As a historian who has studied and taught about the farmworker movement for years, Rosales, along with many other scholars, was just as shocked. How schools initially reactedState lawmakers swiftly renamed César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day in March. Now, to process the news of the allegations against Chávez, Oropeza is leaning on both her own research and ongoing critiques of Chávez in the field. “But as a daughter of farmworkers, I grew up honoring the memory, the legacy of César Chávez.” Faculty say the disciplines of ethnic studies and history will be essential to the future of teaching about farmworker history.