"Ongoing Missionary Labor": Building, Maintaining, and Expanding Chicana Studies/History: An Interview with Vicki L. Ruiz.

RUIZ, Vicki, 1955-; MEXICAN American women; FEMINISM; SOCIAL movements; DE la Torre, Adela; SEGURA, Denise; HISTORY

Presents an interview with Vicki L. Ruiz, dean of the School of Humanities and a professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history at the University of California, Irvine. She shares her early experiences as a Chicana scholar. She also mentions some female cohort of Chicana studies, which include Denise Segura, Deena González and Adela de la Torre. She also discusses the history of Chicana movement.