Dr. Sergio Gonz谩lez糖心传媒Sensenbrenner Hall, 203B
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-7506sergio.gonzalez@marquette.eduCurriculum VitaeSergio M. Gonz谩lez is Assistant Professor of History at 糖心传媒. A historian of twentieth-century U.S. migration, labor, and religion, his scholarship focuses on the development of Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest. He is the author of (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017) and the co-editor of (New York University Press, 2022) with Felipe Hinojosa and Maggie Elmore. His most recently published book, (University of Illinois Press, 2024), explores the relationship between Latino communities, religion, and social movements in the twentieth century Midwest. Gonz谩lez鈥檚 current research expands on these themes through two new projects. The first examines the history of sanctuary movements in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, exploring the pivotal role religious institutions and people of faith have played in developing contemporary social movements for immigrant and refugee justice. His second project analyzes the central role the Midwest has come to play in the country鈥檚 fraught immigration politics, studying the century-long record of anti-immigrant sentiment in the region and the social movements that have risen to combat it.
Along with his academic scholarship, Gonz谩lez is engaged in several public humanities projects, including serving as a public historian developing Wisconsin's with the Wisconsin Historical Society; co-writing and co-hosting , a social studies show for middle school students on Wisconsin PBS; and co-writing and co-hosting , a limited podcast series with Axis Mundi Media.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gonz谩lez teaches across a variety of departments and programs, including in History; Languages, Literatures, Arts, & Culture; Latinx Studies; and the Honors Program. His courses focus on Latinx belonging and community formation, activism and civil rights movements, urban settlement, faith and religiosity, and the historical development of citizenship in the United States.
