Professor, Department of Sociology Professor, Latina/Latino Studies Program
Jorge Chapa is the Director of the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before moving to UIUC, Chapa was Professor and founding Director of Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. From 1988 through 1999, Chapa was a faculty member of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. He also served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Director of the Graduate Opportunity Program at UT Austin. In the first three years of his appointment, the proportion of Latinos entering graduate programs increased by 25% and the African American proportion increased 15%. In the fourth year, the Hopwood decision ended race-conscious affirmative action in Texas. In response, he along with other professors and legislators formulated the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan.Chapa received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology as well as his M.A. in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley. He has scores of publications reflecting his research focus on policy issues pertaining to Latinos and other groups with low incomes and educational levels. His latest book, Apple Pie and Enchiladas: Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest (Ann Millard, Jorge Chapa, et al., University of Texas Press, 2004) has been nominated for the Senior Book Award of the American Ethnological Society.
COURSES Diversity Research Project: Assessing and Enhancing Campus Climate at UIUC
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