ALFRED PEREDO FLORES, JR
M.A. History, UC Riverside 2006/
B.A. History, Minor Political Science, UC Riverside 2004/
A.A. Liberal Arts, College of the Desert 2001
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
apflores@ucla.edu
Field
20th Century U.S. History; Pacific Islands history; U.S. Empire; Immigration; Technologies of War; Comparative Empire; Indigeneity, and Labor.
Research Interests
My research examines twentieth century U.S. empire in the Pacific Islands with specific interest in Guam.
Notes
Professional Affiliations:
Association for Asian American Studies
National Association of Ethnic Studies
Publications
"Guam and Chamorus" in The Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore, eds. Jonathan Lee and Kathleen Nadeau (Westport: Greenwood Press)(In Press).
Grants and Awards
Graduate Research Mentorship Grant: UCLA - Graduate Division, 2009-2010.
Carey McWilliams Research Grant: UCLA - Department of History, Summer 2009.
Research Grant: UCLA - Institute of American Cultures, 2009-2010.
Excellence in Community Service Scholarship: UCLA - Asian Pacific Alumni, 2009.
Benjamin Cayetano Public Policy and Politics Prize: UCLA - Asian American Studies Center, 2008-2009.
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Grant: UCLA - Graduate Division, 2008 and 2009
Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year: UCR - Ethnic Studies Department, 2006-2007.
Tan Chong Padula Humanitarian Award: Guam Communications Network, 2007.
Advisors
Dr. Valerie Matsumoto, History Department/Asian American Studies Department
Dr. Keith Camacho, Asian American Studies Department
Conference Presentations
"Pacific Islanders in Higher Education." Panel Presentation at the National Pacific Islander Educators Network Conference. November 2007. Paramount, CA.
"Decolonizing Higher Education." Panel Presentation at the Annual Famoksaiyan Conference. April 2007. Oakland, CA.
"Pacific Islanders in Higher Education" and "Networking within the Pacific Islander Community." Panel Presentation at the Annual National Pacific Island Educators Network. November 2006. Long Beach, CA.
"Benevolent Assimilation: U.S. Colonial Education in Guam, 1900-1962." Paper presented at the Annual Famoksaiyan Conference. April 2006. San Diego, CA.
"Reverse Diaspora: Chamorro Migration, 1898-1970." Paper presented at the Annual National Association of Ethnic Studies. March 2006. San Francisco, CA.
"Pacific Islanders in Higher Education" and "Funding for College" at the Annual Pacific Islander Educators Network Conference. November 2005. Paramount, CA.
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