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 Anthropology and Chair
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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 311
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Political Philosophy; Critical Theory
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Kyle E. White 103
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Associate Professor of Spanish
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Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture
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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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Professor Jethro Hernandez Berrones is interested in the history of medicine, public health, and science in Mexico and Latin America.
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Mood-Bridwell 214
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Assistant Director of Language Learning Center
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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 non-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 Philosophy
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Latin American Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy, Race and Ethnicity, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
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Kyle E. White 113
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Associate Professor of Spanish
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Contemporary Mexican and Latin American Literature 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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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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