Francisco H. Vázquez

Professor of History of Ideas
Ph.D. European Intellectual History, 1978, Claremont Graduate University
Dissertation title: “European Ideas in Mexico: An Analysis of the Mexican Philosophical Discourse.”
Email: francisco.vazquez@sonoma.edu
Voicemail: 707-664-3185
Office Carson Hall 34

Professional and Personal Interests:

As Director of the Hutchins Institute for Public Policy Studies and Community Action at Sonoma State University, Vázquez is involved in various civic engagement research and leadership projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Community Action Partnership and the Roseland University Prep High School Advisory Board.  His involvement in community activities with youth, the integration of Latino/as into the larger society, and the development of the Roseland community earned him is the 2009 Listening for a Change, Connie Codding Humanist Award.  He is currently working on a manuscript on the concept of the “Continental American” which focuses on the commonalities shared by all people throughout this continent.

Selected Upper Division Course Offerings:

Quest for Democracy
Political Bodies: Body Politic
Power and Literature
Consciousness And Discourse
Cross-Cultural Awareness
Postmodern Analysis of Culture

Selected Publications:

Latino/aThought: Culture, Politics, and Society (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, Second Edition, 2009). Available at http://tinyurl.com/6hkcfed

Latino/a Thought brings together the most important writings that shape Latino consciousness, culture, and activism today. This historical anthology is unique in its presentation of cross cultural writings--especially from Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban writers and political documents--that shape the ideology and experience of U.S. Latinos.

No other book offers readers such a rich history of the Latino heritage--experienced in this book in the voices and political actions whose influence reached across generations. More information on my book can be found through the Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

“The Furies and Apollo: Latino/as in the United States and Public Citizenship,” in Perspectivas Transatlánticas en la Literatura Chicana: Ensayos y creatividad.  Edited by María Herrera-Sobek, Francisco Lomelí, Juan Antonio Perles Rochel. Málaga, España: Universidad de Málaga, 2004.

Ganas y Poder: Civic Engagement among Latino Youth: The Case of Sonoma County, Research Monograph (2003). Co-authored with Carlos A. Benito.

Civic Engagement of Latino High School Students in Sonoma County: Emerging Themes from Focus Groups, Research Monograph (2003).

“The Political Economy Of Culture And The Birth Of A Civil Society After NAFTA.” Latino Studies Journal, Winter, 1997.