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Society for Mexican American PhilosophyCultivating Philosophical Space Towards the Future of Philosophy

May 19th-20th, 2017Texas A&M University | College Station, TX

Melbern G. Glasscock | Room 311Keynote Addresses

Sponsors

Participants

José-Antonio Orosco, Ph.D. “César Chávez and the Civic Integration of the

Undocumented”

José Jorge Mendoza, Ph.D. “Two American Myths: The Melting Pot and the Minority-

Majority Nation”

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Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research (TAMU)TAMU Department of PhilosophyTAMU Department of EnglishTAMU Department of International StudiesTAMU Department of Hispanic Studies

Aaron Alvarez, El Paso Community CollegeFelix J. Alvarez, El Teatro de los Pobres & the Center for Community Cultural Activism, Founder & DirectorRocio Alvarez, Ph.D. student, Texas A&M UniversityPatrick Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M UniversityDaniel G. Campos, Brooklyn College of the City University of New YorkJavier Cardoza-Kon, Ph.D., Portland State UniversityIssac Ceniceros, El Paso Community CollegeLuiz Rubén Díaz Cepeda, Ph. D., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-IztapalapaChristopher Chappel, Texas A&M UniversityManuel Chávez, Jr., Ph.D., Monmouth UniversityJulio Covarrubias, Ph.D. student, University of Washington

Tommy J. Curry, Ph.D., Texas A&M UniversityKim Diaz, Ph.D., U.S. Department of JusticeFrancisco Gallegos, Ph.D. Candidate, Georgetown UniversityLori Gallegos, Ph.D., Texas State UniversityIvan Garcia, Texas A&M UniversityManuela Gomez, El Paso Community CollegeYesenia Gonzalez, Texas A&M UniversityJames Maffie, Ph. D., University of MarylandNoe Mendoza, Texas A&M UniversityAlan Milam, Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M UniversityJohn “Curry” O’Day, Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M UniversityAdebayo Ogungbure, Ph. D. student, Texas A&M University Amy A. Oliver, Ph.D., American University Gregory F. Pappas, Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Francisco Salinas Paz, Ph.D., Universidad de GuadalajaraElena Ruíz, Ph.D., Michigan State UniversityDalitso Ruwe, Ph.D. student, Texas A&M UniversityRobert E. Sanchez, Jr., Ph.D., Mount Saint Mary’s UniversityAlejandro Santana, Ph.D.m University of PortlandKaren Edith Simental, Texas A&M UniversityAndrew Soto, Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M UniversityAlex V. Stehn, Ph.D., University of Texas, Rio Grande ValleyManuel R. Vargas, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Diana Yarzagaray, Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M University

TAMU Department of HistoryGlasscock Center Three-Year Seminar in Latino/a Identities and Civil RightsSocial, Cultural, and Political Theory Working GroupThe Graduate Students in Philosophy Organization (GSIP-TAMU)Hispanic/Latino Graduate Student Association (HLGSA-TAMU)

José-Antonio Orosco is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. His primary area of specialization is social and political philosophy with an emphasis on democratic theory, social movements, the philosophy of the Americas (North and South) and Chicanx/Latinx thought. He is the co-editor of the journal Philosophy in the Contemporary World and the author of Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence and Toppling the Melting Pot: Immigration and Multiculturalism in American Pragmatism. He also directs the OSU Peace Studies Program and is co-editor of the Anarres Project for Alternative Futures at OSU.

Jose Jorge Mendoza is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and co-editor of Radical Philosophy Review. His areas of specialization are in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of race, and Latin American philosophy. His articles can be found in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Public Affairs Quarterly, Critical Philosophy of Race and Philosophy in the Contemporary World. His new book, The Moral and Political Philosophy of Immigration: Liberty, Security, and Equality, is focused primarily on making a philosophical case for immigrant rights and arguing against unjust forms of immigration enforcement.