Tiffany González

Dr. Tiffany González is an assistant professor of history. Her research centers on the 20th century in the U.S., emphasizing U.S. politics, Chicana-Latina/o history, women’s history, and social movements. Her current book manuscript-in-progress, “Representation of Change: How Chicanas Reshaped the American Political Process in the Late Twentieth Century,” is under contract with UNC Press with the Latinx Histories Series. This book is a revised version of her dissertation, which won the OAH Lerner-Scott Prize for best PhD dissertation in U.S. women’s history in 2022. Her next book projects include a biography of former Texas State Representative Irma Rangel, the first Mexican American woman legislator, who served office from 1977 to 2003. Rangel is most remembered for her legislative activism on behalf of women and the working class, as well as her stance on welfare reform, equity in higher education, and labor rights. And inspired by 1970s social movement and recently Tejano musician Bobby Pulido's congressional campaign, her third project tentatively titled "Mixing Culture with Politics: How Latinx Wield Political Power through Food, Quinceañeras, and Business" puts into context the long history of relying on cultural foods and celebrations to politicize Latinx community.