Daniel Martinez HoSang is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science at the University of Oregon. He is a 2008-2009 Resident Scholar at the University’s Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. He received his PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. His dissertation, “Racial Propositions: Genteel Apartheid in Postwar California” was awarded best dissertation prizes from the American Studies Association, the American Political Science Association Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics and the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association.
His book manuscript, which examines the history of racialized ballot initiatives in California, is under contract with the University of California Press’s American Crossroads Series. Before graduate school, Daniel worked as a community organizer and trainer in California for 10 years. His research and teaching interests included theories of race and racism, racial politics, reproductive justice, direct democracy, and US political history. Professor HoSang also collaborates with several community and social justice organizations in Oregon, Washington, and California especially around issues of civic engagement and leadership development.
“The Rise of Racial Liberalism, the Decline of Racial Justice: Lessons from California,” in Race and American Political Development, Joe Lowndes, Julie Novkov, and Dorian Warren eds., Routledge, 2008.
“Family and Community as the Cornerstone of Civic Engagement: Immigrant and Youth Organizing in the Southwest,” National Civic Review, 95:4, 2007.
“Beyond Policy: Race, Ideology and the Re-imagining of Youth,” in Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth,” S. Ginwright, P. Noguera and J. Cammarota, eds., Routledge, 2006.
[Review] “The Twilight of Equality” by Lisa Duggan, New Political Science 26:4, 2005.
“Asian Americans and the California Gubernatorial Recall,” with N. Masuoka, in Clicker Politics: Essays on the Recall, S. Bowler and B. Cain, eds.,
Prentice-Hall, 2005.
[Review] “Dispatches from Durban” by Eric Mann, Antipode, 37:1 2005.
