Hispanic American/Mexican American Literature
Modern Languages B123
Office phone: 661 654 6799
Fax: 661 654 2017
California State University Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California 93311
RECOVERY OF ORAL HISTORIES AND TRADITIONS OF
MEXICANAMERICANS AND LATINOS IN KERN COUNTY
MEXICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SPAN 425
Anthony Nuño is from the Borderlands of Arizona/Sonora. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin American Literature from the University of Arizona. His secondary specialization is Chicano/a Literature. He has translated an autobiographical book written by native Tucsonan Judge John Huerta. He has published a review article in the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies titled The Mexican American Orquesta. He also published a short story while teaching at the University of Sonora in Mexico.
Anthony Nuño is particularly interested in literary theory, race, gender, queer theory as well as indigenous American cultures. His current projects are: a revision of a bilingual play regarding the Borderlands. An article on the Chicano/a postmodern subject in the literary works of Cherríe Moraga and Ana Castillo. He is currently directing the Recovery of Oral Histories/Traditions of MexicanAmericans and Latinos in Kern County Project.
Vice President of Sigma Delta Pi at the University of Arizona 2001-2002