Adela de la Torre
Adela de la Torre | |
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9th President of San Diego State University | |
Assumed office June 2018 | |
Preceded by | Elliot Hirshman |
Personal details | |
Born | San Francisco Bay Area |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Campesinos and the state: Control of the California harvest labor market 1950-1970 (1982) |
Doctoral advisor | Gordon Rausser |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economics |
Sub-discipline | Latino studies |
Institutions | |
Adela de la Torre is an American professor and university administrator.[1] She has served as the ninth president of San Diego State University in San Diego, California, since 2018. She is the first woman to serve in the role.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Adela de la Torre was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.[5] Her grandparents were immigrants from Mexico, and her mother was a public school teacher. De la Torre attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees in the political economy of natural resources, as well as a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics in 1982.[6]
Career
De la Torre was a professor at California State University, Long Beach and at the University of Arizona, where she was director of the Mexican-American Studies Center and also served as director of the Hispanic Center of Excellence for the University of Arizona College of Medicine.[6][7][8] She later worked at University of California, Davis, where she served as professor and chair of the Department of Chicana/o studies,[9] director of the Center for Transnational Health, and vice chancellor for student affairs.[10][11][12] De la Torre was named the president of San Diego State University on January 31, 2018,[2] and assumed the presidency in June 2018.[6]
She writes and speaks about the importance of helping students from underprivileged backgrounds with issues related to student debt.[13] She is also a co-editor of Speaking from the Body: Latinas on Health and Culture, a collection of personal reflections on health care experiences from Latina patients or their family caregivers or friends, combined with professional analysis of the narratives with a discussion of Latina health issues and policy recommendations.
Her primary fields of research include childhood obesity, binational health, science and educational disparities[14] and interventions for Chicana/o Latina/o students.[15] She is a founding member and former President of the American Society of Hispanic Economists. The society honored her with its biennial Academic Achievement Award in 2016.
Selected publications
- Building with Our own Hands: New Directions in Chicana/o Studies (UC Press with Beatriz Pesquera)[16]
- Moving from the Margins (UA Press)
- Sana: Mexican Americans and Health (UA Press with Antonio Estrada)
- Adela de la Torre; Beatríz M. Pesquera (1993). Building with Our Hands: New Directions in Chicana Studies. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07090-5. (co-editor)[17]
References
- ^ "Results are in: California's San Joaquin Valley is the worst" Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers, July 16, 2008
- ^ a b "UCD's Adela de la Torre appointed SDSU president". Davis Enterprise. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ Gabriel Gutiérrez (26 January 2015). Latinos and Latinas at Risk: Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 415–. ISBN 978-0-313-39926-8.
- ^ Shiriki Kukanyika; John Karefa-Smart (1 June 1992). Minority Health Issues for an Emerging Majority: The 4th National Forum on Cardiovascular Health, Pulmonary Disorders, and Health Resources. DIANE Publishing. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-0-7881-7292-2.
- ^ "Education a big part of Women's Conference". By CYNTHIA MORENO, Vida en el Valle. December 11, 2013
- ^ a b c "Meet the President". San Diego State University. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Slowing the Flow". PBS Newshour, July 9, 2001
- ^ "Latino Think Tanks Gain Acceptance As They Seize Larger Roles" Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Puerto Rico Herald by AUTUMN DE LEON, August 6, 2000
- ^ "Latinos live longer despite health obstacles". Ventura County Star. Kim Lamb Gregory. June 3, 2011
- ^ "SD 500: Adela De La Torre". San Diego Business Journal. January 3, 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Adela de la Torre appointed vice chancellor for Student Affairs | the Aggie". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ "Adela de la Torre". UC Davis ADVANCE. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ David Harmer (1994). School Choice: Why You Need It--how You Get it. Cato Institute. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-882577-14-9.
- ^ Elizabeth Jameson; Susan Armitage (1997). Writing the Range: Race, Class, and Culture in the Women's West. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-0-8061-2952-5.
- ^ "Adela de la Torre". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Anna Marie Sandoval (15 September 2009). Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas: Repression and Resistance in Chicana and Mexicana Literature. University of Texas Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-292-77479-7.
- ^ Charles D. Thompson, Jr.; Melinda F. Wiggins (27 January 2009). The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy. University of Texas Press. pp. 319–. ISBN 978-0-292-77364-6.