Alexandro D. Hernández

Alexandro D. Hernández serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies within the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Dominguez Hills, while maintaining affiliations as a Smithsonian predoctoral and postdoctoral Fellow.

His educational foundation includes a PhD in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, providing the scholarly framework for his interdisciplinary work.

Professor Hernández's research critically examines Chicana/o cultural expressions through musical performance, with specialized focus on son jarocho's decolonial dimensions and punk music's activist potential. His scholarship reveals how marginalized communities weaponize musical traditions for cultural resistance, particularly through his fieldwork documented in NPR's Alt.Latino series and forthcoming publication 'Decolonizing Education Through Music'.

His scholarly recognition includes:

• Smithsonian predoctoral Fellowship
• Smithsonian postdoctoral Fellowship
• NPR Top 100 Songs listing (as featured musician)
• Contributions to Grammy-nominated Smithsonian Folkways releases

As an active practitioner, Hernández directs research through embodied knowledge—co-founding ¡Aparato! (artcore punk) and El Mariachi Manchester while collaborating with Los Lobos and indigenous artists. His teaching integrates performance ethnography with critical pedagogy, though specific advising structures and grant details remain unpublicized in available materials.