Lionel Cantú Jr.--scholar, social activist, teacher, mentor and friend--contributed orignal and important research on Mexican sexualities, gay men, immigrants and Latina/o sociology.
Lionel Cantú Jr.--intelectual, activista social, maestro, asesor y amigo--quien realizó investigaciones originales e importantes sobre las sexualidades mexicanas, los hombros homosexuales, immigrantes y la sociologia Latina.
Lionel Cantú Jr., an assistant professor of sociology, died unexpectedly in May at the age of 36 after a very brief illness.
Cantú specialized in the ways in which sexuality influences migration. His other interests included race and ethnicity, and Latinos in the U.S. He joined the UCSC faculty in 1999.
"He was probably responsible for more students hanging on and triumphing--getting their Ph.D.s--than any other faculty member, certainly for Chicano and Latino students," said sociologist Candace West.
In 2002 friends, colleagues, students, and family established the Lionel Cantú Memorial Award Fund to support graduate students. It is based on academic merit, and preference is given to students in any department who have a demonstrated interest in or are pursuing studies in one or more of the areas in which Cantú focused his work: immigration studies, transnational/cross-border studies, Latino/Latina sociology, gender and sexuality, and gay men and masculinity.
The award's winner or winners are selected by representatives from the Chicano/Latino Research Center, the Sociology Department, and the Latin American and Latino Studies Department. The fund is administered by the Chicano/Latino Research Center (CLRC). For more information about this award, please contact the CLRC at (831) 459-3789 or clrc@ucsc.edu, or visit the Center's website at http://clrc.ucsc.edu/.
Contributions in Cantú's memory should be made payable to the UCSC Foundation, designated for a scholarship fund in his name, and sent to UCSC Gift Administration, Carriage House, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064.
Links about Dr. Lionel Cantú Jr.:
The Lionel Cantú Memorial Fellowship click here to apply past
Queer Migrations Sexuality: U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Eithne Luibhéid and Lionel Cantú Jr., editors
Lionel Cantú Memorial Award For more information about applying contact the CLRC at (831) 459-3789 or clrc@ucsc.edu
In Memoriam Lionel Cantú Jr.
Lionel Cantú Jr. Memorial Colloquium set for June 3, UC Santa Cruz Currents Online, May 31, 2004
UC Santa Cruz grieves death of sociologist Lionel Cantú Jr., 36, UC Santa Cruz Press Releases, May 29, 2002
Tri-Campus community mourns loss of alumnus, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2002
Rememberance Registry at Porter Loring Mortuaries
