Faculty/Instructor List
Professors
Ricardo Ainslie
Professor
rico.ainslie@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0364 | SZB 262D
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests
Study of Psychoanalysis; Psychological Experience of Immigration; Ethnic Conflicts within Communities; the Relationship Between Individual and Collective Identity.Efraim Armendariz
Professor
efraim@math.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0117 | RLM 8.152
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests
Ring TheoryNorma V. Cantú
Professor
metrocan2@aol.com | (512) 232-7111 | TNH 3.118M
Education
J.D., Harvard University
Interests
Governmental Policy for Civil Rights in American Education; Educational Funding; Disability Rights; Student Disciplinary Policies; Access to Special Services for English-language learnersRichard R. Flores
Professor
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.María E. Fránquiz
Professor
mfranquiz@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-5670 | SZB 440C
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Interests
Bilingual Education, Biliteracy, ethnographic and sociolinguistic research, Latina/o children’s and adolescent literature, migrant education, and Latina/o teacher identity.Rueben A. Gonzales
Jacques P. Servier Professor in Pharmacy
rgonzales@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-5192 | PHR 5.224C
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Understand the Neuro-chemical basis for Ethanol Drinking BehaviorRolando Hinojosa-Smith
Ellen Clayton Garwood Professor
rorro@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.8796 | PAR 324
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Interests
American Literature and Creative WritingMartha Menchaca
Professor
mmen@mail.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 AmericaRobin Moore
Professor
robin.moore@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0373 | MBE 3.210
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Music and Nationalism; Music and Race Relations; Popular Music Study; and Socialist Art Aesthetics.Yolanda C. Padilla
Professor
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 StudiesCharles E. Ramirez Berg
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
ramberg@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.9925 | WWH 414
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Latinos and Media; Mexican Cinema; Chicano Cinema; and Latino Stereotypes in Hollywood CinemaManuel Ramirez III
Professor
ramirez@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7012 | SEA 5.206
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Cross-Cultural Psychology; Ethno-Psychology; Cognitive Styles; Cultural Values; the Relationship of Acculturation to Mental Health and Family Dynamics; and Multicultural OrientationsPedro Reyes
Professor and Ashbel Smith Chair in Education Policy
preyes@utsystem.edu | (512) 499-4233 | O' Henry Hall 312
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Social Organization of Schools; Conditions Fostering High Academic Success for Children of Poverty; and the Stratification of Learning Opportunities for Children of Color.Néstor P. Rodríguez
Professor
nrodriguez@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.8072 | BUR 580
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
International Migration; Immigration Policy; Border Enforcement; Global Urban Development; Racial/Ethnic Relations; and State RepressionJoseph Straubhaar
Amon G. Carter Centennial Professor of Communications
jdstraubhaar@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.5304 | CMA 6.120
Education
Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Interests
Global Media; International Communication and Cultural Theory; Information Societies and the Digital Divide in the U.S. and other Countries; and Global Television Production and FlowBrian M. Stross
Professor
bstross@mail.utexas.edu | (5123) 471-0059 | SAC 4.124
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Linguistic Anthropology; Indigenous Mesoamerica; Maya Iconography and Epigraphy; Anthropology of Food; and EthnobotanyGerald Torres
Professor and Bryant Smith Chair in Law
gtorres@law.utexas.edu | (512) 232-1368 | TNH 3.266
Education
LLM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Interests
Civil Rights Issues; Environmental Justice; Identity; and Race.Thomas A. Tweed
Gwyn Shive, Anita Nordan Lindsay, and Joe and Cherry Gray Professor of the History of Christianity
tomtweed@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-8382 | BUR 422
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Religion in the Americas; Catholicism in America; Asian religions in the US; Latino/a religion; religion and transnationalism; religion and geography; and method & theory in the study of religion.Fred Valdez, Jr.
Professor
fredv@mail.utexas.edu | 512. 471.0060 | EPS 2.114
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Archaeology; Mexican-American BorderlandsRichard Valencia
Professor
richard.valencia@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0378 | 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.Angela Valenzuela
Professor
valenz@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-6008 | SZB 528L
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Sociology of Education; Race and Ethnicity in Schools; Urban Education Reform; Educational Policy; Immigration; Globalization; and Human Rights.Emilio Zamora
Professor
e.zamora@austin.utexas.edu | 512.475.8706 | GAR 2.104B
Education
Ph.D., 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 MexicoAssociate Professors
Lorenzo Candelaria
Associate Professor
lorenzo.candelaria@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-7131 | MRH 3.742
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
Catholic Sacred Music in Spain, Mexico, and the Hispanic Southwestern United StatesOscar H. Casares
Associate Professor
ohcasares@yahoo.com | (512) 471-8715 | PAR 108
Education
M.F.A., University of Iowa
Interests
Creative WritingJames H. Cox
Associate Professor
jhcox@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-7804 | CAL 14
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Native American Literature; Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Ethnic American Literatures, including Chicana/o Literature and Literature of ImmigrationThomas Garza
University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor and Director, Texas Language Center
tjgarza@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-3607 | HRH 4.190 and CAL 406
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 mediaJohn Morán González
Associate Professor
jmgonzal@utexas.edu | (512) 471-8117 | PAR 321
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Latino/a Literature; Chicano/a Literature; Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Postcolonial Studies; Narrative TheoryGloria González-López
Associate Professor
gloria@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.6343 | BUR 464
Education
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Interests
Gender and Sexuality of Mexican Immigrant PopulationsNicole Guidotti-Hernández
Associate Professor and Associate Director
ngh24@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-6313 | BUR 454
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests
Transnational Feminisms; Critical Race Studies; Chicana/o Studies; Latina/o Studies; Borderlands History; American Studie; Violence and Citizenship; and Indigeneity and Nationalisms.Frank A. Guridy
Associate Professor
fguridy@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7267 | GAR 2.202
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests
Caribbean/African Diaspora History with an emphasis on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, Transnational History, Sport HistoryDavid L. Leal
Associate Professor
dleal@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.1343 | BAT 3.140
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Latino Politics and PolicyRaul L. Madrid
Associate 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 AmericaDeborah Paredez
Associate Professor
paredez@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8116 | PAR 224
Education
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Interests
Performance Studies; Poetry; Race, Gender, and Sexuality; Contemporary American Drama and Poetry; and Latina/o StudiesDomino R. Perez
Associate Professor and Director
drperez@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-4557 | WMB 5.102
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests
American Literature; Popular Culture; and Chicano/a Literature, Film and Cultural StudiesMaggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Associate Professor
mrivas@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0405
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.Cherise Smith
Associate Professor
cherise_smith@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-1822 | ART 1.205
Education
Ph.D., Stanford UniversityLuis Urrieta, Jr.
Associate Professor
urrieta@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4129 | SZB 528G
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.Assistant Professors
Cecilia Ballí
Assistant Professor
cballi@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8522 | EPS 1.134
Education
Ph.D., Rice University
Interests
U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Gender and Violence; Transnational Crime; Music and Identity; and Ethnographic Writing Strategies.Mary Beltrán
Assistant Professor
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0021 | CMA 6.126
Education
Ph.D., 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.Jason Casellas
Assistant Professor
casellas@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7202 (email preferred) | BAT 4.138
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests
Latino Politics; Legislative Politics; State and Local Politics; and Public Policy.Cary Cordova
Assistant Professor
cordova@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4582 | BUR 448
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinGeorge F. Flaherty
Assistant Professor
gflaherty@mail.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. BorderlandsAnne M. Martínez
Assistant Professor
ammtz@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7268 | GAR 3.214
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests
Religion; U.S.-Mexico Relations; and Race, Labor and Religion within the Mexican-origin community in Chicago in the first half of the Twentieth-CenturyRamón A. Martínez
Assistant Professor
rmartinez@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-2806 | SZB 334J
Education
Ph.D., UCLAJohn Mckiernan-González
Assistant Professor
tulua@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7260 | GAR 0.108
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests
Race and Ethnicity; Social History of Medicine; the Borderlands; Mexican American History; and Latino StudiesRoxanne Schroeder-Arce
Assistant Professor
roxanne@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-7345 | WIN B.104H
Education
M.F.A, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Multi-cultural Theatre Education and Latino Theatre for Young AudiencesVictor B. Sáenz
Assistant Professor
vsaenz@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8585 | SZB 310Q
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).Julian Vasquez Heilig
Assistant Professor
jvh@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8586 | SZB 374D
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Educational Policy, Access and Equity; High-Stakes Testing and Assessment Policies; Minority Issues in Education; Statistical Methods and Applications in Educational Policy Analysis; Sociology of Education; and Urban Education.Senior Lecturers
Cristina Cabello De Martinez
Senior Lecturer
cabellodemartinez@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-7127 | BEN 3.122
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinJuan C. González
Senior Lecturer
juan.gonzalez@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1133
Education
Ph.D., University of IllinoisLecturers
Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
Lecturer
Colomina-Alminana_Juan@austin.utexas.edu | WAG 414
Education
Ph.D., University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain)
Interests
Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness; Intensional and Inductive Logic; Philosophy of Science; Metaphysics (specially Time); Points of View and Perspectivism; and Carnap’s and Russell’s Legacies.Michael Cucher
Lecturer
cucher@utexas.edu | (512) 232-1958 | WMB 5.116
Education
Ph.D., University of Southern CaliforniaPatricia M. García
Lecturer
pmgarcia@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-4991 | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Interests
Renaissance Literature; Women, Gender, and Literature; and Cultural Studies.Christina García Lopez
Lecturer
tinag47@utexas.edu | (512) 471-4557 | WMB 5.128
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinOther faculty
Michele Guzmán
Clinical Associate Professor
michele.guzman@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0374 | SZB 504
Education
Ph.D., University of Albany, State University of New York
Interests
Multicultural Counseling; Ethnic and Racial Identity Issues; and Training Issues within this Discipline.Monica M. Martinez
Post Doctoral Fellow
monica.martinez@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-7127 | WMB 5.124
Education
Ph.D., Yale UniversityProfessors Emeriti
Douglas Foley
Professor Emeritus
dfoley@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-3929 | 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.Alba A. Ortiz
Professor Emeritus
alba.ortiz@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-6244 | SZB 440
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
