Albert Michael Camarillo | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | The Making of a Chicano Community: A History of the Chicanos in Santa Barbara, California, 1850-1930 (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Stanford 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]