David A. Badillo researches and teaches Latino history, United States immigration and ethnic history, and Latin American and Latino religion. Professor Badillo is currently affiliated with the Bronx Institute and the Division of Education at Lehman College (City University of New York). He previously taught at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Wayne State University, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Latinos in Michigan (Michigan State University Press, 2003).