Results for "Center for Mexican American Studies"

Since 1970, the mission of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) has been to serve Texas and the nation as a leader in the intellectual development of Mexican American Studies. The establishment of CMAS represents an institutional recognition of the importance of the Mexican American people in the history, culture, and society of the United States.

Website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmas/

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Faculty

Ricardo Ainslie

Affiliated Departments:
Educational Psychology, American Studies, Center for Mexican American Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
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Professor Ainslie’s scholarship explores communities in the United States and Mexico distressed by violence, ethnic/racial tension, and social transformation, including an interest in the relationship between social…

Charles E Berg

Affiliated Departments:
Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, Center for Mexican American Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Radio-Television-Film
Research Interests:

Latino images in film; Mexican cinema; visual culture; film studies; film history; film theory and criticism

Oscar Casares

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, English
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Creative writing

Cary Cordova

Affiliated Departments:
American Studies, Center for Mexican American Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interests:

American Studies, Latino Studies, Art History / Visual Culture, Urban Studies, and Ethnic Studies; the interconnectivity of art, politics, place, and public policy; Latina/o cultural production, including art, music…

James Cox

Affiliated Departments:
English, Center for Mexican American Studies
Research Interests:

Native American literature and film; ethnic US literatures; literature of immigration; American literature since 1920

Richard R Flores

Affiliated Departments:
Anthropology, Center for Mexican American Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
Research Interests:

Expressive Culture of Greater Mexico; Anthropology of Symbols; Anthropology of Religion; Anthropology and History; Critical Theory; International Education and Curriculum Development; Leadership Development; Higher…

Thomas Jesús Garza

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Comparative Literature, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, College of Education
Research Interests:

Contemporary Russian youth culture; masculinity in contemporary Russia and Mexico; the Chechen wars and conscription in Russia; the vampire myth in Slavic cultures; standards-based assessment of language programs;…

John M Gonzalez

Affiliated Departments:
American Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Plan II Honors Program
Research Interests:

Latino/a literature, especially Chicano/a literature; late nineteenth-century US literature and culture; narrative theory; postcolonial theory; cultural studies.