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Daisy Ocampo Diaz

Daisy Ocampo Diaz

Assistant Professor

Contact

Assistant Professor
History
Office Phone(909) 537-4326
Office LocationSB-339

Bio

Dr. Daisy Ocampo (Caxcan, or Caz’ Ahmo, Indigenous Nation of Zacatecas, Mexico) earned her PhD in History from the University of California, Riverside in 2019. Her research in Native and Public History informs her work with museum exhibits, historical preservation projects, and community-based archives. Her research integrates critical race theory, decolonial praxis of tribal sovereignty, and community traditions to create a new direction of inclusivity in Public History that visibilizes Indigenous people, voices and community narratives. 

Education

Ph.D.   University of California, Riverside, History, 2019

Dissertation: Spiritual Geographies of Indigenous Sovereignty: Connections of Caxcan with Tlachialoyantepec and Chemehuevi with Mamapukaib              

 

M.A.    University of California, Riverside, History, 2015

Thesis: Voices and Memories of the East Mojave Desert: A Historical Account of the Chemehuevi People and their Spiritual Relationship to Mamapukaib, the Old Woman Mountain Preserve

 

B.A.    University of California, Riverside, Spanish and Sociology, 2011

Minor in Native American Studies  

Courses/Teaching

California State University, San Bernardino 2020-present 

Department of History 

History of the United States: Pre-colonization to present 

California Indian History 

Exhibit Design and Development 

Archival Practices 

Historic Preservation 

History of the American West 

Decolonizing Museums 

Introduction to Public History 

 

University of California, Riverside-Graduate Teaching Assistant 2015-2017 

Department of History 

World History: Prehistory to 1500 

World History: 1500-1900 

World History: Twentieth Century 

World History: Twentieth Century- Writing Intensive 

Introduction to United States History 

History of the Church in Latin America