A discussion with Dr. Jerry Garcia about the new Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture

Dr. Jerry Garcia was born and raised in Quincy, Washington. After graduating high school, he served three years in the U.S. Army at Camp Zama, Japan. Dr. Garcia went on to receive his BA and MA at Eastern Washington University and Ph.D. from Washington State University. He is the Vice President of Medical Education for Sea Mar Community Health Centers and oversees the Sea Mar Museum. Before joining Sea Mar, Dr. Garcia has had academic appointments with Iowa State University, Michigan State University, and is the former Director of the Chicano Education Program and the College Assistance Migrant Program at Eastern Washington University. Dr. Garcia’s research focus is on Chicano History, Latin American History, History of Mexico, Asians in the Americas, immigration, empire, masculinity, and race in the Americas. Dr. Garcia has published 5 books and over 15 peer-reviewed articles. His forthcoming publications include, “Mexicans, Race, and Immigration: Historicizing the Postville, Iowa Raid of 2008”; and is working on a manuscript that examines the Chicano Movement in Washington State.

Books

“Mexican Cockfighting, Masculinity, and Culture.” In Chon A. Noriega, Wendy Belcher, and Charlene Villasenor Black, Autobiography Without Apology: The Personal Essay in Chicanx and Latinx Studies. UCLA Chicano Research Center and Distributed by University of Washington Press (2020)

Chicanx Histories in the Northern Borderlands. Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press (2017)

Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and U.S. Hegemony, 1897-1945. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press (2014)

Mexicans in North Central Washington. San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing (2007)

Memory, Community, and Activism: Mexican Migration and Labor in the Pacific Northwest. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University (2005)

The Illusion of Borders: The National Presence of Mexicanos in the United States. Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company (2001)

https://seamarmuseum.squarespace.com/

The first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture showcases the history of Chicano/as and Latino/as from post war migration to present time.