David G. Gutiérrez

David G. Gutiérrez is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His research focuses on citizenship, civil rights, comparative immigration, and Mexican American history. He holds a PhD from Stanford University and previously taught at the University of Utah, Stanford, and the California Institute of Technology.

• Education:
• PhD, Stanford University
• MA, University of California, Santa Barbara

His work bridges interdisciplinary scholarship, examining transnational migration, ethnic identity, and the intersections of law and social change. Key publications include Walls and Mirrors (UC Press), The Columbia History of Latinos in the U.S. since 1960 (Columbia UP), and co-edited volumes such as Nation and Migration (Johns Hopkins UP). He is currently editing The Routledge Handbook of the History of Mexican America with Luis Alvarez.

Professor Gutiérrez has held editorial roles at journals like Latino Studies and Western Historical Quarterly. He serves on professional boards of organizations like the Immigration and Ethnic History Society and has received the UCSD Distinguished Teaching Award.

His current research explores citizenship and non-citizenship in a transnational context, reflected in his upcoming manuscript Antinomies of the Nation.