Dr. Julian Nava

Office: Markstein Hall 241
Email: jnava@csusm.edu

Harvard University Ph.D (1955) in Latin American History
Founding faculty member, California State University Northridge; Emeritus

United States Ambassador to Mexico 1980-1981
Board of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District 1967-1979

Julian Nava has taught in universities in Spain, Columbia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. He has produced documentary films on Spanish Basques, contemporary Cuba, and the Zacatecas immigrant community in California. His publications span from Venuzuelan and Mexican history to the experience of Mexican Americans in the United States.