Garcia, Maria Cristina

Professor

research

research and scholarship focus

  • North American refugee / immigration policy
  • U.S. Latino history
  • Migration in the Americas

international geographic focus

affiliations

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other Cornell affiliations

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background

educational background

  • Ph.D University of Texas, Austin, 1990
  • M.A. University of Texas, Austin, 1984
  • B.A. Georgetown University, 1982

awards and distinctions

  • Radcliffe Institute, 2005-2006 (declined)
  • Fellow, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Fall 2000.
  • Canadian Studies Research Grant, 1999.
  • George Bush Center for Presidential Studies Research Grant, Fall 1997.
  • Louisville Institute Research Grant, Summer 1997.
  • Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship for Immigration Studies, John F. Kennedy Foundation, 1993.
  • Research Grant, John F. Kennedy Foundation, 1992.
  • Fulbright Lectureship, United Kingdom, 1991-92.

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

Books
  • Seeking Refuge: Central American Immigration to Mexico, the United States, and Canada (University of California Press, 2006).
  • Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996 (second printing March 1997; paperback, November 1997).
Articles and Book Chapters
  • Refugees or Economic Immigrants? The Politics of US Refugee Policy and Immigration from Latin America," in A Companion to Latino Studies, Juan Flores and Renato Rolsado, eds. (Blackwell Press, 2007).
  • “'Dangerous times call for risky responses': Latino Immigration and Sanctuary, 1981-2001," in Ya Basta! Latino Religions and Civic Activism in American Public Life, Gaston Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda, eds. Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press, 2005).
  • “Exiles, Immigrants, and Transnationals: Cubans in the United States," in The Columbia Antholoogy of Latino History. David G. Guiterrez, ed., Columbia University Press, 2004.
  • "Cuban American Prose, 1975-2000" in Mario Valdes, ed., Latin American Literary History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • "Florida's Nuevo Latinos" and "Cuban Assimilation: A Case Study Profile," Forum (Florida Council for the Humanities), 25:1 (Spring 2002): 18-21.
  • Co-editor, Latino Public History. Special Edition of The Public Historian 23 (Fall 2001).
  • "Miami's Cuban Community: Defining Cubanidad in Exile," in Proceedings of the "Migration and the Homeland Conference", Harald Runblom, ed., Uppsala Univesiteit, 2000.
  • "Agents of Americanization: The Houston Settlement Association and the Mexicano Community, 1900-1950," in Mexican Americans in Texas History, Emilio Zamora, ed., Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
  • "Hardliners v. 'Dialogueros: Cuban exile political groups and U.S.-Cuba relations," Journal of American Ethnic History 17 (Summer 1998): 3-29.
  • "Cubanos Exilados y Cubanos Americanos: Treinta anos definiendo una identidad y cultura en los Estados Unidos," in Razon y Pasion, Maris Cristina Herrera, et al., eds. Miami: Ediciones Universal, 1996.
  • "Hispanic/Latino Politics: An Introduction," ASRC Newsletter (U.K.: American Studies Resource Centre), Spring 1996.
  • "Cuban Women in the United States," In Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States, Felix Padilla, ed., pp. 203-217, Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1994.
  • "Challenging the Melting Pot Ideology: the Hispanic/Latino Populations of the United States," in Eugene van Erven, ed., Beeld En Verbeelding Van Amerika, deel 2, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Bureau Stadium Generale, 1992.
  • "Adapting to Exile: Cuban Women in the United States, 1959-1973," Latino Studies Journal, 2 (Spring 1991): 17-33.

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