Faculty
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Robert C. Perez Assistant Professor INTS 4049 (951) 827-1828 robertcperez@hotmail.com |
Professor Perez received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Riverside. His research and teaching focus on developing a comprehensive understanding of the historical experiences of the aboriginal peoples of the vast region comprised of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Sonora, and Chihuahua. His focus is on making historical connections between pre-colonial aboriginal societies, colonialism, and the modern situation. His dissertation is a study of Spanish colonialism and Aboriginal survival in what are now the states of Sonora, Mexico and Arizona. Professor Perez integrates oral histories, botanical knowledge, and traditional archival sources to present a more complete picture, as his work gives insight to the Indian perspective.
He received his Master of Arts degree in History from UCR in 1997, and his Bachelor of Arts from University of San Diego, in 1992.
Perez's areas of interest and specialization are 19th Century United States, History of the American West and Spanish Borderlands, Colonial Latin America, Native American History, and Race and Identity Construction in Colonial America.
Perez has taught a number of courses in the area of Native American history for the Department of Ethnic Studies. These include: California Indian History; Southwestern Indian History; American Indian Policy in the 20th Century,. the Native American Diaspora, and Introduction to Native American Studies.
Robert Pérez has published A History of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians: 1776-1876 (Indio, CA: Fantasy Press, 1999). He has a book review forthcoming in Religion entitled "The Invention of Prophecy: Continuity and Meaning in Hopi Indian Religion," and a chapter entitled "Evolution of a Desert Cahuilla Nation" to be included in a forthcoming anthology edited by Professor Clifford E. Trafzer.
Robert was a feature speaker in the Bancroft Library speaker series at the University of California, Berkeley, March 2000, and has presented papers at a number of academic conferences and meetings.