Dr. Anthony Mora

Biography

Anthony P. Mora is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's Department of History. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. His prominent research interests include the historical construction of race, gender, and sexuality in the United States. His book, 'Border Dilemmas', examines how generations of Mexicans living in the United States have grappled with racial and national ideologies that emerged in the 19th-century context of the border. He is currently involved in several major research projects focusing on the relationship between African Americans and Mexican Americans in the early twentieth-century urban Midwest. Additionally, Mora is researching the historical representation of the fictional character Zorro from 1919 to present, utilizing this character to trace changing images of Mexican Americans and aspects of U.S. regionalism. Over his career, he has served in various administrative roles including on the Executive Council of the National Latina/o Studies Association. Before joining the University of Michigan, he taught at Texas A&M University and was a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He teaches courses on Mexican American history, Latina/o history, and the history of sexuality.

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