Faculty and Staff

Meet Our Faculty and Staff

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Andrés Ehecatl Aguilar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AL-392
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Chicana/o/x Transnational Arts and Culture, linguistics, Chicontepec Náhuatl and Ja’a Kumiai

Victoria González-Rivera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: AL-394
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, and Mexican, Chicanx, and Nicaraguan history

Roberto D. Hernández, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: AL-388
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Comparative border studies, decolonial theory, social movements

María Ibarra, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Chair
Office: AL-396 | Phone: (619) 594-0316
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Globalization and social reproduction, (im)migration and paid domestic labor

Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita (Faculty Early Retirement Program)
Office: AL-398
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: U.S.-Mexican border, gender, film studies

Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: AL-357
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Chicana and Chicano politics, Community organization, educational reform

Natalie Santizo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AL-359
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: 20th Century History, Critical Food Studies, Racial Geographies, Public History