Expertise/Areas Of Interest:
David Gutierrez specializes in Mexican-American history, the history of the American Southwest, comparative immigration, and ethnicity.

Topics Of Publications:
Gutierrez researches and publishes in the areas of twentieth century US political history with special emphases on Mexican-American and Mexican immigration history, history of the US-Mexico borderlands, comparative immigration and ethnic studies, and the history of citizenship and civil rights in the United States.

Background:
Gutierrez earned his Ph.D at Stanford University and has been teaching at UCSD since 1990. He is a recipient of the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching award.