• Asian American Studies, ES BA: Major & Minor (Catalog), 
• Sobredo BIO/CV, Faculty, ES Courses, Ethnic Studies Dept

Fall 2018 Classes
ETHN 114: Asian Americans & Globalization, Amador 314, 10:30 am - 11:45 am
ETHN 195B: Ethnic Studies Seminar: Tues., 7:30 - 8:30 am, ARC 3009. 

PHOTO: Spring 2017 GRADUATES

Courses

• • ETHN 11: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
    • Syllabus for Spring 2018: PDF
    • Arboretum visit
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  • ETHN 100: Ethnic America
    • Syllabus
  • ETHN 110: Asian American Experience
  • Syllabus: Fall 2017_ETHN_110: PDF
  • Oral History Guide/Permission Form/interview questions
  • EXAM guides & samples from past semesters: Exam 1 Guide, Exam 2 Guide, Exam 1a Essay, Exam 1b Essay, Exam 2 Essay 
• ETHN 112: Contemporary Issues 
  • Syllabus
    
• ETHN 114: Asian Americans & Globalization
  • Syllabus Fall 2018: PDF
  • Oral History Guide/Permission Form/interview questions
  • EXAM guides & samples from past semesters: Exam 1 Guide, Exam 2 Guide, Exam 1a Essay, Exam Essay 1b, Exam 2 Essay 
  • *Exam 2 (Scantron): RESCHEDULED to Thurs. 29 Nov. 
  • *Essay Exam 2 will be due on Thurs. 6 Dec.  
    • *Fall 2018 Exam Guide: note that it is still student's responsibility to study without the Guide
    • *ESSAY Exam 2: here is the final version with PART 3 ADDED--due Thursday, 6 Dec. 
  • *Oral History Project due on CANVAS: Thursday, 13 Dec. 2018 
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• ETHN 119: Filipino American Experience
  
  • Syllabus: Spring 2018_ETHN 119: PDF
  • Oral History Guide/Permission Form/interview questions
  • EXAM guides & samples from past semesters: Exam 1 Guide, Exam 2 Guide, Exam 1 Essay, Exam 2 
  • Presentation from West Sacramento Mayor:  Christopher Cabaldon 
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• ETHN 195B: Ethnic Studies Seminar (class registration=1st week of semester only) 
• *For ETHN majors only: taken concurrently with ETHN 195A
• *Tues., 7:30 - 8:30 am, ARC 3009.
• *Syllabus PDF
• *NOTE: IN-Class presentations, 7:30 a.m., Thurs. 6 Dec. 2018
•  FOR SPRING 2019: a) class registration=1st week of semester only, 
    b) students can pick up forms for Internship/Fieldwork & registration in ETHN Dept, c) APPROVED LIST for Internship/Fieldwork

Education

S/sobredo/ETHN 114 Asians Globalization/ETHN 114_Fall_2018_3 parts_global.pdfS/sobredo/ETHN-114-Guide_Fall2018.pdfPh.D. Ethnic Studies, UC-Berkeley, 1998.
Dissertation: From American "Nationals" to the "Third Asiatic Invasion":
The Racial Transformation and Exclusion of Filipinos (1898-1935)
 
M.A. Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 1988.
Thesis: Arete and Moral Education in Aristotle's Politics
 
B.A. Philosophy, University of Washington, 1986.

PUBLICATIONS

"Filipinos in Barcelona," in {m}aganda: Reclamation, Berkeley, 2018. 

"A Time to Rise: Filipino Memoirs of Revolution," in Positively Filipino (January 2018).

"Filipino Americans: From 'Indians' to 'Asians' in America," in Introduction to Ethnic Studies, edited by Dale Allender and Gregory Yee Mark (Dubuque, IA: 2016).

“Research Experience in the Philippines: Challenges in Conducting Oral History Research in a Developing Nation,” in EDULEARN13 Proceedings (Barcelona, Spain: 2013), pp. 2287-2291.

"Meditations on Rizal: California to Spain," in Remembering Rizal: Voices from the Diaspora (edited by Edwin A. Lozada), San Francisco: Philippine American Writers & Artists, Inc. 2011. 

"An Ethnic Studies Model of Community Mobilization: Collaborative Partnership with a High Risk Public High School" (with Gregory Kim-ju, Julia Figueroa, Gregory Yee Mark, James Fabionar), American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Special issue: Community Mobilization for the Prevention of Youth Violence) (March 2008, Vol. 34).

Giron Escrima: Memories of a Bladed Warrior (edited with Antonio E. Somera) (Los Angeles: Empire Books, 2006).

PUBLICATIONS (cont.)

Documentary Photography

Prof. Sobredo is also a social documentary photographer who uses Sony mirrorless (fullframe & APS-C) and Canon fullframe DSLRs. When on assignment, he shoots primarily with Sony mirrorless digital bodies. He never leaves home without a Sony mirrorless digital camera. His graphics, photographs and articles have appeared in The New York Times, AsianWeek and magazines such as Filipinas and Pacific. He has had photography exhibits in art galleries and museums in San Francisco, Oakland and Stockon. His latest photography exhibit is MEXIPINOS IN STOCKTON (with Steven Montalvo), which was funded by a 2016 Stockton Arts Commission grant. A sample of his photographs of the Filipino community in Barcelona were recently publised in {m}aganda: Reclamation (Berkeley, 2018).

Specialization

Immigration history, global migration of Asians, global migration of Filipinos, economic history and globalization, legal history (Supreme Court and Legislative history), oral history, social documentary photography, multimedia documentary

Professional

PROFESSIONAL
Asian American Studies Association
Asian Studies Association

COMMUNITY
Filipino American National Historical Society: Founding member Berkeley/East Bay Chapter
United Latino: Board member (2011-2012)
Bataan Legacy Historical Society
Friends of Rwanda