sentences:  He also taught adult high school to pay for his doctoral studies at the University of Southern California during which time he was active with the Latin American Civic Association and the Mexican American Political Association.He was the founding chair of the California State University, Northridge's Chicano/a Studies department, and his teachings began there in 1969.The CSUN Chicana/o Studies Department at CSUN presently has 28 tenured professors and offers 166 sections of Chicana/o per semester.