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  David M. Hernández : Assistant Professor , Chicano Studies
Contact information:
7373 Bunche , (310) 794-7037 , dhernandez@chavez.ucla.edu
 
Professional Experience
David Manuel Hernández received his B.A. in Business Economics from U.C. Santa Barbara and his M.A. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. He completed his doctorate in Comparative Ethnic Studies at U.C. Berkeley in 2005, where he held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Smithsonian Institution. Prior to joining the faculty in Chicana and Chicano Studies, Hernández taught courses in American Studies, La Raza Studies, and Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies at the University of New Mexico, San Francisco State University, U.C. Berkeley, and Dickinson College. At UCLA, in addition to his current courses, Hernández taught two summers in the Transfer Scholars Program in the Academic Advancement Program. He is also a faculty in residence at UCLA's residence halls.

Hernández is currently completing a book manuscript, entitled "Undue Process: Immigrant Detention and Lesser Citizenship." It examines the institution of immigrant detention in the United States, addressing the historic consolidation of this federal authority over all noncitizens, its racial genealogy, complex strategies of criminalization, discursive technologies, and its intersections with prisons in the U.S.

His other areas of interest include international migration and Chicana/o and Latina/o politics and social movements. He is currently a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow for 2009-2010. Hernández grew up in Cudahy and Whittier, California.
 

Selected Publications:
"Undue Process: Racial Genealogies of Immigrant Detention." In Constructing Boundaries/Crossing Borders: Race, Ethnicity and Immigration (2007). [PDF]





"Pursuant to Deportation: Latinas/os and Immigrant Detention." Latino Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1-2. Spring/Summer 2008. Reprinted in Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States, Suzanne Oboler, ed. (2009) [PDF]
"Ethnic Prophecies: A Review Essay on Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation (2001) and Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America (2001)." Contemporary Sociology . Vol. 32. No. 4. July 2003. 418-426. Second author: Evelyn Nakano Glenn

"Latino Demographic Growth: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow?." A review essay of Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the U.S. City (2000). American Quarterly , Vol. 54. No. 1. March 2002. 129-137.

"Divided We Stand, United We Fall: Latinos and Immigration Policy." Perspectives in Mexican American Studies . Published by the Mexican American Studies and Research Center. University of Arizona. Vol. 6. 1997. 80-95.

"The Latino March on Washington." Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States . Deena Gonzales and Suzanne Oboler, editors. Oxford University Press. 2005. 518-522.

"'My Fellow Citizens. . .': Barack Obama and Immigration Policy." Journal of Race and Policy. [in press].

For other publications, please consult curriculum vitae. [PDF]



Courses
Chicano Studies 10B, " Introduction to Chicana/Chicano Studies: Social Structure and Contemporary Conditions ." ( Winter 2009 )
Chicano Studies 89, " Honors Seminars Chicano 89, seminar 1: Honors Seminar for Chicana and Chicano Studies 10B, Lecture 1." ( Winter 2009 )
Chicano Studies 148, " Politics of Diversity: Race, Conflicts, and Coalitions ." ( Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008)
Chicano Studies 188-3, " Special Courses in Chicana and Chicano Studies Chicano 188, seminar 3: Coalition & Conflict: Urban Poverty , Migration, & Race in the U.S." ( Summer 2007 )
Chicano Studies 191-2, 191-4, " Variable Topics Research Seminars: Chicana and Chicano Studies Chicano Studies 191, seminar 2: Disposable People: U.S. Deportation and Repatriation Campaigns." (Winter 2009 , Spring 2008)
Chicano Studies 193, " Readings/Speaker Series Seminars: Chicana and Chicano Studies." (Summer 2008)
Chicano Studies M124, " From Latin America to U.S.: Immigration and Latino Identity." (Fall 2008, Winter 2008)