Cynthia Orozco
Historian
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Cynthia Ann Orozco (also Cynthia E. Orozco) is a professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University known for her work establishing the field of Chicana studies.
University of California, Los Angeles (MA) (PhD)
Cynthia Ann Orozco | |
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Orozco at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MA) (PhD) |
| Thesis | The origins of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Mexican American civil rights movement in Texas with an analysis of women's political participation in a gendered context, 1910-1929 (1992) |
| Influences | Adela Sloss-Vento |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso |
Main interests | Mexican American women, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) |
Early life and education
Orozco was born in Cuero, Texas to community activist and writer Aurora E. Orozco and Primitivo Orozco.[1] Orozco attended Southwest Texas State University, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.[2] Orozco earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1992.[3]
Career
Orozco is known for her work in Chicana Studies.[4] Orozco's work has been discussed by Ernesto Chávez who described the history of the movement in his 2013 article,[5] and by Sonia Hernández in her 2015 article on Mexican(a) labor history.[6] She served as a coordinator of the Women’s Unit of the Chicano Studies Research Center which advanced Chicana Studies courses and research at the University of California, Los Angeles.[7] She authored “Getting Started in Chicano Studies” for a women's studies journal,[8] and co-founded the Chicana Caucus of National Association for Chicano Studies.[9] Orozco spoke at the 1984 conference in Austin, its first conference focused on women, and the resulting essay “Sexism in Chicano Studies” was published in Chicana Voices.[10]
Orozco has taught at Eastern New Mexico University in Ruidoso since 2000 where she advocated for the establishment of tenure as university policy.[11] She wrote No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, the first scholarly history of the origins of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).[12] The book was reviewed by multiple journals.[13][14][15][16][17] Orozco has written about the activist Adela Sloss-Vento,[18][19] in a book that was reviewed by other journals.[20][21][22] In 2020, Orozco published a book about the civil rights activist Alonso Perales.[23]
Awards and honors
In 2012 the Texas State Historical Association named Orozco a fellow,[24][25] and New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens named her Educator of the Year.[26] In 2015, she was one of the 'emerging leaders' named by the American Library Association.[27] In 2018, she received the Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso National Society of Leadership and Success "Excellence in Teaching Award".[28] In 2020, her book Agent of Change received the Liz Carpenter award from the Texas State Historical Association.[29]
Selected publications
- Orozco, Cynthia (2009). No Mexicans, women, or dogs allowed : the rise of the Mexican American civil rights movement (1st ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-79343-9. OCLC 501017354.
- Zamora, Emilio; Orozco, Cynthia; Rocha, Rodolfo, eds. (2000). Mexican Americans in Texas history : selected essays. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-0876111741.
- OROZCO, CYNTHIA E. (2022). AGENT OF CHANGE : Adela Sloss-Vento, mexican american civil rights activist and texas feminist. [S.l.]: UNIV OF TEXAS PRESS. ISBN 978-1-4773-1987-1. OCLC 1268983231.
- OROZCO, CYNTHIA E. (2020). PIONEER OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS : Alonso S. Perales. [Place of publication not identified]: ARTE PUBLICO. ISBN 978-1-55885-896-1. OCLC 1127937934.
- Orozco, Cynthia (April 23, 2014). "Sexism in Chicano Studies and the Community". In Garcia, Alma M. (ed.). Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-71974-7.
