Faculty Affiliates
Professors
Ricardo Ainslie
Professor
rainslie@austin.utexas.edu |
EDB 262G
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Psychological Experience of Immigration; Ethnic Conflicts within Communities; the Relationship Between Individual and Collective Identity.
James H. Cox
Professor
jhcox@austin.utexas.edu |
CAL 218
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Interests: Native American literature and film; ethnic US literatures; literature of immigration; American literature since 1920
Richard R. Flores
Professor, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
flores@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-9209 |
GEB 3.212
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Folklore and Expressive Culture of Greater Mexico; Anthropology of Symbols; Anthropology of Religion; Anthropology and History; and Critical Theory.
John Morán González
Director, Center for Mexican American Studies; Professor, Department of English
jmgonzal@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-5351 |
GWB 1.102E
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Latino/a Literature; Chicano/a Literature; Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Postcolonial Studies; Narrative Theory
Gloria González-López
Professor
gloria@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6343 |
CLA 3.504
Education: Ph.D., University of Southern California
Interests: Gender and Sexuality with Populations of Mexican origin
Madeline Y. Hsu
Professor
myhsu@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-9303 |
GAR 3.404
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Interests: Migration studies, Cold War, transnationalism, and ethnic studies
David L. Leal
Professor
dleal@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-1343 |
BAT 3.140 and MEZ 5.100
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Latino Politics and Policy
Raul L. Madrid
Professor
rmadrid@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.7246 |
BAT 3.112
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Comparative Politics; Political Economy; Latin American Politics; and Voting Patterns of Indigenous Populations in Latin America
Martha Menchaca
Professor
mmen@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-7537 |
SAC 5.158
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Social Anthropology; Ethnicity; Gender; Oral History; Chicano Studies; U.S./Mexican Culture; and Latin America
Robin Moore
Professor
robin.moore@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0373 |
MBE 3.210
Education: Ph.D., 1995, Music, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Music and Nationalism; Music and Race Relations; Popular Music Study; and Socialist Art Aesthetics.
Yolanda C. Padilla
Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Child Welfare
ypadilla@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-6266 |
SSW 3.130K
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Well-Being with an Emphasis on Mexican American Children and Families; Poverty; Immigration; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
Deborah Parra-Medina
Professor
parramedina@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-9315 |
GWB 2.320
Education: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego/San Diego State University
Charles E. Ramirez Berg
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
ramberg@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-9925 |
CMA 5.120
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Latinos and Media; Mexican Cinema; Chicano Cinema; and Latino Stereotypes in Hollywood Cinema
Pedro Reyes
Professor and Ashbel Smith Professor in Education Policy
preyes@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-8569 |
1912 Speedway, Suite 310M
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: Academic Success for Children of Poverty; Stratification of Learning Opportunities for Children of Color, and Policy Making in Education
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Professor
mrivas@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0405 |
BMC 3.120
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Intersection of Oral History and Journalism; and U.S. Latinos and the News Media.
Néstor P. Rodríguez
Professor
nrodriguez@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6300 |
CLA 3.528
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: International Migration; Immigration Policy; Border Enforcement; Global Urban Development; Racial/Ethnic Relations; and State Repression
Cinthia S. Salinas
Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education and Chair of Department of Curriculum and Instruction
cssalinas@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-3539 |
SZB 428G
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Historical Thinking and Citizenship Education in Bilingual, ESL, and Immigrant Schooling Contexts; Migrant Education, and High Stakes Testing in Social Studies.
Luis Urrieta, Jr.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Identity, Agency, and Social Movements in Education with a focus on Chicana/o, Latina/o, and Indigenous (Purepecha) Formal and Informal Education; Native Research Methodologies; and Citizenship and Social Studies Education.
Angela Valenzuela
Professor
valenz@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6008 |
SZB 374H
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Valenzuela's research and teaching interests are in the sociology of education, race and ethnic relations, education policy, school partnerships, urban education reform, and indigenous education.
Emilio Zamora
Professor
e.zamora@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-8706 |
GAR 2.104B
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Mexican American History; U.S. Working Class History; Oral History and the History of the Mexican Archival Enterprise in Texas and Northern Mexico
Luis H. Zayas
Dean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy
lzayas@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1937
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Associate Professors
Mary Beltrán
Associate Professor
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0021 |
CMA 6.124B
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Critical and Cultural studies of the Construction of Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Film and Television; with specializations in Latina/os and Media and Mixed Race and U.S. Media Culture.
Oscar H. Casares
Associate Professor
ohcasares@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8758 |
PAR 222
Education: M.F.A., University of Iowa
Interests: Creative Writing
Karma R. Chávez
Associate Professor
karma.chavez@utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6888 |
GWB 2.306
Education: Ph.D., Arizona State University
Cary Cordova
Associate Professor
cordova@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-4582 |
BUR 437
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Interconnectivity of Art, Politics, Place, and Public Policy; Latina/o Cultural Production, including Art, Music, and the Performing Arts, and Social Movements.
George F. Flaherty
Associate Professor
gflaherty@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-5531 |
DFA 2.524
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Interests: Latin American and Latino Visual and Spatial Cultures since 1945; Film and Media Studies; Postcolonial Theory and Subaltern Studies, emphasis on Mexico and the U.S. Borderlands
Liliana Garces
Associate Professor
liliana_garces@utexas.edu |
(512) 475-8574 |
SZB 310H
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University; J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Interests: Educational inequality; Higher education equity and access policies for underserved populations; Use and influence of research in Supreme Court cases
Thomas Garza
University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor and Director, Texas Language Center
tjgarza@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-9126 |
BUR 458
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University, 1987
Interests: Russian language teaching methodology; applied linguistics; contemporary Russian culture; the Chechen wars and the media; Post-Soviet youth culture; language teaching pedagogy; Russian popular culture; modern Russian language; contemporary Russian media
Kenneth Greene
Associate Professor
kgreene@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-7206 |
BAT 4.112
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Mexican politics; Latin American Politics; Political Parties; and Social Science Research Methods
Nicole Guidotti-Hernández
Associate Professor
ngh24@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6313 |
BUR 422
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Laura G. Gutiérrez
Associate Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and Interim Chair
lauragutierrez@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-3543 |
GWB 2.332
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: Latin American and Latina/o performance studies; visual cultural studies; gender and sexuality studies; feminist theory; queer theory; race and racial formations; and inter-American and transnational studies
Julie A. Minich
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Chicana/o Literary and Cultural Studies; Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies; LGBT Studies; Feminist Studies; and Disability Studies
Domino R. Perez
Associate Professor
drperez@austin.utexas.edu |
CAL 401
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests: Young Adult Fiction; American Literature; Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Film
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
Associate Professor
roxanne@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-7345 |
WIN B.104H
Education: MFA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Multi-cultural Theatre Education and Latino Theatre for Young Audiences
Victor B. Sáenz
Associate Professor
vsaenz@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-8585 |
SZB 310A
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: Higher Education Policy Issues; Educational Benefits of Racial/Ethnic Diversity; Desegregation Issues; Access, Transition, and Retention Issues (Especially Latino Males in Higher Education); Policy Impacts of Affirmative Action and Remedial Education Policies; and Assessment Issues in Higher Education (Learning Outcomes).
Assistant Professors
C.J. Alvarez
Assistant Professor
cjalvarez@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-6768 |
GWB 1.102F
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests: History of the U.S.-Mexico border
Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
Assistant Professor
Colomina-Alminana_Juan@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-4053 |
GWB 1.106
Education: Ph.D., University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain)
Interests: Philosophy of Language; Linguistic Anthropology; Bilingualism; Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness; Cognition: Intensional and Inductive Logic; Philosophy of Science; Metaphysics (specially Time); Points of View and Perspectivism; and Carnap’s and Russell’s Legacies.
Rachel V. González-Martin
Assistant Professor
rvgonzal@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-6775 |
GWB 2.314
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests: Verbal and Material Traditions of Communities Coming-of-Age in the American Latino Diaspora.
Mónica Jiménez
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., 2015, History; J.D., 2007, The University of Texas at Austin
Sarah Lopez
Assistant Professor
sll@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0147 |
SUT 2.118
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Belem López
Assistant Professor
bglopez@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-2415 |
GWB 2.308
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Dustin Tahmahkera
Assistant Professor
tahmahkera@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-2439 |
GWB 2.322
Education: Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Teaching Faculty
Michael Avila
Lecturer, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
michael.avila@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.5793 |
WIN B.104H
Education: M.A., University of Houston
Interests: Latinx Theatre for Young Performers; Multi-cultural Issues in K-12 Theatre Education; Theatre Education in Mexican-American Communities
Marcel Brousseau
Lecturer
mbrousseau@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-2452 |
GWB 2.312
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ezekiel Castro
Lecturer and Director, University of Texas at Austin Mariachi Ensemble, Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán
Interests: Mariachi; Ethnomusicology
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Lecturer
vmdsoto@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8366 |
GWB 2.104B
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Interests: Campaigns and Elections; Political Marketing; Political Psychology; Immigration; and Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Patricia M. García
Lecturer
pmgarcia@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8354 |
CAL 4
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Interests: Renaissance Literature; Women, Gender, and Literature; and Cultural Studies.
Olivia Mena
Lecturer
oliviamena@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-2465 |
GWB 2.310
Education: Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science
Interests: Race, Ethnicity, and Postcolonial Studies; Comparative Ethnic Studies; Latino/a Studies; Borderlands Studies
Professors Emeriti
Douglas Foley
Professor Emeritus
dfoley@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 528A
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Minority Communities in South Texas, Mississippi, and Iowa; Anthropology; U.S. Culture and Schools; Popular Culture; Social Movements; Race Relations; and Inequality in the U.S. Public Schools.
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
Professor Emeritus
rorro@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8796 |
PAR 324 and PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois
Interests: American Literature and Creative Writing
José E. Limón
Professor Emeritus
Jose.Limon.5@nd.edu |
(562) 426-3918 |
3618 California St., Long Beach, CA 90807
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Mexican-American Literature and Culture, Folklore, American Literature after 1865, Critical Theory, Texas and the U.S. South, the United States and Greater Mexico
Alba A. Ortiz
Professor Emeritus
alba.ortiz@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 455 and SZB 306
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Developing Models for Effective Schools and Instructional Delivery System of Minority Students; Preventing Academic Under Achievement of Hispanic students; Pre-Referral Intervention
Richard Valencia
Professor Emeritus
richard.valencia@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0378 and (512) 471-4155 |
SZB 506K
Education: Ph.D., Unversity of California, Santa Barbara
Interests: Intellectual & Academic Development of Racial/Ethnic Minority Children; Psychometric Evaluation of Intelligence & Achievement tests; & Teacher Testing & Prospective Minority Teachers.
Research Fellows
Rebeca Hey-Colón
CMAS Carlos E. Castañeda Postdoctoral Fellow
rheycolon@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-2452 |
GWB 2.312
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Latinx Studies; Caribbean Studies; Border Studies; Spirituality; Gender Studies
