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Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies: professors and courses

Course codes LAL, MAS

Who teaches here

Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 19
Chad Alvarez EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
MAS 374, MAS 378
Karma Ruth Chavez Evaluations CVProfessorsocial movements · queer of color critique · abolition · rhetoric
MAS 177
Danielle P ClealandAssociate professorAfro-Latino politics and identity · group consciousness · Black and Latino public opinion and racial inequality · migration
No classes listed this year
Cary Cordova CVAssociate professorAmerican Studies · Latino Studies · Art History / Visual Culture · Urban Studies
MAS 323E
MAS 337C
Thomas Garza CVAssociate professor emeritus
MAS 392
MAS 318D
Angie Gutierrez Evaluations CVAssistant professor
MAS 364N, MAS 364U, MAS 395M
Laura G Gutierrez Evaluations CVAssociate professorLatinx performance studies · Mexican and Latinx visual cultural studies · queer theory · gender studies
MAS 315
Mike Hames-Garcia EvaluationsCVProfessor
MAS 308E, MAS 319, MAS 364E
Wanda Roselee Hernandez Evaluations CVAssistant professorCentral American Studies · Latinx Studies · Race · Geography
MAS 318J
Sandy Magana CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
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Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 19
MAS 301, MAS 345J
Angela Ximena Ocampo CVAssistant professorLatina/o/x politics · American politics · race and ethnicity · political behavior
MAS 350C, MAS 362
Nicole D Ramsey CVAssistant professorBlack Central America · Performance and Diaspora Theory · Afro-Latinx and Caribbean Migration and Identity Formations · Hemispheric Black and Indigenous Feminist Thought
MAS 364O
Nancy Rodriguez CVProfessorRace · Crime · & Justice · Correctional Policy
MAS 374
Lilia Rosas Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionAfrican Americans · women · race and sexuality · indigeneity and the Borderlands/U.S. West
MAS 311, MAS 314, MAS 337J, MAS 375
Rebecca M Torres CVProfessor(Im)migration · Children/Youth Geographies · Gender · Feminist Geography
No classes listed this year
Angela ValenzuelaProfessor
No classes listed this year
Lecturers and instructors · 2
Paulina A SerranoLecturer
No classes listed this year
Tina C Thomas CVLecturer
MAS 177
Graduate and other instructors · 6
Paul Del Bosque CV
MAS 301
Ruth Castillo-Espinoza EvaluationsCV
MAS 340S
Samantha Ceballos CV
MAS 314
Annaliese Martinez
MAS 301
Jereny Mendoza CV
MAS 301
Manuela Tahay Tzaj EvaluationsCV
LAL 406K, LAL 407K

Who teaches each course

Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
LAL 406KManuela Tahay Tzaj
LAL 407KManuela Tahay Tzaj
MAS 177Karma Ruth Chavez, Tina C Thomas
MAS 301Julie A Minich, Paul Del Bosque, Annaliese Martinez, Jereny Mendoza
MAS 308EMike Hames-Garcia
MAS 311Lilia Rosas
MAS 314Lilia Rosas, Samantha Ceballos
MAS 315Laura G Gutierrez
MAS 318DRachel Valentina Gonzalez-Martin
MAS 318JWanda Roselee Hernandez
MAS 319Mike Hames-Garcia
MAS 323ECary Cordova
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Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies: who teaches each course, continued
CourseTaught by
MAS 337CMaria Eugenia Cotera
MAS 337JLilia Rosas
MAS 340SRuth Castillo-Espinoza
MAS 345JJulie A Minich
MAS 350CAngela Ximena Ocampo
MAS 362Angela Ximena Ocampo
MAS 364EMike Hames-Garcia
MAS 364NAngie Gutierrez
MAS 364ONicole D Ramsey
MAS 364UAngie Gutierrez
MAS 374Chad Alvarez, Nancy Rodriguez
MAS 375Lilia Rosas
MAS 378Chad Alvarez
MAS 392Thomas Garza
MAS 395MAngie Gutierrez
Bachelor’s degrees2 programs
Master’s degrees3 programs
Doctoral degrees3 programs
Pay after graduationUp to $58,300
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Area StudiesMaster’s · Latin American studies$58,300—
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesBachelor’s · Mexican American and Latina/o studies$41,500$57,300
Area StudiesBachelor’s · Latin American studies$39,900$57,000

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are LAL and MAS.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

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