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  Mexican American Studies Symposium - Part 1: Introduction and "No longer foreigners: becoming Latino serving and identifying at St. Mary's University, 1852-2025"

  Gerald "Jerry" Poyo

  This video covers the first part of the symposium including an introduction by Dr. Margaret Cantú-Sánchez and a presentation by Dr. Gerald "Jerry" Poyo. After a brief introduction and description of the symposium and it's purpose, Dr. Poyo talks about the history of Mexican-American students and studies at St. Mary's since it's beginnings.

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  Mexican American Studies Symposium (Full video)

  St. Mary's University

  The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences invites you to watch this symposium put on by the department of English Literature and Language, and the department of History to celebrate Mexican-American studies This year's theme was "Celebrating MAS: Past, Present, and Future" and this video features presentations from students and faculty as well as the inaugural address of our new Director of Mexican American Studies - Dr. Jerry Gonzalez.

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  Mexican American Studies Symposium - Part 2: English Student Panel

  St. Mary's University

  Panel Presentations:

  1. David Hefner (Graduate - Department of English Literature and Language)

  Title: "Unit Plan - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Sentipensante."

  2. Julissa Cavazos (Undergraduate - Department of English Literature and Language)

  Title: “A Chicana Feminist and Marxist Reading of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter”

  3. Osondra Fournier-Colon (Undergraduate - Department of English Literature and Language)

  Title: “Happiness in the Face of Trauma: A Resistance”

  4.Genevieve Kropp (Undergraduate - Department of English Literature and Language)

  Title: “Necessary Conversations: An Analysis on Latina Mental Health"

  5. Nathan Pastrano (M.A. – Alumni - Department of English Literature and Language)

  Title: “Unearthing Anti-Human History and Rhetoric in Title I Classrooms: Language as Liberation in Course Design for Teaching Future Texas Educators and Students”