Albert Camarillo

Albert Michael Camarillo
Born
Occupation(s)Historian, author and academic
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ThesisThe Making of a Chicano Community: A History of the Chicanos in Santa Barbara, California, 1850-1930 (1975)
Academic work
InstitutionsStanford University

Albert Michael Camarillo is an American historian, author and academic. He is the Leon Sloss Jr. Memorial Professor, emeritus, in the department of history at Stanford University, and holds a courtesy appointment as a professor in the graduate school of education.[1]

Camarillo's research spans 20th-century U.S. history with a focus on the experiences of Mexican Americans and other communities of color in American cities.[2] He is widely regarded as a founding scholar in the field of Mexican American history and Chicano/Latino Studies.[2] He has authored, edited, and co-edited seven books, including Chicanos in a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to American Barrios and Chicanos in California: A History of Mexican Americans.

Camarillo is the past president of the Organization of American Historians, and past president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Albert Camarillo | Department of History". history.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  2. ^ a b "AHA Member Spotlight: Al Camarillo | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  3. ^ "Past Presidents of the PCB » Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association". Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  4. ^ "Albert Camarillo". www.pastheritage.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2023-03-22.