Russell Rodríguez received his Ph.D. in anthropology at UC, Santa Cruz in 2006. He has worked closely with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and is co-producer of the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings CD compilation “Rolas de Aztlán: Songs of the Chicano Movement.” He received the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow for two years (2007-2009) at the University of Califonia at Santa Barbara (2007-09). He is currently completing his book on the transnational practice of mariachi music.
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