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.
All sessions are free and open to the public.
Sponsors include the Center for Mexican American Studies and the College of Liberal Arts. Co-sponsors include the department of English and the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.