Dr. Acuña was hired by San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge) in Los Angeles in 1969 as its first professor of Mexican American studies, at a time when rising numbers of Latino students were entering higher education. His yoking of scholarship with activism irked some academic peers, who protested what they called his lack of objectivity, but he excited generations of students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/rodolfo-acuna-dead.html
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