CHS 499 Community Based Research (Spring 2024)
PAST PROJECTS
“A Hidden Secret: The Mexican School in Fillmore, California” by Isela Larin
“La Chileria Lawsuit by Mexican American Women Workers” by Ana Castro
A Qualitative Examination of the Contributions of Chicana/o Studies at CSUCI” by Jacinta Garcia
“History of Buena Vista Labor Camp in Oxnard, CA” by Rafael Gonzalez
“Wagon Wheel Trailer Lodge Neighborhood” by CHS Students
“La Voz de la Colonia: Ventura County’s Spanish Newspaper” by CHS Students
“Braceros of Ventura County” by CHS Students
FUTURE PROJECTS
Below is a list of future research projects for undergraduate CSUCI students, graduate students and faculty interested local Chicana/o history and culture. These topics can become part of class research papers, senior capstone projects, or community-based research projects. There are limited sources on these topics in local libraries, museums and archives, so much of the primary research needs to be grassroots via networking, snowball, door-to-door, and social media.
Ventura School for Girls
Ventura County’s Chavez Ravine: Tortilla Flats Neighborhood
Community Empowerment at Cabrillo Village
Adolfo Camarillo’s Mexican Workforce
Mexican Vaqueros of Channel Islands
Ortega Family of San Buenaventura, California
Rancho Sespe’s Mexican Village
Limoneira Ranch’s Mexican Camps
KKK and Anti-Mexican Violence in Ventura County
Mexican Victims and Survivors of the St. Francis Dam Disaster (1928)
Mexican American Employees at Camarillo State Hospital
Latinos and Latinas in Oxnard’s City Council