Eduardo Contreras

Eduardo Contreras is an Associate Professor of United States history at Hunter College's Department of History, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. His research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century U.S. history with specialties in Latina/o/x histories, labor movements, race relations, migration patterns, U.S. imperial policies, and modern Central American dynamics.

• Education: PhD in History, University of Chicago

His major work includes the book *Latinos and the Liberal City: Politics and Protest in San Francisco* (2019), analyzing urban renewal and ethnic political mobilization. He is currently researching *Central American Labor and U.S. Empire (1850s-1930s)*, examining working-class responses to U.S. corporate expansion in Central America. His scholarship bridges labor studies, urban history, and transnational frameworks.

Key publications explore intersections of race, class, and state power through case studies like San Francisco's 1960s urban development conflicts and interethnic community politics. His writing engages with broader questions about liberalism, economic inequality, and marginalized groups' agency in shaping urban landscapes.

Contreras teaches courses on U.S. history, Latina/o/x experiences, and Central American modernity. He actively contributes to academic discourse through peer-reviewed journals and public lectures on migration, empire, and labor justice.