Ramón A. Gutiérrez
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Ramón Arturo Gutiérrez (born c. 1951) is an American
historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...
of race and ethnic relations. He studies "Mexican-American history, Indian-White relations in the Americas, social and economic history of the Southwest, colonial Latin American and Mexican immigration." He has authored or edited many books and journal articles on these subjects.


Life

Gutiérrez graduated from the University of New Mexico with a
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in Latin American history. He earned a
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(1975) and a
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(1980) from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...
. In 1983, he was selected as a MacArthur Fellow by the
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. He taught at the
University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego in communications material, formerly and colloquially UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Es ...
from 1982 to 2007. He also taught at the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
where he became the Preston & Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History and the College


Awards

* 1992 Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award * 1992
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from the
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* 1992 James A. Rawley Prize from the
Organization of American Historians The Organization of American Historians (OAH), formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH's members in the U.S. and abroad incl ...
* 1983
MacArthur Fellows Program The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and ...
* John Hope Franklin Prize from the
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Works


"What's Love Got to Do with It?", ''Journal of American History'', Vol.88, No.3, December 2001
* **''Cuando Jesús llegó, las madres del maíz se fueron: Matrimonio, sexualidad y poder en Nuevo México, 1500-1846'' (México: Fondo de la Cultura Económica, 1993). *


Edited

* * * * Ramón A. Gutiérrez; Geneviève Fabre, eds. (1995) ''Festivals and Celebrations in American Ethnic Communities''. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. * * Ramón A. Gutiérrez; Ernest Cook, eds. (1993). ''Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.


Co-authored

*Co-author, The Drama of Diversity and Democracy: Higher Education and American Commitments (Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1995). *Co-author, American Pluralism and the College Curriculum: Higher Education in a Diverse Democracy (Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1995). *Co-author, Liberal Learning and the Arts of Connection for the New Academy (Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1995).


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Ramon A. 21st-century American historians American male non-fiction writers University of California, San Diego faculty University of Chicago faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni MacArthur Fellows Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American male writers University of New Mexico alumni