Ethnic studies
Interdisciplinary study of race
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| 2025 | California's public high schools are mandated to teach ethnic studies. |
| 2023 | Jaber F. Gubrium co-edited the book 'CRAFTING ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK' with Amir Marvasti, published by Routledge, discussing the concept of 'site-specificity' in ethnographic research. |
| February 2021 | California Board of Education approves a curriculum including contributions of Asian, Black, Latino, and Native Americans, with 33 optional lesson plans for schools. |
| 2019 | Ethnic studies course becomes compulsory for LAUSD students graduating in this year. |
| 2018 | Dewan published research highlighting the contextual nature of ethnographic research, emphasizing that researchers should not seek to generalize findings but understand them within their specific situational context. |
| 2018 | The organization was renamed to its current name, the Association for Ethnic Studies (AES). |
| August 2017 | A federal judge struck down the ban on ethnic studies as unconstitutional, ruling it was motivated by discriminatory intent and passed for politically partisan purposes. |
| August 2017 | LAUSD plans for every high school to offer at least one ethnic studies course by the 2017-2018 academic school year. |
| May 2016 | A 10-day Hunger Strike took place at San Francisco State University by students Hassin Bell, Julia Retzlaff, Sachiel Rosen, and Ahkeel Mesteger to defend and improve the College of Ethnic Studies, resulting in a $250,000 allocation to the Ethnic Studies department. |
| August 2015 | ERUSD's ethnic studies graduation requirement is expected to be fully implemented for the 2015-2016 academic school year. |
| July 7 2015 | Federal appeals court case Maya Arce vs Huppenthal heard by Judge Rakoff, who partially reversed the district court's ruling and found the bill partially unconstitutional. |
| April 30 2015 | The third CESA conference began at York University in Toronto, titled 'Sovereignties and Colonialisms: Resisting Racism, Extraction and Dispossession', running from April 30 to May 2. |
| 2014 | El Rancho Unified School District (ERUSD) becomes the first school district in California to require an ethnic studies class as part of students' graduation requirements. The resolution was drafted by board President Aurora Villon and Vice President Jose Lara to expose students to global perspectives and diversity. |
| November 2014 | Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board approves a resolution by board members Bennett Kayser, George McKenna, and Steve Zimmer to introduce ethnic studies courses in high schools. |
| September 2013 | CESA held its second conference at the University of Illinois Chicago, themed 'Decolonizing Future Intellectual Legacies and Activist Practices'. |
| March 2013 | Appeals court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, finding a First Amendment overbreadth violation in House Bill 2281. |
| January 2012 | Teachers and program director were dismissed from the appeal for want of standing, leaving only one student and her father as appellants. |
| January 10 2012 | TUSD board voted to cut the Mexican-American Studies program after Huppenthal threatened to withhold 10% of the district's annual funding. |
| 2011 | Documentary 'Precious Knowledge' was produced, highlighting the success of TUSD's Mexican-American Studies program and the community's protest against its termination. |
| December 2011 | Judge Lewis Kowal ruled the TUSD district out of compliance with HB 2281, supporting Huppenthal's decision. |
| June 2011 | Arizona Education Department conducted a $110,000 audit of TUSD's Mexican-American Studies program, which found no observable evidence of law violations. |
| June 22 2011 | TUSD formally appealed Superintendent John Huppenthal's decision to cut the Mexican-American Studies program. |
| March 2011 | The Critical Ethnic Studies Association (CESA) held its first conference at the University of California Riverside, focusing on 'Critical Ethnic Studies and the Future of Genocide: Settler colonialism/Heteropatriarchy/White Supremacy', which prompted the formation of the association. |
| January 2011 | Tom Horne reported Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) to be out of compliance with HB 2281 regarding Mexican-American Studies program. |
| 2010 |
Jewish studies
Thomas Idinopulos, an early supporter of the Jewish Studies Program, passed away.
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| December 2010 | House Bill 2281, which prohibited Mexican American Studies courses, was approved by Arizona lawmakers. |
| October 2010 | An initial appeal challenging House Bill 2281 was filed by 10 teachers, the Mexican American Studies program director, and 3 students and their parents on First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. |
| May 11 2010 | Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2281 (HB 2281), which prohibits school districts from offering ethnic studies courses that promote ethnic solidarity or are designed for a specific ethnicity. |
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