Wilfredo Cruz
Ph.D. Social Service Administration
Email 312-344-7533
Wilfredo Cruz earned his Ph. D. from the School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago. He teaches various courses in sociology such as: Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems in American Society, Race and Ethnic Relations, and Marriage and Family. He is currently preparing new courses in the Sociology of Sport and Social Inequality.
His areas of research interest include: Latino Studies, Immigration, Race and Ethnic Relations, and studies in Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Cruz has published numerous articles on education, health, police brutality, politics and community organizing in Latino and minority communities.
Cruz has completed a book on the history of Puerto Ricans in Chicago. In 2005 Arcadia Press published this book with narrative and 200 photographs. He is the author of City of Dreams: Latino Immigration to Chicago, published by University Press of America. This book with over one hundred oral interviews and photographs, examines the immigration experiences of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Guatemalans, and Salvadorans in Chicago.
Email 312-344-7533
Wilfredo Cruz earned his Ph. D. from the School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago. He teaches various courses in sociology such as: Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems in American Society, Race and Ethnic Relations, and Marriage and Family. He is currently preparing new courses in the Sociology of Sport and Social Inequality.
His areas of research interest include: Latino Studies, Immigration, Race and Ethnic Relations, and studies in Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Cruz has published numerous articles on education, health, police brutality, politics and community organizing in Latino and minority communities.
Cruz has completed a book on the history of Puerto Ricans in Chicago. In 2005 Arcadia Press published this book with narrative and 200 photographs. He is the author of City of Dreams: Latino Immigration to Chicago, published by University Press of America. This book with over one hundred oral interviews and photographs, examines the immigration experiences of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Guatemalans, and Salvadorans in Chicago.