A. K.
Sandoval-Strausz
Professor of History,
Director, Latina/o Studies
Expertise:
- Social Sciences
Focus Areas:
- Cities
- Immigration
- Latina/o Studies
In The Media:
About
- His most recent book, Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City (Basic Books, 2019), is a transnational history of urban revitalization that won the Caroline Bancroft History Prize, the International Latino Book Award for Best Academic Book, and second place for the Victor Villaseñor Book Award.
- His first book, Hotel: An American History (Yale University Press, 2007), won the American Historical Association-Pacific Coast Branch Book Award and was named a Best Book of 2007 by Library Journal.
A. K. Sandoval-Strausz was born in New York City to immigrant parents. He teaches courses in Latino studies, urban history, spatial theory, sociability, and immigration. He is a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar and a Distinguished Lecturer of the Organization of American Historians.
He has received fellowships from Princeton University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New-York Historical Society, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, and the Harvard Business School.
On the Web
In The Media
How the 1924 Immigration Act changed the course of history
from Morning Edition5/27/2024
As immigration politics changed, so did ‘In the Heights’
from Washington Post June 11, 2021
A path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants is a no-brainer
from The Washington Post February 24, 2021
Penn State 'Moments of Change' initiative reflects on U.S. immigration, past and present
from WPSU February 26, 2024
Did Latino Immigrants Save the American City?
from Governing.com June 16, 2022
Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring?
from New York Times July 12, 2021
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