Ernesto Todd Mireles

Areas of Interest

• Chicano Studies
• Anti-Colonialism/4th World Liberation
• Radical/Revolutionary Movements in the Americas
• Insurgency

Biography

Ernesto Todd Mireles, MSW.

Mireles, is currently a Ph.D., candidate in Michigan State University’s department of American Studies with a dual enrollment in Chicano Latino Studies where he is working to develop his theories around low intensity organizing models, while studying and focusing on anti colonialist theory, indigenous liberation and the methodologies and rhetoric of mobilization and organization for radical movements within the Americas; with an emphasis on the Chicano Movement from 1848 until the present. Prior to this he worked (and still does in different capacities) for the past two decades as a community, union, political organizer and journalist. Mireles holds a Masters of Social Work with an emphasis in organizational and community practice.

As a frequent consultant on political campaigns Mireles has been involved in helping local, state and federal candidates plan field strategy and GOTV through the development of educational materials for campaigns designed to increase voter education, turnout and participation in both elections and community campaigns. Mireles has presented and worked across the country with non-profits and grassroots organizations on the basics of community organizing and the how to of building successful community campaigns.

Mireles has presented at conferences both in the United States and Mexico. He currently teaches writing to first year students and is the advisor for two undergraduate student groups on campus. His main commitment is working with undergraduate students organizationally is to help them develop a disciplined principled approach of non-hierarchical anti-authoritarian pedagogy to achieve their desired goals both in and out of the classroom.