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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Professor of Spanish and Chair
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Contemporary Latin American Film, Literatures, and Cultures
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Olin 312
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Professor of Philosophy
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Political Philosophy; Critical Theory
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Mood-Bridwell 142A
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Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
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Feminist and queer of color critique; performance studies; normative and marginalized femininities in media
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Associate Professor of Spanish
Specialty
Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Interactional Competence
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Olin 317
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Assistant Professor of English
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Twentieth and twenty-first century American literature and culture, African-American and comparative ethnic American literature, the environmental humanities, social and environmental justice, speculative fiction and SF film, American studies, genre theory
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Mood-Bridwell Hall, Room 211
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Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Mood-Bridwell 314
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Associate Professor of Art History
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The Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and the Andes
The Art History of the Spanish Colonial Period in Latin America
Ancient and Colonial Aesthetics and Embodiment in the Americas
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Fine Arts 233
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Associate 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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Professor of Anthropology
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Topical: Nature, the more than human and the human; Race, Racism, Critical Race Theory; Environment and Place; Conservation; Social Theory; Environmental History; Racial History; Tourism; Gender. Area: Belize; Caribbean; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas
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Mood-Bridwell 310
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Political Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology,
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Mood-Bridwell 143
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Professor of Environmental Studies
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Climate Justice, Urban Studies, Environmental Politics and Policy, Spatial Theory and Place-Based Studies, Sustainability Discourses.
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Mood-Bridwell 115
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Associate Professor of Spanish
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Contemporary Mexican and Latin American Literature and Culture, Cultural memory, Cultural complexes, Historical fiction in literature, film and television, Mexican television and film female directors, Feminist Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Nature and Culture, Environmental Humanities.
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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
