Jorge Huerta
Prof. Huerta is Chancellor’s Associates Professor of Theatre, Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. He is a leading authority on contemporary Chicana/o and US Latina/o Theatre and a professional director. He has published widely, including Chicano Theatre: Themes and Forms and Chicano Drama: Performance, Society, and Myth. In 2007 he was awarded the Association for Theatre in Higher Education “Lifetime Achievement in Educational Theater” award. In 2008 he was recognized as the “Distinguished Scholar” by the American Society for Theatre Research. In 2009 he was honored by the California State Assembly for “Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Arts.”
