Darius V. Echeverría is a historian, public speaker, writer, editor, and onscreen commenter specializing in the Latinx experience in American popular culture. As such, he continues building a career as a scholar and professor who, through writing, teaching, and research, brings historical insights to contemporary debates about American identity and culture.  He earned his doctorate and an M.A. in American History from Temple University. He also holds a B.A. magna cum laude in History from Rutgers University. As a Lecturer in both Columbia’s Department of History and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER), he specializes in Latinx Studies, Mexican American History, Political History, Social Movements, and Sport and Society.  He currently leads the Senior Project Seminar for CSER, which is designed to develop and hone the skills necessary to complete an advanced senior academic project. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at Columbia, he serves as an undergraduate academic dean for Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.  He has held his faculty and deanship appointments at Columbia University since 2013. Since 2006, Professor Echeverría has also been a faculty member for the Department of History and the Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.