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Dr. James Sobredo is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies Program, at California State University in Sacramento. He has an MA & BA in Philosophy (Ancient Greek/Plato/Aristotle) and a PhD from UC-Berkeley in Ethnic Studies. His latest book publications are on early Filipino migration to the Americas, the Manila galleon trade and 16th-century economic history. He is interested in how race and ethnicity are interpreted within a global/world history context. Sobredo is a multimedia specialist who utilizes photography, video and online learning in his teaching curriculum.
Dr. Sobredo is currently Vice Chair of the University's Faculty Senate and member of the University Budget Advisory Committee (2007-2010). He also served on the University Budget Taskforce (2006-2007). In 2005-2006, he was Chair of the Faculty Council, SSIS College. He has also served as Co-Principle Investigator for the Hiram Johnson Program (2002-2005), a federally funded program that implemented a service-learning project with inner-city schools, community collaboration, and provided tutoring services in the classroom for over 500 students; a "college bridge" program to Sacramento State University for students and parents; and teaching ethnic studies in high school to promote ethnic understanding and tolerance.
In his spare time he continues his work on documentary photography (Canon digital SLRs). When on assignment, he shoots primarily with Canon EOS digital bodies, with lenses from 17mm to 200mm. He never leaves home without a Canon digital camera. His graphics, photographs and articles have appeared in The New York Times, AsianWeek and magazines such as Filipinas and Pacific. He is also a lifetime member of the Filipino American National Historical Society. He practices the Giron style of escrima under the tutelage of Grand Master Tony Somera, with whom he is producing a made-for-public television documentary Tracing Filipino Footsteps. Aside from sailing in Sausalito and San Francisco Bay, he is also a practioner of Vispassana Buddhism and spends a little bit of time each day meditating and trying to understand life, peace and embrace "metta." He and his wife Lou and son Adrian spend their time living in three worlds: Sacramento, Davis and Sausalito.
For a printable academic CV and list of publications, please click here. |
