Dr. Maricela Oliva, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Support, was awarded the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education's  2016 Distinguished University Faculty Award.

Dr. Leslie Neely, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, was selected to deliver the keynote address at the 2016 Texas Association of Behavior Specialists (TxABS) Conference being held on Feb. 11, 2016 in Round Rock, Texas. 

It's February, which means there are only three months left in this school year. Are you on track with your professional development hours? The ITC would love to keep you out of the classroom this summer, and our no-cost professional development classes are a great way to do so! 

Tree Rings, Potsherds and Rock Art: Archaeology for the Science and Social Studies Classroom

DBQ Walk Through the Park

Cultural Contrasts in Latin America (workshop, presented by professors from UTSA and Texas State)

Dr. Thelma Duffey, professor and chair on the Department of Counseling and president of the American Counseling Association, recently attended a White House reception hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the School Counselor of the Year Award and recognize the work of counselors throughout the country.. She represented the American Counseling Association.

Christiansen, M. S. (2015). Mexicanness and Social Order in Digital Spaces: Contention among Members of a Multigenerational Transnational Network. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 37(1), 3-22.

Christiansen, M. S. (2015). Appearances can be deceiving: Risks interpreting data in online ethnographic research (pp. 437-456). In M. Lengeling & I. Mora Pablo (eds.), Perspectives on Qualitative Research. Guanajuato, Mexico: Universidad de Guanajuato Press.

Christiansen, M. S. (2015) ‘A ondi queras’: Ranchero Identity Construction by US Born Mexicans on Facebook. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 19(5), 688-702.

Nuñez, A.-M., Crisp, G., & Elizondo, D. (2016). Mapping Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A typology of institutional diversity. Journal of Higher Education, 87(1), 55-83.