July 9, 2013
College of Arts and Sciences selects Broyles-González to lead American ethnic 1xbet online games login
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The focal points of her research and teaching are popular culture, gender, oral tradition, Native American culture and the popular performance genres of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, of which she is a native. Among her most recent publications is the first academic study of the legendary singer and National Medal of Arts recipient Lydia Mendoza, titled "Lydia Mendoza’s Life in Music/La Historia de Lydia Mendoza." 1xbet online games login ález also recently published the book "Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman."
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Broyles-González replaces Juanita McGowan, who retired in 2012 after leading the American ethnic 1xbet online games login program since 1997. The American ethnic 1xbet online games login program at K-State is the only degree program of its kind in the state of Kansas and reaches between 600 to 800 students each year.
"I regard the commitment to strengthen American ethnic 1xbet online games login one expression of a strong overarching institutional commitment to intellectual and human inclusivity," Broyles-González said. "I greatly look forward to forming part of Kansas State University's visionary momentum."
Broyles-González is a recipient of the lifetime Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Chicana and Chicano 1xbet online games login . The award recognizes Broyles-González's multiple and invaluable scholarly contributions and her advocacy for the Chicana/o 1xbet online games login discipline. Other distinguished national and international awards have come from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service, which funded her research in Germany for five years.