Elena Gonzales

Elena Gonzales is Curator of Civic Engagement & Social Justice at the Chicago History Museum and the author of Exhibitions for Social Justice from Routledge’s Museum Meanings Series (2019). Gonzales is a lifelong resident of Cook County and grew up in a bicultural Mexican and Polish American home. Gonzales received her doctorate in American Studies and Masters in Public Humanities from Brown University in 2015 and 2010 respectively. During her doctoral studies, Gonzales specialized in Chicago History, Cultural Crossings, Visual Culture, and Exhibitions for Social Justice. She has curated exhibitions since 2006 and has taught curatorial studies since 2010.