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Jillian Marie Jacklin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History interviews Sergio Gonz\xe1lez who is the Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies in the Departments of History and of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Marquette University. Jacklin and Gonz\xe1lez discuss his 2017 book "Mexicans in Wisconsin" published by the Wisconsin Historical Society, the vital importance of studying the past and present patterns of immigration in the Midwest (particularly in Milwaukee), as well as the political components of research on immigrant communities and citizenship in the contemporary cultural moment.\n\nIn addition to his 2017 book and his teaching, Dr. Gonz\xe1lez serves on the editorial board of "Wisconsin 101: Our History in Objects" and is working on \u201cBuilding Sustainable Worlds: Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest,\u201d an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Humanities Without Walls consortium-funded project.\n\nJillian Jacklin studies labor and working-class history with an emphasis on U.S. social movements and political activism. Her research and teaching interests include cultural and carceral studies, critical race theory, economic and industrial relations, gender studies, and the history of American capitalism. She has published work in the Journal of Folklore Research and has two articles forthcoming in the International Journal of Cuban Studies.