
| Interviewee | Porras, Jerry I. |
| Interviewee | Rosaldo, Renato |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford University |
|---|---|
| Subject | Hispanic Americans > Education |
| Subject | College teachers |
| Subject | Education, Higher |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Transcript |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qh950rm6866 |
| Location | SC0932 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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