Eduardo Obregón Pagán (born August 13, 1960) is the Bob Stump Endowed Professor of History at

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, and one of the hosts of the

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popular series

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since 2008.

Biography

A native of

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, Eduardo Pagán received his BA from

in 1987, an M.A. from the

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in 1989, another MA from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in 1991, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1996. While at Princeton he was an exchange scholar at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He was an acting assistant dean of students at Princeton University (1991–1992), a faculty member at

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...

(1995–2000), a program officer at the

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(2000–2004), and department chair of Language, Cultures, and History at Arizona State University (2004–2008). He has also appeared in the 2002 episode ''Zoot Suit Riots'' on PBS’s

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. Pagán is a frequent guest lecturer on topics such as

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, Latinos in the United States, American youth subculture and American religion.

Publications

Books

* ''Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A.'' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003) * ''Historic Photos of Phoenix'' (Nashville: Turner Publishing, 2007), winner of Arizona Book Publisher’s Association 2008 Glyph Award * ''Valley of the Guns: The Pleasant Valley War and the Trauma of Violence'' (The University of Oklahoma Press, 2018)

References

External links

ASU Site

History Detectives Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pagan, Eduardo Obregon Arizona State University faculty Historians of the United States American television personalities 1960 births Living people Arizona State University alumni University of Arizona alumni Princeton University alumni