Dr. Sergio Gonz谩lez91黑料网Sensenbrenner Hall, 203B
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-7506sergio.gonzalez@marquette.eduCurriculum VitaeSergio M. Gonz谩lez is Associate Professor of History at 91黑料网. A historian of twentieth-century U.S. migration, labor, and religion, his scholarship explores the intersections between faith and social movements as well as the development of Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest. He is the author of (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017) and the co-editor of (New York University Press, 2022) with Felipe Hinojosa and Maggie Elmore. His most recently published book, (University of Illinois Press, 2024), explores the relationship between Latino communities, religion, and social movements in the twentieth century Midwest. In 2025, Strangers No Longer was awarded the American Catholic Historical Association John Gilmary Shea Prize for the most original and distinguished contribution to the history of the Catholic Church.
Gonz谩lez current research examines the contentious battles over sanctuary movements in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, exploring the pivotal role people of faith have played in developing contemporary social movements for immigrant and refugee justice as well as the opposing political movements that have risen to criminalize these forms of solidarity. That work has produced two forthcoming manuscripts with co-author Lloyd Barba 鈥� (Oxford University Press, 2026) and (New York University Press, 2026) 鈥� and will be the focus of current Gonz谩lez research sabbatical.
Along with his academic scholarship, Gonz谩lez is a committed public historian. He's engaged in several public humanities projects, including co-writing and co-hosting , a social studies show for middle school students on PBS Wisconsin; serving as a founding member of the ; and, co-writing and co-hosting , a limited podcast series with Axis Mundi Media.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gonz谩lez teaches across a variety of departments and programs, including in History; Languages, Literatures, Arts, & Culture; Latino Studies; and the Honors Program. His courses focus on Latino belonging and community formation, activism and civil rights movements, urban settlement, faith and religiosity, and the historical development of citizenship in the United States.
