Research Keywords

• Mexican Immigration history, Mexican-American labor history 1900-present, Japanese Immigration to Mexico and the U.S., Chicano Popular Culture, Race and Race Relations, Chicano Masulinity and Culture, Catholic Church in the Americas, Cockfighting

Research Areas

• Comparative, Cultural, Economic, Migration, Religious, Social, Urban

Time Periods

• 20th Century/Contemporary

Affiliations

• Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Recent or current courses

• HST 210 - Modern East Asia (Spring 2009)

Significant Scholarly Activities

Books

• Jerry Garcia, Mexicans in North Central Washington. San Francisco: Arcadia Press, May 2007.
• Jerry Garcia, Memory, Community, and Activism: Mexican Migration and Labor in the Pacific Northwest. East Lansing, Michigan: Julian Samora Research Institute and Michigan State University, 2005.
• Jerry Garcia, The Illusion of Borders: The National Presence of Mexicanos in the United States. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2002.

Book Chapter/Articles

• Jerry Garcia, "The Measure of a Cock: Mexican Cockfighting, Culture, and Masculinity." In I AM AZTLAN: The Personal Essay in Chicano Studies, edited by Chon A. Noreiga and Wendy Belcher. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, 2004: 109-138.