Date Updated
4-7-2024
Department
Social Work
Academic Rank
Emeritus Lecturer
Year Retired from SJSU
2006
Educational Background
San Jose State University, Social Work, 1976 MSW
San Jose State University, Community College Teaching Credential, 1973
San Jose State University, Philosophy, 1971 BA
Teaching Experience
San Jose State University, Social Work, 1995 to 2016
Administrative and Professional Experience
Social Work Direct Practice, 1973 to 2006
Service
Social Work Investigations / Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect
Gil J. Villagran. "My personal journey to a lifetime of social work" (2012) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/59/
Gil J. Villagran. "A Farewell from Gil Villagran after 32 Years of Social Work" (2004) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/60/
Selected Publications
Gil J. Villagran. "Introduction to Gil's Writings" (2011)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/61/
Major topics covered in writings: Militarism, Human Rights, Workers' Rights, Immigrant Rights, Democratic Ideals, Child Welfare, Policing the Police, Social Work Values, Serving the 1%, and Corporate Greed.
Popular Press
Gil J. Villagran. "Police Response to Trump Protest" Mercury News (2016)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/81/
Gil J. Villagran. "When Presidents Commit War Crimes, Justice is the Final Victim" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2016)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/104/
Gil J. Villagran. "Bay Area Cities Afflicted with Sports Arena Envy" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2015)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/105/
Gil J. Villagran. "When Corporate Greed is a Crime" El Observador (2015)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/103/
Gil J. Villagran. "Murrieta protestors willfully ignorant of U.S. role in creating brutal governments" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2014)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/1/
Gil J. Villagran. "Protesters Should Research Own Nation" Mercury News (2014)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/72/
Gil J. Villagran. "Class Warfare in America: a Teach-in for Occupy San Jose" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2012)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/2/
Gil J. Villagran. "Bittersweet Harvest: the Smithsonian's Bracero Exhibit at Mexican Heritage Plaza" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2010)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/7/
Gil J. Villagran. "God is Great, Merciful, Vengeful, bla bla bla…" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2010)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/4/
Gil J. Villagran. "Regulatory Capture Explains BP and Wall Street Disasters" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2010)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/6/
Gil J. Villagran. "Whitman’s Hypocrisy Reflects America’s Treatment of Latinos" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2010)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/3/
Gil J. Villagran. "Who Are the Aliens in this Nation of Immigrants?" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2010)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/8/
Gil J. Villagran. "Afghanistan is America’s Second Vietnam" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/24/
Gil J. Villagran. "Afghanistan, the Graveyard of Yet Another Empire?" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/10/
Gil J. Villagran. "America's Grotesque Legacy of Torture" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/17/
Gil J. Villagran. "Arrogant Religions’ Danger to Humanity" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/23/
Gil J. Villagran. "As Widows and Orphans Weep, the Afghan Quagmire gets Deeper" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/12/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Eclipse of the American Dream: An Endangered Middle Class" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/28/
Gil J. Villagran. "Fix the Economy by Ensuring Human Needs" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/16/
Gil J. Villagran. "Happy Talk from an Inane President" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/25/
Gil J. Villagran. "Historical Trajectory Pulls Israel and Palestine into Tragic Vortex" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/36/
Gil J. Villagran. "In Health Care Reform, Congress Members are Masters of Hypocrisy" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/13/
Gil J. Villagran. "Is George W. Bush a War Criminal?" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/26/
Gil J. Villagran. "Moms and Dads, Don’t Let Your Kids Grow up to be Rapists, Murderers, Addicts" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/9/
Gil J. Villagran. "No More Bailouts for Billionaires!" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/22/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Perennial American Deportation of Mexicans (part one)" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/32/
Gil J. Villagran. "San Jose's Proud Legacy of Struggle for Chicano Rights" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/14/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Shoes Flung Round the World" El Observador (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/11/
Gil J. Villagran. "Shortchanging Children Squanders Our Future" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/18/
Gil J. Villagran. "Unemployed Americans Need Sustainable Jobs, not Eloquent Speeches" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/15/
Gil J. Villagran. "Unregulated Monopoly Capitalism Discredited" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/34/
Gil J. Villagran. "Wall Street Debacle: Resignations and Prosecutions are in Order" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/29/
Gil J. Villagran. "When Corporate Greed is a Crime" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/35/
Gil J. Villagran. "When Presidents Commit War Crimes, Justice is the Final Victim" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2009) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/31/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Bitterness of America after Eight Years of Bush" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/44/
Gil J. Villagran. "Corporate Predators Caught in Meltdown" El Observador (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/77/
Gil J. Villagran. "Feed your Car or Your Family? Tragic Consequences of Irresponsible Priorities" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/41/
Gil J. Villagran. "GOP: Gang of Predators Caught in Meltdown" El Observador (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/40/
Gil J. Villagran. "How Many More Must Die? A Sixth Year of Iraq War" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/45/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Looting of America by Bush and Congress’s Wall Street Cronies" El Observador (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/37/
Gil J. Villagran. "Only Impeachment can Restore the Constitution" El Observador (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/48/
Gil J. Villagran. "Prop. 8 Marginalizes Human Rights of Same-Sex Couples" El Observador (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/39/ http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/78/
Sharat G. Lin and Gil J. Villagran. "Rights Activists Step Up Opposition to Corporate Complicity in Torture" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/42/
Gil J. Villagran. "Silicon Valley Economy: Good News for Some, Not Good for Many" El Observador (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/47/
Gil J. Villagran. "A Sixth Year of Iraq War--How Many More Must be Killed?" San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/46/
Gil J. Villagran. "What America Needs: Prescription for a Toxic Hangover" El Observador (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/38/
Gil J. Villagran. "What good is a government if it cannot protect its citizens?" El Observador (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/43/ http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/71/
Gil J. Villagran. "Bush Fails to Re-write History of Vietnam and Iraq Wars" El Observador (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/50/
Gil J. Villagran. "Bush Needs a History Lesson" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/51/
Gil J. Villagran. "Coup d' etat: a term Americans must learn" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/54/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Effects of NAFTA on Illegal Mexican Immigration" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/53/
Gil J. Villagran. "Feminicidio=El Asesinato de Mujeres" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/98/
Gil J. Villagran. "Iraq: The Betrayal of Another Generation/Iraq: La Traicion de Otra Generacion" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/69/
Gil J. Villagran. "Kidnap or Molest a Child, Go to Jail Forever; Kill a Child, Face Execution!" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/99/
Gil J. Villagran. "Latino Community Abused by Police Brutality, Immigration Raids, Economic Apartheid/La Comunidad Latina Sufre Constantes Abusos Por Parte de la Policia, la Migra, Y la Economia" El Observador (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/102/ http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/27/
Gil J. Villagran. "Latino Youth: Beware of Military Recruiters!, Jovenes, ¡Esta guerra no es digna de su vida!" El Observador (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/49/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Perennial American Deportation of Mexicans" El Observador (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/52/ http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/55/
Gil J. Villagran. "“Those Who Cannot Learn from History Are Doomed to Repeat It"/"Los Que No Pueden Aprender de la Historia Son Condenados Para Repetirla."" El Observador (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/30/
Gil J. Villagran. "Tragedies of Our Own Making" El Observador (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/93/
Gil J. Villagran. "Wake-Up Wal-Mart National Bus Tour in San Jose" El Observador (2006)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/67/
Gil J. Villagran. "When Presidents Commit War Crimes, Justice is the Final Victim" El Observador (2006)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/64/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Problem with Religions" El Observador (2005)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/57/
Gil J. Villagran. "Current Minimum Wages are Uncceptable [Sic]" Spartan Daily (1998)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/106/
Gil J. Villagran. "Needed: Global Recognition of the Value of Human Life" San Jose Mercury News (1999)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/66/
Contributions to Books
Susan A Lee and Gil J. Villagran. "Gil Villagran" The Ways of Spirit: 30 Visionaries Share Philosophies, Paths & Practices (2001) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/63/
Presentations
Gil J. Villagran. "Health and Wellness: Issues for Latino Immigrants, The Effects of Social Isolation, and Its Consequences" SJSU Salzburg Seminar (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/89/
Gil J. Villagran. "NAFTA is to Tijuana as NAZI was to Casablanca" San Jose State University (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/91/
Gil J. Villagran. "Sweatshop Wages: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat? The Real Choice is: Sweat or Starve? Or More Accurately: Sweat and Nearly Starve" SJSU Salzburg Seminar(2006)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/92/
Gil J. Villagran. "El DIF: Mexico's Social Services System" San Jose State University (2005)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/90/
Unpublished Papers
Gil J. Villagran. "Social Work Support for Families in Crisis at our Southern Border" (2018)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/109/
Gil J. Villagran. "50th Anniversary of Anti-Napalm Shipment Protest in Alviso, CA" (2016)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/88/
Gil J. Villagran. "Napalm Response" (2016)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/87/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Vietnam War, Yet Another War Based on an Unquestioned & Discredited CIA "Intelligence"" (2016)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/86/
Gil J. Villagran. "John McCain: War Hero or War Criminal?" (2015) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/101/
Gil J. Villagran. "Ferguson, Vietnam, Afghanistan: Variations on a Theme" (2015) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/73/
Gil J. Villagran. "Hi Rob, Viet Memorial" (2015)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/85/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Relationship of Social Philosophy (aka ideology) to Social Policy (access the benefits of society)" (2015)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/76/
Gil J. Villagran. "Community Activism: Social Work from a Macro Level" (2013)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/65/
Gil J. Villagran. "The American Empire: Grotesque Inequity is Corrosive to Democracy" (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/84/ http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/83/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Eclipse of the American Dream: An Endangered Middleclass" (2009)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/74/
Gil J. Villagran. "Blanca Alvarado’s Quest for Social Justice" (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/56/
Gil J. Villagran. "Office Seekers Seem to Fall Into One of Two Categories" (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/82/
Gil J. Villagran. "Overwhelmed America Expects, Accepts a Parade of Deceptions and Disasters/The Bitterness of America after Eight Years of Bush" (2008)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/75/
Gil J. Villagran. "The Reluctance to Police the Police" (2008) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/80/
Gil J. Villagran. "!!!!Jovenes Latinos...Cuidado con la Reclusion Militar!!!!" (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/100/
Gil J. Villagran. "A Mexicano's American Dream/El Sueno Americano de un Mexicano" (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/94/
Gil J. Villagran. "Paying Executives to Not Work -- While Most Work Til They Drop" (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/96/
Gil J. Villagran. "Rendition: A Film Review" (2007)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/95/
Gil J. Villagran. "Beto, El Escritor de Cartas de los Braceros (English)" (2005) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/68/ " (Spanish/Espanol)" (2005) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/97/
Gil J. Villagran. "Email to Cindy Sheehan" (2005) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/70/
Gil J. Villagran. "A Strategy for an Agency Response to the Contract for America's Dismantling of Human Services" (1995)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/79/
Files
Download Curriculum Vitae (97 KB)
Personal Commentary
Rachael Myrow. "Vietnam War Inspires a Lifetime of Political Activism in San Jose" (2017). Now an emeritus lecturer at San Jose State University, Gil Villagran was expelled as an undergraduate for protesting against the Vietnam War outside this campus administration building. http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/108/
Gil J. Villagran. "My 50 years at SJSU" (2017)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/107/
Gil J. Villagran. "Biography of Gil Villagran" (2016)
http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/58/
Julia P Sulek. "Students affected by war" The Mercury News (2007) http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/62/