College of Humanities People

Lilia Fernandez, Assistant Professor

Department of History: http://history.osu.edu/

Office Information
359 Dulles Hall, 230 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: fernandez.96@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-7884

Education:
Dr. Lilia Fernández holds a B.A. in Government from Harvard University, a Master's degree in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, San Diego.

General Background:
Professor Fernandez’s research interests include Latino/a immigration history, race and ethnic identity formation, urban renewal and gentrification, and women’s history. Her current book project, Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago, examines Mexican and Puerto Rican migration, community formation, and social activism in Chicago from 1945 to 1975. Professor Fernandez has been awarded various fellowships from such institutions as the Ford Foundation, the University of California, San Diego and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has published articles on Latino/a education, Latino/a youth culture, and community displacement of Mexican Americans in Chicago. Her most recent essay, “Of Migrants and Immigrants: Mexican and Puerto Rican Labor Migration in Comparative Perspective, 1942-1964” appears in the Journal of American Ethnic History 29, no. 3 (2010): 6-39. Dr. Fernandez teaches the Modern U.S. History survey, as well as courses on Chicana/o and Latina/o History. She co-teaches "Native & Newcomers: Immigration and Immigration in U.S. History" with Professors Judy Wu and Lucy Murphy. Dr. Fernandez is affiliated with the Latino/a Studies Program, Women's Studies Department, and the Department of Comparative Studies.

United States History Since 1877
Latin American History
Women's History