Jose Galvan Mora: Department of History

Jose Galvan Mora

MA, History: Northwestern University. MA, Museum and Exhibition Studies: University of Illinois Chicago.

JJGM@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s): United States
Specialization: Religious History; Urban History
Advisor(s): Geraldo L. Cadava

Biography

Jose "Jojo" Galvan Mora is a PhD Candidate in American History. He is also a Digital Humanities Fellow in the Department of Curatorial Affairs at the Chicago History Museum. His academic work is inspired by his experiences growing up in Chicago and the Detroit suburbs. His dissertation research focuses on how the search for kinship, community, and security by Latino immigrants in Cicero, IL, transformed a once-working-class white suburb, also remaking individuals and transnational communities in the process.

Outside Northwestern, Jojo maintains a Public History practice, working with community organizations such as the Shorefront Legacy Center in Evanston, the Cicero Independiente in Cicero, and the Midwest Nursing History Research Center at UIC.

Jojo holds a BA in History and Religious Studies from North Central College and an MA in Museum and Exhibition Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).. In 2025, he was inducted into the Northwestern Chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Honor Society and received the American Alliance of Museums' Nancy Hanks Memorial Award.