Faculty Portrait

Contact Information

Name: James Sobredo, Ph.D.

Title: Department Chair & Associate Professor

Office Location: Amador Hall 463

Email: Sobredo"at"csus.edu

Office Phone: (916) 278-3536

Mailing Address: Ethnic Studies Department__6000 J Street__California State University__Sacramento, CA 95819-6043

Office Hours: See Current Semester Syllabus for Office Hours

Fall 2018 Classes
ETHN 114: Asian Americans & Globalization, Amador 314, 10:30 am - 11:45 am
ETHN 195B: Ethnic Studies Seminar: Tues., 7:30 - 8:30 am, ARC 3009. 

PHOTO: Spring 2017 GRADUATES

Courses

Education

S/sobredo/ETHN 114 Asians Globalization/ETHN 114_Fall_2018_3 parts_global.pdfS/sobredo/ETHN-114-Guide_Fall2018.pdfPh.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.

PUBLICATIONS

"Filipinos in Barcelona," in {m}aganda: Reclamation, Berkeley, 2018. 

"A Time to Rise: Filipino Memoirs of Revolution," in Positively Filipino (January 2018).

"Filipino Americans: From 'Indians' to 'Asians' in America," in Introduction to Ethnic Studies, edited by Dale Allender and Gregory Yee Mark (Dubuque, IA: 2016).

“Research Experience in the Philippines: Challenges in Conducting Oral History Research in a Developing Nation,” in EDULEARN13 Proceedings (Barcelona, Spain: 2013), pp. 2287-2291.

"Meditations on Rizal: California to Spain," in Remembering Rizal: Voices from the Diaspora (edited by Edwin A. Lozada), San Francisco: Philippine American Writers & Artists, Inc. 2011. 

"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).

PUBLICATIONS (cont.)

Documentary Photography

Prof. Sobredo is also a social documentary photographer who uses Sony mirrorless (fullframe & APS-C) and Canon fullframe DSLRs. When on assignment, he shoots primarily with Sony mirrorless digital bodies. He never leaves home without a Sony mirrorless digital camera. His graphics, photographs and articles have appeared in The New York Times, AsianWeek and magazines such as Filipinas and Pacific. He has had photography exhibits in art galleries and museums in San Francisco, Oakland and Stockon. His latest photography exhibit is MEXIPINOS IN STOCKTON (with Steven Montalvo), which was funded by a 2016 Stockton Arts Commission grant. A sample of his photographs of the Filipino community in Barcelona were recently publised in {m}aganda: Reclamation (Berkeley, 2018).

Specialization

Immigration history, global migration of Asians, global migration of Filipinos, economic history and globalization, legal history (Supreme Court and Legislative history), oral history, social documentary photography, multimedia documentary

Professional

PROFESSIONAL
Asian American Studies Association
Asian Studies Association

COMMUNITY
Filipino American National Historical Society: Founding member Berkeley/East Bay Chapter
United Latino: Board member (2011-2012)
Bataan Legacy Historical Society
Friends of Rwanda



Important Announcements:
5th International Conference on Genocide
1-3 Nov. 2018 at Sacramento State University.  

FALL 2018 Classes:
ETHN 114: Asian Americans & Globalization, AMD314, 10:30 am - 11:45 am
ETHN 195B: Ethnic Studies Fieldwork, ARC 3009, 7:30 - 8:20 am
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Advising/Office Hrs: Fall 2018
Mon.  1-3 pm Office Hrs
Tues. 3-4 pm Office Hrs
Wed.  9-11, 1-3 Advising
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EXTRA CREDIT/COMMUNITY EVENTS
*Optional Fieldtrip & tour of Filipino American National Historical (FANHS) MUSEUM is on Saturday, 6 October: 11 am - 2 p.m. (1) Release Form (signature required), (2) Class Instructions/MAP, (3) Emergency Contact (required)
*NOTE: Parking is FREE on Weekends. 


*ETHN 119 Students featured in Philippine Inquirer newspaper: Samantha Marti & Angelica Sarte were interviewed by Filipino newspaper while at the Asian Art Museum. 

Asian American Scholarship: due 21 April 2017
-Announcement
-Application Form

Social Documentary Photography:  drsobredo.com