Daisy Ocampo Diaz
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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