Professor, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program
Professor, Department of Political Science
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
- M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
- B.A., University of Texas at El Paso
SPECIALIZATION AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mexican-American Politics; Political Sociology; American National Government; Minority Politics; Identity Politics; Race, Identity, & Politics; Urban Politics.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations: Choosing Issues, Taking Sides, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.
- "The Politics of Environmental Justice in Mexican American Neighborhoods," Capitalism, Nature and Socialism, Vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 43-65, December 1998.
- "Organizing Mexican-American Women in the Garment Industry: La Mujer Obrera," Women and Politics, Vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 65-87, 1995.
- LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993
- Power and Politics in a Chicano Barrio: A study of Mobilization Efforts and Community Power in El Paso, Lanham: The University Press of America, 1985.
- "Policy, Conflict, and the Immigration Question: A Review Essay," Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 5, no. 1, September 1985.
Contact Benjamin Marquez:
Department of Political Science
312 North Hall
1050 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-2389
fax: 608-265-2663
marquez@polisci.wisc.edu