The lecture takes place in the Bass Lecture Hall of the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. A reception will follow.
All events are free and open to the public.
Herrera-Sobek is the Luis Leal Professor of Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Raised in Texas and Arizona, she obtained a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Arizona State University, graduating with honors. In 1971 she completed a master's degree in Latin American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and in 1975 she received a Ph.D. from UCLA in Hispanic language and literature. Prior to her 1997 appointment at UCSB, she was a professor at the University of California, Irvine, where she taught for 22 years. Scholars from UT as well as other colleges and universities in Texas, the Southwest and the Midwest will present papers at the symposium.