Adela de la Torre

Adela de la Torre is a Latina-American professor[1] and a university administrator. On January 21, 2018 she was announced to be the new president at San Diego State University, the ninth permanent president of SDSU and the first woman to serve in that role.[2] She is an expert on Latino and Chicano health issues.[3][4]

Early life and education

Adela de la Torre was born in California.[5] She attended the University of California Berkeley, completing a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics in 1982.

Career

de la Torre was Director of the Mexican-American Studies Center at the University of Arizona.[6][7]

She has served as the Chair of the Department of Chicana/o Studies,[8] director of the Center for Transnational Health, and is a Distinguished Professor at UC Davis, the first Latina scholar to receive that distinction.[9] De la Torre is also a founding member and former President of the American Society of Hispanic Economists.

She writes and speaks about the importance of helping students from underprivileged backgrounds with issues related to student debt.[10] 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, bi-national heath, science and educational disparities[11] and interventions for Chicana/o Latina/o students.[12] De la Torre's research was recognized by the American Society of Hispanic Economists when it honored her with its biennial Academic Achievement Award in 2016.

De la Torre has frequently been quoted in the media about student issues, including tuition fees,[13] student protests[14][15] and student safety.[16]

De la Torre was named the president of San Diego State University on Jan. 31, 2018. She will join the campus on or before June 30.[17]

Selected publications

  • Building with Our own Hands: New Directions in Chicana/o Studies (UC Press with Beatriz Pesquera)[18]
  • 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)[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Results are in: California's San Joaquin Valley is the worst". By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers, July 16, 2008
  2. ↑ "UCD's Adela de la Torre appointed SDSU president". Davis Enterprise. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Education a big part of Women's Conference". By CYNTHIA MORENO, Vida en el Valle. December 11, 2013
  6. ↑ "Slowing the Flow". PBS Newshour, July 9, 2001
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑ "Latinos live longer despite health obstacles". Ventura County Star. Kim Lamb Gregory. June 3, 2011
  9. ↑ http://www.theaggie.org/2013/07/29/adela-de-la-torre-appointed-vice-chancellor-for-student-affairs/
  10. ↑ David Harmer (1994). School Choice: Why You Need It--how You Get it. Cato Institute. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-882577-14-9.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/potmsearch/detail/submission/1907071/Adela_de_la_Torre
  13. ↑ "UC Davis students protest proposed tuition hikes" Archived March 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.. News 10 ABC.
  14. ↑ "UC Davis Students Dressed As Border Agents To Promote Cinco De Mayo Event" Think Progress by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee May 5, 2014
  15. ↑ " UC Davis students protest racially insensitive party". Sacramento Bee. By Richard Chang May 2, 2014
  16. ↑ "Campus climate: Storms ahead?". The Davis Enterprise, By Tanya Perez, February 15, 2015
  17. ↑ "UCD's Adela de la Torre appointed SDSU president". Davis Enterprise. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
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