Evelyn Hu-Dehart
Professor of History:
History
Phone: +1 401 863 3080
Evelyn_Hu-Dehart@Brown.EDU
Evelyn Hu-DeHart often describes herself as a multicultural person who speaks several languages (including English, Chinese, French, and Spanish) and moves easily among several cultures. Her professional life has focused on what Cuban historian Juan Perez de la Riva calls "historia de la gente sin historia."
Biography
Evelyn Hu-DeHart is Professor of History, and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown. She joined Brown from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she was Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America. She has also taught at the City University of New York system, New York University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Arizona and University of Michigan, as well as lectured at universities and research institutes in Mexico, Peru, Cuba, France, Hongkong, Taiwan, and China.
Interests
Professor Hu-DeHart was born in China and immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was 12. As an undergraduate at Stanford University she studied in Brazil on an exchange program. She became fascinated with Latin America and that interest eventually led her to a Ph.D. in Latin American history. She has written two books on the Yaqui Indians, and is now engaged in a large research project on the Asian diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The goal of Professor Hu-DeHart`s diaspora project is to uncover and recover the history of Asian migration to Latin America and the Caribbean, and to document and analyze the contributions of these immigrants to the formation of Latin/Caribbean societies and cultures. It should also contribute towards theorizing diasporas and transnationalism. The importance and timeliness of this research was most recently demonstrated by the election of Alberto Fujimori, son of Japanese immigrants, as president of Peru. Hu-DeHart also hopes that her work will broaden the scope of Asian American studies as well as contribute to an area not well covered within Latin American studies.
Selected Publications:
Missionaries, Miners, and Indians: History of Spanish Contact with the Yaqui Indians of Northwestern New Spain, 1533-1830. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1981.
Yaqui Resistance and Survival: Struggle for Land and Autonomy, 1821-1910. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984.
Adaptación y Resistencia en el Yaquimi: Los Yaquis Durante la Colonia. Colección de Historia de los pueblos indígenas de México, dirigida por Teresa Rojas Rabiela y Mario Humberto Ruz. Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) (Instituto Nacional Indigenista), 1995.
Across the Pacific: Asian Americans and Globalization (Editor). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.
Asians in the Americas: Transculturations and Power (co-editor with Lane Hirabayashi). Special issue of Amerasia Journal 28:2 (2002)
Voluntary Associations in the Chinese Diaspora (co-edited with Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce).Hong Kong: Hong Kong U. Press, 2006
Asia and Latin America (Editor). Special Issue of REVIEW: Literature and Arts of the Americas 72 (Spring 2006)
"Afro-Asia," (Guest Editor with Kathleen López). Special issue of Afro-Hispanic Review 27: 1 (Spring 2008).
Awards
Dinkelspiel Award, Stanford University, to 1 male and 1 female graduate each year (1968)
Fulbright Grant to Brazil (1968)
National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Graduate Fellowship (1969-1971)
Ford Foreign Area Fellowship for doctoral dissertation research and write up (1971-1973)
Doherty Fellowship for dissertation research, declined in favor of Ford (1971)
Washington University Summer Faculty Grant (Summer 1977)
Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Grant (1981)
Fulbright Faculty Research Award, Peru (1983-1984)
Kellogg National Leadership Fellow (1984-1987)
City University of New York (CUNY) Professional Staff congress Research Award (1987-1988, 1988-1989)
CUNY Women's Leadership Institute (1987)
IMPART grant, University of Colorado, Boulder (1988-1989, 1989-1990)
Ibero-Latin America Center Research Grant, University of Colorado, Boulder (1989-1990)
Graduate Committee on Arts and Humanities, University of Colorado, Boulder (1990-1991, 1991-1992)
Dean's Social Science Writing Award, Best Scholarly article (1990) Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder Committee on Scholarly Communication with China, Travel Grant (1993)
Rockefeller Residency Fellowships in the Humanities, awarded to CSERA, $250,000 for three years (1992-1995)
Honorary Degree, University of Notre Dame (2003)
Keio University (Tokyo)-Brown University Faculty Exchange (2005)
Diamond Honoree, Educational Leadership Foundation of the American College Personnel Association (2005)
Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Grant, Institute for Non-Traditional Leadership (2005)
Distinguished Freeman Visiting Professor, Wesleyan University (2005-2006)
Affiliations
Department, University, Professional and Community Service
Undergraduate and graduate committees;
Faculty and dean search committees (member and chair);
Various undergraduate honors committees;
Academic advisor (undergraduate and graduate);
Founding member and Director, Women's Studies (Wash. U.);
Founding member and Executive Committee, International Development Studies (Wash. U.);
Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Wash. U. & Lehman CUNY);
General Studies Committee (Wash. U.);
Fulbright Screening Committee (Wash. U.);
Dissertation committees (Wash U., CUNY Graduate Center, CU-Boulder);
Student-Faculty Interaction Committee;
Faculty Hearing Officer, Academic Integrity Committee (Wash. U.);
University-wide Graduate Committee (Wash. U.);
Core Curriculum Evaluation Committee (Lehman CUNY);
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, Chair (CU-Boulder);
IMPART Selection Committee (CU-Boulder);
Advisory Committee, Office of Minority Student Affairs (CU-Boulder);
Executive Committee, American Studies Program (CU-Boulder);
Governor's Quincentenary Commission (Colorado);
Member, Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee (Univ. of Colorado System);
Member, City of Boulder Community Mediation Service Executive Committee;
Advisory Board, Colorado Hmong Women's Educational Assocation;
Advisory Committee, Asian/American Center (Queens College CUNY);
Updated AHA Guide to Historical Literature, section on "Modern Mexico";
Member, Vice Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Personnel (CU-Boulder);
Member, Dean's Standing Committee on Diversity (CU-Boulder);
Member, NCAA Accreditation and Self-Study Committee (CU-Boulder);
Member, Teaching Division and Graduate Student Task Force, American Historical Association (AHA);
Member, Nominating Committee, Organization of American Historians
Member, Vice Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Budget (CU-Boulder);
Chair, Dean's Task Force on Faculty of Color Retention (CU-Boulder);
Member, Committee on Promotions and Tenure (Brown);
Member, Reparations Task Force/Slavery and Justice Committee (Brown);
Member, President's Task Force on Diversity (Brown);
Member, Selection Committee and Mentor, Mellon Mays and Truman fellowships (Brown);
Member, Selection Committee, New England Region, The Rhodes Fellowship;
Member, Advisory Committee on History and Social Studies, The College Board;
Member, Latino Advisory Committee, Smithsonian National Museum of American History;
National Advisory Committee, Diversity and Leadership Project;
National Council for Research on Women;
Other Professional Activities
International Consultant, Prudential Relocation Intercultural Services (formerly Moran, Stahl, Boyer International), Boulder, CO;
Consultant, Arapahoe Community College;
Consultant, Front Range Community College;
Advisory Board, Hmong Women's Education Association, Colorado;
Member of Finance Task Force, City of Boulder;
Panelist, National Teleconference on "Women of Color in Academia: Too Little Too Late," sponsored by Black Issues in Higher Education;
Panelist, National Teleconference on "Enhancing Race Relations on Campus: New Challenges and Opportunities," sponsored by Black Issues in Higher Education;
Testified on "Asian Americans and the New Racism," before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights;
Consultant for various textbook and commercial publishers (Houghton-Mifflin, Allyn & Bacon, Brooks/Cole);
Consultant, Department of Criminal Justice Curriculum Development, Commonwealth of Virginia;
Reviewer for LSAT Fairness Review, ACT;
Consultant, Lilly Teaching Fellows Program, Michigan State University;
Consultant/participant, "Global Changes and Domestic Transformation," Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, Iowa;
Consultant/participant, "Seminario Internacional Amerindia hacia el Tercer Milenio," sponsored by UNESCO and organized by the Comision Nacional de Justicia para los Pueblos Indigenas de México. San Cristobal de las Casas, June 1991;
Editorial Board, Sage Race Relations Abstracts;
Editorial Board, Explorations in Ethnic Studies;
Board of Distinguished Advisory Editors, New Ethnic American Literature and the Arts: An Encyclopedia (Garland);
Board of Directors, OpenMind, The Association for the Achievement of Cultural Diversity in Higher Education;
Consultant, Sex Desegregation Workshop, U.S. Department of Education;
Referee for book manuscripts for university presses;
Referee for numerous scholarly journals;
Book reviews for scholarly journals;
Conduct workshops on multicultural education and on Latin America for high school and college teachers;
Consultant, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE), Boulder, CO;
Consultant, Center for Educational Excellence, Connecticut State University System;
Consultant, McRel Center for Educational Equity, Aurora, CO;
Consultant, Casa de America, Madrid, Spain;
Program consultant and reviewer (UCLA, UC Irvine, University of Nebraska, University of Arizona, Williams College, Navajo Community College and Consortium of Tribal Colleges);
Outside reviewer for Tenure and Promotion (UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Rutgers University, Queens College, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Pomona College);
Lecturer at numerous colleges and universities, cultural institutions, professional conferences and research institutes in the United States, including: Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Ford Foundation, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows program, American Association of University Women, Academica Sinica (Taiwan Academy of Sciences), University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, Colorado College, University of Connecticut, Michigan State University, SUNY Buffalo, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Penn State University, Brown University, Columbia University, Colgate University, University of Utah, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, UCLA, UC-Riverside, Notre Dame, Davidson College, National Education Association, American
Association for Higher Education, American Council on Education;
Lecturer at numerous universities and educational institutions outside the US, including: El Colegio de Mexico (Mexico City), Casa de las Americas (Havana), Academica Sinica (Taipei), Xiamen University (China), Sidney University, La Trobe University (Melbourne), University of Tokyo, Ochanamizu Women's University (Tokyo), Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto), Petra University (Surabaya, Indonesia);
Television and radio commentator on Latin American and Central American affairs, and on race and minority issues, including McNeil Lehrer Newshour, PBS;
Papers presented at numerous professional associations, including: the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Western Historical Association, Latin American Studies Association, Association for Asian American Studies, National Association for Ethnic Studies, American Anthropological Association;
Member, Teaching Division, American Historical Association;
Member, Frederick Jackson Turner Book Award Committee, Organization of American Historians;
Consultant, ACT;
Consultant, National Council for Research on Women (NCRW);
National Advisory Committee, Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana (funding from Lilly Endowment);
National Member, Board of Trustees, The College Board
Teaching
Colonial History of Latin America
Colonial Latin America (graduate seminar)
Colonial History of Mexico
Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
Modern Latin America (graduate seminar)
Reform or Revolution: Latin America in the 20th Century
Latin America: From Colonialism to Neo-Colonialism, 1492-1890
Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Mexican Revolution
Modern Mexico (graduate seminar)
The Cuban Revolution
Comparative Revolutions: Mexico and Cuba
History and Literature: Selected Themes from Latin America
History and Literature: The Mexican Revolution
Technology and Development in Latin America (graduate seminar)
Minorities in the New World: Indians, Blacks and Women
Indian-White Relations in the Americas
Introduction to Ethnic Studies/Foundations of Ethnic Studies
Practicum in Ethnic Studies
Senior Seminar in Ethnic Studies
Diaspora and Transnationalism: Theory and Narrative
Funded Research
Rockefeller Residency Fellowships in the Humanities, awarded to University of Colorado, Boulder, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race in America, $250,000 for three years (1992-1995)
Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Grant, $25,000, Institute for Non-Traditional Leadership (2005)
Web Links
- Hu-DeHart and CSREA (GSJ of Oct. 18, 2002)
- Evelyn Hu-DeHart named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity
