Profile:

Areas of Specialization include: Latin American Thought, Mexican Philosophy,  Chicano Studies, the Borderlands.  His manuscript entitled Existentialism in Mexico: Octavio Paz’s Theory of Self is currently under review for publication.  He is also editing “A Fabricator of Universes:  Selected Writings of Octavio Paz,” an anthology of writings sampled  from Paz’s collected works.  Journal length articles in progress  include “Sartre’s Mesero: The Latin American Philosophical Experience of Bad Faith,” “Frontier Nature and the Nature of the Frontier in the Borderlands,” and a comparative study, “The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema and the Suspicion of Hollywood during the Red Scare.”

Education:

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Oregon

Classes:

ETHN 1010 Introduction to Ethnic Studies

ETHN 1100 Introduction to Latinos/as in the US (Introduction to Latino/a Studies)

ETHN 2110 History of Mexican Americans

ETHN 3100 Mexican Culture

ETHN 3120 Chicanos in the US

ETHN 4100 Mexican American Social Thought

ETHN 4200 Latino/a Cultural Studies

ETHN 4600 Third World Cinema

ETHN 4800 US/Mexico Borderlands through Film

ETHN 4800 Human Rights in the Americas 

ETHN 4800 Maya Thought and Culture (study abroad in Chiapas, Mexico)

Dr. Kaiser Ortiz currently serves as Advisor to the Latino/a Studies Minor.  Please contact him for further information, or follow the link below. 

Latino/a Studies Minor