Gerardo Licon
Contact Information
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fall 2024: WF 1-2 p.m. and Th 12:30-1:30 p.m.
You can also email me for an appointment outside of office hours. Appointments will be in person unless you notify me in advance that you prefer to meet via Microsoft Teams.
Biography
Historian
Assistant Professor
Teaches: US Latino History, Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies, and Music and Dance of Latin America
Areas of Expertise: Pachuco culture, Chicano History, U.S. Latino History, Immigration History, History of Race, Ethnicity and Culture, Mexican History, and Latin American History.
Education
University of Southern California, Ph.D. & M.A., History
University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., History, Chicano and Mexican History Concentration
Santa Monica College, A.A., Liberal Arts
Teaching and Research Interests
LAS 222: US Latino History and Culture,
LAS 150: Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies
LAS 314: Music and Dance of Latin America
Published Research
Honors And Recognition
"One of the Most Influential Latinos in Wisconsin," 2019. Madison365
President of El Centro de Conexion de Chippewa Valley, 2014-2018
Presentations at the annual conferences of the American Historical Association (AHA), the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), the Organization of American Historians (OAH), the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), and the North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA).