Assistant Professor, Latina/Latino Studies
Assistant Professor, History
Cary Cordova comes to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she taught in American Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in Latina/o cultural production, including art, music, and the performing arts. At the University of Illinois, she will continue to pursue her research on the intersections between art, social movements, identity formation, and culture. She is also preparing her manuscript, "The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Identity in San Francisco," for publication. Her articles include: "Hombres y Mujeres Muralistas on a Mission: Painting Latino Identities in 1970s San Francisco" in Latino Studies; and, "The Mission in Nicaragua: San Francisco Poets Go To War," in a forthcoming edited volume. She also has served as an archivist, curator, public historian, and oral historian for various public institutions, including the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. | 
