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1219 WATKINS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Mirande, Alfredo

Professor of Sociology & Ethnic Studies
Professor of Ethnic Studies

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Sociology


Ethnic Studies


Biography

Alfredo Mirandé was born in Mexico City and came to the United States at age nine. He is a professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies, and past Chair of Chicano Studies and Social Relations, and current Chair of Ethnic Studies. Mirandé's teaching and scholarly interests are at the intersection of Sociology, Law, and Race and Ethnic Theory. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Nebraska and JD from Stanford University, and taught at the Texas Tech University School of Law. He has been a National Research Council Fellow and a Rockefeller Fellow and was in residence at the University of California at Berkeley, and at Stanford University. He is one of the leading Chicano sociologists doing groundbreaking work in Critical Race Theory. His research reflects an ongoing research strategy that seeks to introduce Latino Critical Theory into the broader field of Critical Race Theory.

Former Institution

University of North Dakota

Degrees

JD 1994

Stanford University

PhD Sociology 1967

University of Nebraska

MA Sociology 1965

University of Nebraska

BA Social Science 1963

Illinois State University

Awards

Fellow, National Research Council
Rockefeller Fellow


Research Area

Law, Race and Ethnic Theory, Chicano Sociology, and Race, Class, and Gender

Publications

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Mirandé, Alfredo and Evangelina Enriquez. La Chicana: The Mexican American Woman, University of Chicago Press, 1981
The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective.. University of Notre Dame Press, 1985
Gringo Justice. University of Notre Dame Press, 1987
Hombres, y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture. Westview Press, 1997.
"Doin' Time on the Farm:" The Stanford Law Chronicles. University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.
Mirandé, Alfredo and José M. Lopez. "Chicano Urban Youth Gangs: A Critical Review." Latino Studies Journal, Vol III, No. 3 (Fall) 1992. Pp. 1-14.
Mirandé, Alfredo and Dolores V. Tanno. "Labels, Researcher Perspective, and Contextual Validation: A Commentary." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 17 (1993). Pp. 149-155.
Mirandé, Alfredo and Enrique M. Lopez. "Radical Feminism, Postmodernism, and the New World Order." Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 19:2 (1993). Pp. 1-38.
Mirandé, Alfredo and Dolores Tanno. "Understanding Interethnic Communication and Research: 'A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet'." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 17 (1993). Pp. 381-388.
"En La Tierra del Ciego El Tuerto es Rey (In the Land of the Blind, the One Eyed Person is King): Bilingualism as a 'Disability'." New Mexico Law Review 26, Winter (1996). Pp. 75-105.
"Now That I Know English, No Me Dejan Hablar (I'm Not Allowed to Speak): The Implications of Hernandez v. New York." Chicano-Latino Law Review 18 (Fall, 1996). Pp. 115-149.
"Revenge of the Nerds or 'Postmodern Colored Folk': A Critique of Critical Race Theory and the Chronicles of Rodrigo." Harvard Latino Law Review, vol. 4. 2001, Pp. 153-197.
"Is There a 'Mexican Exception' to the Fourth Amendment?" Florida Law Review 2002. Pp. 367-389.