HTI Alumni

Lara Medina

Professor, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, California State University, Northridge

Professor Medina received her Ph.D. in American History from Claremont Graduate University (1998) with an emphasis on Chicana/o history. Her research focuses on Chicana/o religious/spiritual practices; religious history; religion and social change. Her published work includes Las Hermanas: Chicana/Latina Religious – Political Activism in the U.S. Catholic Church (Temple University Press, 2004), “Nepantla Spirituality: An Emancipative Vision for Inclusion” in Wading Trough Many Voices (2011) and several chapters in various anthologies.