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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.
Cynthia Ann Orozco | |
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Orozco at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | |
| 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) |
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]
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]
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]
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