The title of the October 24 presentation is "Immigration after World War II."
Dr. Miguel A. Levario is an Associate Professor of U.S. History and Borderlands Studies, with emphasis on the twentieth century. His research focuses on the transnational context of immigration, militarization, and race in the U.S. West and Northern Mexico. He is the Director of Mexican American & Latina/o Studies at Texas Tech.
His book, Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2012) explains current tensions and controversy over immigration and law enforcement issues centered on the US-Mexico border. In addition to his book, Levario has contributed to a number of edited volumes, including selected chapters in Holly M. Karibo and George T. Díaz’s Border Policing: A History of Enforcement and Evasion in North America, titled “Home Guard: State-Sponsored Vigilantism and Violence in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, Arnoldo De Leon's War Along the Border: The Mexican Revolution and Tejano Communities (Robert A. Calvert Book Prize 2011), titled "The El Paso Race Riot 1916." Additionally, Levario contributed a chapter covering the social history of the Trans-Pecos region in West Texas: A History of the Giant Side of the State (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014), edited by Paul Carlson and Bruce Glasrud. Levario has presented research at the Organization of American Historians, Western Historical Association, Texas State Historical Association, as well as, several other national, international, state and local conferences. Levario has published numerous articles and book reviews in the Journal of American History, Aztlán, The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Civil War History, among others. Several national and international media outlets have sought Levario for expert commentary on current and past conditions regarding immigration, drug smuggling, and national security along the US-Mexico border.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He is originally from El Paso, Texas.