Latin American and Border Studies
Our Faculty
The Latin American Studies program is interdisciplinary, drawing on faculty from across a wide range of academic departments including Anthropology, Art History, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology.
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair
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Latin American Philosophy (Pre-Columbian, Colonial, 19th, 20th and 21st Century), Latinx Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy (Epistemology, Race Theory, Feminist Theory), Aesthetics (including Latin American and Latinx Art), 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology and Hermeneutics), Ancient Greek Philosophy
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Mood-Bridwell 143
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Political Philosophy; Critical Theory
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Mood-Bridwell 142A
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Associate Professor of Spanish
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Contemporary Latin American Film, Literatures, and Cultures
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Olin 312
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Associate Professor of Art History
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Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
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Fine Arts 233
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Assistant Professor of History
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Modern Mexico, Latin America, Medicine, Science, Pubic Health, Medical Education, Homeopathy, Global Scientific Networks, Traditional/Popular Healing, Popular Science, Spiritualism/Spiritism
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Mood-Bridwell 214
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Assistant Professor of History
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U.S. History, Labor and Politics in Modern America, Social Movements, Urban History, Policy History
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Mood-Bridwell 217
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Assistant Director of Language Media Services
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Specialty Hispanic Linguistics with emphasis on sociolinguistics. Research in learning strategies with authentic-language audiovisual materials
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Olin 320
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Professor of Anthropology
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Topical: Nature, the more than human and the human; Race and Racism; Environment; Conservation; Development; Social Theory; Environmental History; Tourism; Gender. Area: Belize; Caribbean; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas
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Mood-Bridwell 310
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Professor of Sociology
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Children and youth; social class; volunteer work and civic engagement; qualitative methods
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Mood-Bridwell 308
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Associate Professor of Spanish
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Contemporary Mexican and Latin American Literature and Culture, Cultural memory, Cultural complexes, Interdisciplinary approaches to historical fiction in literature, film and television, Written and audiovisual composition of narratives, Mexican television and film female directors, Feminist Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Nature and Culture.
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Olin 306
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Professor of Political Science
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Comparative Politics (Comparative Revolutions; Contentious Politics; Latin American and Caribbean Politics; Ideologies); International Politics (Peace and Conflict; IR Theory); Political Sociology.
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Mood-Bridwell 242
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Associate Professor of Feminist Studies
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Anthropology of religion, Mexican American spiritualities and indigenous heritage, gender and racialization, and Chicana feminisms. Geographic specialization: U.S. - Mexico Borderlands, Central and South Texas.
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Mood-Bridwell 315
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Professor of Spanish
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20th and 21st Century Hispano American Narrative and Drama. Chilean Narrative, Drama and Film. Hispanic Film.
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Olin 308
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