James Sobredo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies
Asian American Studies Program
California State University, Sacramento 95819
Office: (916) 278-7566, Department: (916) 278-6646
Email: sobredo"at"csus.edu
Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, UC-Berkeley, 1998.
Dissertation: From American "Nationals" to the
"Third Asiatic Invasion":
The Racial Transformation and Exclusion of Filipinos (1898-1935)
M.A. Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 1988.
Thesis: Arete and Moral Education in Aristotle's Politics
B.A. Philosophy, University of Washington, 1986.
"An Ethnic Studies Model of Community Mobilization: Collaborative Partnership with a High Risk Public High School" (with Gregory Kim-ju, Julia Figueroa, Gregory Yee Mark, James Fabionar), American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Special issue: Community Mobilization for the Prevention of Youth Violence) (March 2008, Vol. 34).
Giron Escrima: Memories of a Bladed Warrior (edited with Antonio E. Somera) (Los Angeles: Empire Books, 2006). This book narrates the experience of Sgt. Leovigildo (Leo) Miguel Giron (US Army), a decorated World War II commando who was dropped behind enemy lines via submarine and sent on a secret reconnaisance mission one year prior to the arrival of Gen. McArthur and a large-scale US landing force. Sgt. Giron's experience was featured in the PBS documentary, "An Untold Triumph: The Story of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army" (May 2005 national broadcast). The book also contains numerous photographs shot by Dr.Sobredo.
"Ethnic Studies Community Collaboration & Activism: Bridging Theory and Practice" (with Linda Revilla & Gregory Yee Mark) in Introduction to Ethnic Studies, Brian Baker, et al (eds.), Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2004.
"Filipino American Vision and Telling the 'Untold Triumph'" in History, Heroes, and Untold Triumph: Filipino Americans and World War II, Linda Revilla, ed. (Honolulu, HI, a Viewer's Guide (2003) to the film "Untold Triumph," shown at the 2003 Honolulu International Film Festival). This project is funded by the Hawaii Council for the Humanities, a state-branch of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Studies in Pacific History: Economics, Politics and Migration (with Dennis O. Flynn & Arturo Giraldez, eds.), Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2002.
"Stopping the 'Third Asiatic Invasion': the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act and Filipino Exclusion," in Studies in Pacific History, 2002.
"Filipino American Lives: A Multi-Colored Fabric" (Book's Introduction) and "Two Brothers" (article) in Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild: An Anthology of Filipino-American Writings (Helen Toribio, ed.), Berkeley: Ti'Boli, 2002--a project of the Filipino American National Historical Society, East Bay Chapter, with funding from the Berkeley Arts Commission.
European Entry into the Pacific: Spain and the Acapulco-Manila Galleons (with Dennis Flynn and Arturo Giraldez, eds.), Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2001.
"The Politics of Fiction." Filipinas, October 1998.
"Filipinos in San Francisco." In Built on Shifting Sands: Histories on San Francisco, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1998.
"Filipinos in San Francisco" (5 CD-ROM segments on Filipino Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area [text and photographs]). In Shaping San Francisco: An Interactive Multimedia Excavation of the Lost History of San Francisco, Chris Carlsson, Project Director. San Francisco, 1998. Funded by the California Council for the Humanities.
Co-Principal Investigator, Learn & Serve America Grant ($375k). Washington,
DC. Fall 2003-2005
Teaching & Technology Grant, Summer Institute, California State University,
Sacramento. Summer 2002
Teacher-Scholar Summer Institute, CSU Institute for Teaching & Learning,
San Francisco. Summer 2002
Pedagogy Enhancement Grant, California State University, Sacramento. Autumn
2002
Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies Grant, California State
University, Sacramento. Spring 2002
Judge Julian Beck Grant, California State University. Spring 1999
Online Teaching Grant, California State University. Spring 1999
California Council for the Humanities, San Francisco. 1996
Chancellor's Predoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley.
1990-1993
H.B. Earhart Fellowship, Bowling Green State University. 1987-1988
H.B. Earhart Fellowship, Cornell University. 1987
Co-Principal Investigator, Learn & Serve America Grant ($375k). Washington,
DC. Fall 2003-2005
Investigator, Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center, University
of Hawaii. Spring 2003-2005
Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies Department
California State University, Sacramento. Fall 2005 to Present
Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies Department
California State University, Sacramento. 2001 - 2005
Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies Department
UC-Davis, Spring 2002
Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies Department, College of Humanities.
California State University, Northridge. 1997 to 2000
Graduate Student Instructor, Asian American Studies Program and Ethnic Studies
Department. UC-Berkeley, 1991-1996
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Sacramento State University
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Faculty Senate
Sacramento State University
Senate Executive Committee (2006 to present)
Faculty Senate
Sacramento State University
Chair (2007-2008)
Primary Level ARTP Committee
Department of Ethnic Studies
Sacramento State University
Member (2006-2007)
University Budget Taskforce
Sacramento State University
Chair (2006 to present)
Elections Committee, Faculty Senate
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University Commencement: SSIS College
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Multicultural Center
Sacramento State University
Chair (2005-2006)
Faculty Council
College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty Senator (2005-present)
Ethnic Studies Department
Acting Director (Fall 2005)
Asian American Studies Program
Vice Chair (2003-2005)
Ethnic Studies Department
MA Graduate Coordinator (2003-2004)
Ethnic Studies Department
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