Edward “Ed” Escobar is a historian and professor emeritus at Arizona State University (ASU). He is an expert in the Chicano experience and 20th-century U.S. history. Escobar advocates for research on the experiences of Southwest Chicano/a and Latino/a communities. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he was involved with the Chicano movement and wanted to bring the Mexican American experience into the education system. Escobar graduated high school in 1965 and attended junior college at El Camino College. He transferred to California State University Dominguez Hill in 1967 and graduated in 1969. In 1972, Escobar attended his PhD program in History at the University of California, Riverside. He obtained his degree in 1983 and held administrative positions at the University of California, Irvine, and Stanford University. Escobar’s first tenure-faculty position was at Indiana University Northwest (IUN), where he taught some of the first courses in Latino studies. In 1993, Escobar left IUN for ASU, where he helped establish the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies. Through his advocacy, he received support from his colleagues and some deans. After four years, in 1997, the Arizona Board of Regents approved the creation of the Department of Chicano/a Studies at ASU and served as founding chair. In 2005, Escobar and colleagues focused on other Latino groups and border issues, coining the term “Transborder,” later forming the School of Transborder Studies at ASU, for which he served as the first chair.In addition to these achievements, he is an author of many publications in Chicana/o Studies, a researcher, and was involved in different organizations. After 24 years of academic work and advocacy, Edward Escobar retired in 2017.