Barbara Soliz, a proud native of Los Angeles' eastside, received her B.A. in History from Princeton University in 2004, with certificates in African American and American Studies. She entered the Ph.D program at USC in 2004 and works with Professors George Sanchez, Bill Deverell, Phil Ethington and Laura Pulido. Her dissertation on post-WWII Los Angeles investigates the construction of a white identity in a racially diverse metropolis, focusing on how concerns over race and racial difference among both conservative and liberal whites undermined civil rights efforts and the possibility for racial equality. She is also at work on an article-length study of Robert F. Kennedy and the Chicano community in Los Angeles, examining the bond forged between the two surrounding the 1968 presidential primary campaign and its long-term implications for Chicanos' relationship to the Democratic Party. Barbara is always happy to meet scholars with similar interests, and welcomes any inquiries about her research.
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