Intercollegiate Department of Chicano Studies (IDCS)
Active Claremont Colleges Faculty
Rita Cano Alcala, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, Spanish Language/ Literature and Chicano Studies
Raymond Buriel, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, Psychology and Chicano Studies (Pomona
College)
Jose Calderon, Ph.D., University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Sociology and Chicano Studies (Pitzer College)
Deena Gonzalez, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, History and Chicano Studies (Pomona College)
Gilda Ochoa, University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Sociology and Chicano Studies (Pitzer College)
Harry Pachon, Claremont Graduate University; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Political Studies and
Chicano Studies (Claremont Graduate University)
Maria Soldatenko, Ph.D., University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Sociology and Chicano Studies (Pitzer
College)
Miguel Tinker Salas, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, History and Chicano Studies (Pomona
College)
Academic Program
The primary mission of the Intercollegiate Department of Chicano Studies is the pursuit of knowledge of
mestizo peoples, in order to promote the intellectual growth of students and the development of their social
consciousness.
Examples of Courses Offered
CGU applicants and current students should note that most of the following representative courses are
offered at the undergraduate Claremont colleges. Only upper-division undergraduate courses may be taken
for graduate credit, with faculty approval: Interpreting the Mexican Revolution; Chicano/Latino Communities
and Emerging Technologies; Chicano Movement Literature; Chicana and Latinas in the U.S.; Issues in the
Psychology of Multicultural Education; Latinas in the Garment Industry; Rural and Urban Social Movements;
Applied Community Psychology in Latino Populations.
Further Information
Intercollegiate Department of Chicano Studies
655 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
E-mail: cdearborn@pomona.edu
Telephone: (909) 607-3221
Web site: http://www.chicano-studies.pomona.edu