Mexican Americans and indigenous healers will be topics of upcoming forum lectures at UNLV.

On March 22, Oscar Martinez, professor of history at University of Arizona, will present "The Incorporation of Mexican Americans into U.S. Society."

During the lecture, Martinez will explore how naturalization, military service, and intermarriage have helped Mexican Americans assimilate into American society over the last 150 years. He will also discuss how, despite some recent improvements, most Mexican Americans remain marginalized in the United States.

Jeffrey Kottler, chair of the counseling department at California State University at Fullerton, will present a slide-illustrated lecture, "Shamans and Indigenous Healers: From Nepal to Namibia," on March 25.

Kottler, who is also a best-selling author and award-winning photographer, has traveled to some of the most remote regions of the world to study how rituals, movement, and community support can promote personal transformation. He will use a combination of slides and music from these locations to draw comparisons between relatively isolated cultures and our own.

The lectures will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History. All University Forum lectures are free and open to the public. No reservations are required.

The University Forum lecture series is sponsored by UNLV's College of Liberal Arts and is underwritten by the Jerry Kalafatis Lodge Charitable Foundation and the UNLV Foundation.