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International Studies

Faculty

The International Studies Program is interdisciplinary, drawing on faculty from across a wide range of academic departments including: Anthropology, Art History, Chinese, Communications Studies, Economics, English, French, German, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Spanish, Sociology and Theater.

Kimberly Smith, PhD, is the Chair of the program. Click on her web page to learn more about her educational background and research interests.

  • Kimberly Smith

    Associate Professor of Art History
    (512) 863-1349
    Fine Arts 232
    email
    Specialty: Modern German and Austrian art; European modernism; history of art history.

You can also view the web pages of the other members of the International Studies committee to learn more about their educational backgrounds and research interests.

  • Melissa Byrnes

    Assistant Professor of History
    (512) 863-1501
    Mood-Bridwell 204
    email
    Specialty: Modern European History, Migration, Human Rights

  • William Christensen

    Language Learning Cntr Director, Assoc Professor of Spanish
    (512) 863-1802
    Olin 125
    email
    Specialty: Spanish 16th- and 17th-century narrative; Cervantes' Don Quijote; instructional technology

  • Steven Davidson

    Professor of History
    (512) 863-1498
    Mood-Bridwell 217
    email
    Specialty: Chinese and Japanese History; Historiography; World History

  • Alisa Gaunder

    Associate Professor of Political Science
    (512) 863-1418
    Mood-Bridwell 241
    email

  • Patrick Hajovsky

    Assistant Professor of Art History
    (512) 863-1664
    Fine Arts 233
    email
    Specialty: Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America

  • Angeles Rodriguez Cadena

    Assistant Professor of Spanish
    (512) 863-1573
    Olin 306
    email
    Specialty: Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture.