Adela de la Torre

This article is about the American professor. For the Spanish politician, see Adela de la Torre de Lope.
Adela de la Torre
9th President of San Diego State University
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2018
Preceded byElliot Hirshman
Personal details
BornSan Francisco Bay Area
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic background
ThesisCampesinos and the state: Control of the California harvest labor market 1950-1970 (1982)
Doctoral advisorGordon Rausser
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineLatino studies
Institutions

Adela de la Torre is an American professor and university administrator who is the ninth and current president of San Diego State University (SDSU). De La Torre assumed office in 2018; she is the first woman to serve in the role.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Adela de la Torre was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.[4] Her grandparents were immigrants from Mexico, and her mother was a public school teacher. De la Torre attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees in the political economy of natural resources, as well as a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics in 1982.[5]

Career

De la Torre was a professor at California State University, Long Beach and at the University of Arizona, where she was director of the Mexican-American Studies Center and also served as director of the Hispanic Center of Excellence for the University of Arizona College of Medicine.[5][6][7] She later worked at University of California, Davis, where she served as professor and chair of the Department of Chicana/o studies,[8] director of the Center for Transnational Health, and vice chancellor for student affairs.[9][10][11] De la Torre was named the president of San Diego State University on January 31, 2018,[1] and assumed the presidency in June 2018.[5]

She writes and speaks about the importance of helping students from underprivileged backgrounds with issues related to student debt.[12] She is also a co-editor of Speaking from the Body: Latinas on Health and Culture, a collection of personal reflections on health care experiences from Latina patients or their family caregivers or friends, combined with professional analysis of the narratives with a discussion of Latina health issues and policy recommendations.

Her primary fields of research include childhood obesity, binational health, science and educational disparities[13] and interventions for Chicana/o Latina/o students.[14] She is a founding member and former president of the American Society of Hispanic Economists. The society honored her with its biennial Academic Achievement Award in 2016.

Selected publications

  • Building with Our own Hands: New Directions in Chicana/o Studies (UC Press with Beatriz Pesquera)[15]
  • Moving from the Margins (UA Press)
  • Sana: Mexican Americans and Health (UA Press with Antonio Estrada)
  • Adela de la Torre; Beatríz M. Pesquera (1993). Building with Our Hands: New Directions in Chicana Studies. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07090-5. (co-editor)[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "UCD's Adela de la Torre appointed SDSU president". Davis Enterprise. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. ^ Gabriel Gutiérrez (26 January 2015). Latinos and Latinas at Risk: Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 415–. ISBN 978-0-313-39926-8.
  3. ^ Shiriki Kukanyika; John Karefa-Smart (1 June 1992). Minority Health Issues for an Emerging Majority: The 4th National Forum on Cardiovascular Health, Pulmonary Disorders, and Health Resources. DIANE Publishing. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-0-7881-7292-2.
  4. ^ "Education a big part of Women's Conference". By CYNTHIA MORENO, Vida en el Valle. December 11, 2013
  5. ^ a b c "Meet the President". San Diego State University. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Slowing the Flow". PBS Newshour, July 9, 2001
  7. ^ "Latino Think Tanks Gain Acceptance As They Seize Larger Roles" Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Puerto Rico Herald by AUTUMN DE LEON, August 6, 2000
  8. ^ "Latinos live longer despite health obstacles". Ventura County Star. Kim Lamb Gregory. June 3, 2011
  9. ^ "SD 500: Adela De La Torre". San Diego Business Journal. January 3, 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Adela de la Torre appointed vice chancellor for Student Affairs | the Aggie". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  11. ^ "Adela de la Torre". UC Davis ADVANCE. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  12. ^ David Harmer (1994). School Choice: Why You Need It--how You Get it. Cato Institute. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-882577-14-9.
  13. ^ Elizabeth Jameson; Susan Armitage (1997). Writing the Range: Race, Class, and Culture in the Women's West. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-0-8061-2952-5.
  14. ^ "Adela de la Torre". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  15. ^ Anna Marie Sandoval (15 September 2009). Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas: Repression and Resistance in Chicana and Mexicana Literature. University of Texas Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-292-77479-7.
  16. ^ Charles D. Thompson, Jr.; Melinda F. Wiggins (27 January 2009). The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy. University of Texas Press. pp. 319–. ISBN 978-0-292-77364-6.