Juan R. Garcia is a Professor Emeritus of History. He has authored several important works including Operation Wetback: The Mass Deportation of Mexican Undocumented Workers in 1954, Mexicans in the Midwest, 1900 to 1930, and Encounters: Change, Progress, and Traditions in American History, Volume 1. His expertise encompasses US history from pre-contact through Reconstruction and the 20th century. His publications include books and scholarly essays on US and Mexican American History.