Elliott R. Barkan is a Professor Emeritus at the History Department of California State University, San Bernardino, specializing in immigration, naturalization, twentieth century comparative ethnic studies, and public opinion on immigration and race relations issues. He continues to teach courses courses that include Chicano History, Ethnic Minorities in American History, Ethnic Minorities in the American Southwest, the Asian-American Experience, and Roots of Modern American Racism, 1860-1930.