UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
The University of California Santa Barbara will offer the nation’s first doctoral program in Chicano studies.
The graduate program, which will also include a master of arts track, will be offered by UCSB’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, long a pioneering department in ethnic studies. Founded more than 30 years ago, the department was one of the first in the nation dedicated to Mexican-American history and culture and is the only department of its kind in the UC system.
“The approval of our Ph.D. program reaffirms UCSB as the premier university in the nation and in the world in the field of Chicana and Chicano studies,” says UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang. “UCSB is honored to have the first Ph.D. program in the field and proud of its nationally and internationally recognized scholars in this important area of study.”
