Education
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 B.A. History and Sociology, Harvard University, 6/1981
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M.A. History, Stanford University, 6/1984
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Ph.D. History, Stanford University, 6/1989
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Adjunct Professor in American Studies, The Center for the Study of the Americas, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 2004-2009
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Sanchez researches historical and contemporary topics of race, gender, ethnicity, labor, and immigration. Currently, he is working on two projects: a book on the impact of contemporary Mexican migration on the culture and politics of Los Angeles at the end of the 20th century, and a historical study of the ethnic interaction of Mexican-Americans, Japanese-Americans and Jews in the Boyle Heights area of East Los Angeles.
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Research Specialties
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(Ph.D., Stanford University, 1989) Professor of ASE and History: Chicano/a immigration, American West.
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Funded Research
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Contracts and Grants Awarded
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ENHANCING DIVERSITY AT USC: THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (Irvine Foundation), George Sanchez, $3,600,000, 03/08/2001-09/07/2005
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USC Funding
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Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities & Social Sciences. "The House We Live In": Race, Difference and the Genealogy of "Group Relations" Across Disciplines: This project examines how disciplines in the humanities and social sciences understand "group relations" between the more established African American community and the emerging Latino community., $25,000, 2007-2008
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Conferences and Other Presentations
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Conference Presentations
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"Transnationalism in Times of War", American Studies Association, Comment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Fall
2007
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"Approaching New Subjectivities: African American/Latino Relations in the Twentieth Century", American Historical Association, Comment, Atlanta, Georgia,
Spring
2007
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"Fighting for the Right to Learn: Equity and Justice in the Corporate University", Humanities or Human Resources?: The Future of Ethnic Studies and Labor in the Corporate University, Paper, New York University, Department of American Studies,
Spring
2007
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Other Presentations
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"Remembering Boyle Heights: Race and the Politics of Memory in Los Angeles", George A.V. Dunning Lecture, The Historical Society of Southern California, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, Los Angeles, CA,
Fall
2006
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Publications
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Book
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Sanchez, G. J. Bridging Borders, Remaking Community: Racial Interaction in Boyle Heights, California in the 20th Century. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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Sanchez, G. J. Making the American Nation, The Penguin History of the United States, Volume IV: 1898-1945. (Eric Foner, General Series Editor, Ed.). New York, NY: Viking Penguin Books.
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Sanchez, George J. and Amy Koritz (Ed.).
(2007).
Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
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Sanchez, G. J., Villa, R. H.
(2005).
Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures. Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures/Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Sanchez, G. J.
(1993).
Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900 - 1945, Oxford University Press, 1993. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Book Chapter
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Sanchez, G. J.
(2002).
'Y tu que?': Latino History in the New Millenium. (Vol. 45-58). Berkeley and Los Angeles: Latinos!: Remaking America/University of California Press.
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Conference Proceeding
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Sanchez, G. J.
(2007).
Regionalism: The Significance of Place in American Jewish Life. 2. pp. 124-127. Baltimore, MD. American Jewish History/The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Journal Article
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Sanchez, G. J.
(2004).
'What's Good for Boyle Heights is Good for the Jews': Creating Multiracialism on the Eastside During the 1950s. American Quarterly/Johns Hopkins University Press.
Vol. 56 (3)
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Sanchez, G. J.
(2003).
Race and Immigration in Changing Communities of the United States. The Japanese Journal of American Studies. (14), pp. 7-20.
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Sanchez, G. J.
(2002).
Working at the Crossroads: American Studies for the Twenty-First Century; Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, November 9, 2001. American Quarterly/Johns Hopkins University Press.
Vol. 54 (1), pp. 1-23.
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Advisement
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Office Hours
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Wednesday: 10 am - 12 noon, By appointment, call 740-2426,
Fall
2007
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Honors and Awards
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Professor of the Month, Mortar Board Undergraduate Senior Honor Society,
Fall
2007
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Mellon Excellence in Mentoring Award for Mentoring Graduate Students, 2006-2007
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Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, Constance Rourke Prize for Best Article published in the American Quarterly, 2005-2006
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USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, General Education Teaching Award, 2005-2006
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Huntington Library, 2002-2003
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Service to the University
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Administrative Appointments
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Director, Center for Diversity and Democracy, 08/2007-
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Committees
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Chair, Director, Undergraduate Studies, USC Department of American Studies & Ethnicity, 2007-2008
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Member, Placement Officer, Graduate Studies Committee, USC Department of American Studies & Ethnicity, 2007-2008
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Member, Placement Officer, Graduate Studies Committee, USC History Department, 2007-2008
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Service to the Profession
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Committees
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Chair, American Studies Association, Committee on Graduate Education, 2007-2010
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Member, Organization of American Historians, Nominating Committee, 2005-2009
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Series Co-editor, American Crossroads: New Works in Ethnic Studies (Univ. of California Press), 1994-
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Board of Advisory Editors, American Quarterly, 2003-2006
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Professional Offices
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President, American Studies Association, 2001-2002
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Professional Memberships
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Organization of American Historians, ALANA (Minority) Scholars Committee, 2005-2009
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American Historical Association, Minority Scholars Committee, 2004-2008
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Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, 2004-2007
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American Studies Association Distinguished Lecturer, 2000-2007
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