Eduardo Hernández-Chavez

EDUARDO HERNÁNDEZ CHÁVEZ held academic positions at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and most recently the UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO as an ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS AND DIRECTOR OF CHICANA/O STUDIES until his retirement in 2002. He has PUBLISHED NUMEROUS WORKS IN LINGUISTICS and SOCIOLINGUISTICS, and has compiled several publications in CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, MUSIC, MEMOIRS and GENEALOGY. Eduardo worked in the SUGAR-BEET FIELDS of Scottsbluff, Nebraska for ten years beginning at age...See more

EDUARDO HERNÁNDEZ CHÁVEZ held academic positions at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and most recently the UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO as an ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS AND DIRECTOR OF CHICANA/O STUDIES until his retirement in 2002. He has PUBLISHED NUMEROUS WORKS IN LINGUISTICS and SOCIOLINGUISTICS, and has compiled several publications in CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, MUSIC, MEMOIRS and GENEALOGY. Eduardo worked in the SUGAR-BEET FIELDS of Scottsbluff, Nebraska for ten years beginning at age eleven. Out of this experience, he became involved in CHICANO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES throughout his career, including those dealing with MIGRANT EDUCATION, land-grant and LANGUAGE RIGHTS ISSUES in New Mexico, and CHICANA/O STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. Since the 1960's, Eduardo has been active in SUPPORT OF THE FARMWORKERS' STRUGGLE in California. In Albuquerque, NM, he was one of the founders of the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee, a group that continues to commemorate the work of Chávez and Dolores Huerta. See less