Congratulations, Sonya! You are the perfect person for this most important position!
Best wishes for continued success with the WSI!
Take care,
Betty
From:
Laura Earleywine <Laura.Earleywine@utsa.edu> on behalf of Mario Torres <mario.torres2@utsa.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 1:30 PM
To: coehd@lists.it.utsa.edu <coehd@lists.it.utsa.edu>
Cc: Mario Torres <mario.torres2@utsa.edu>, Elizabeth Castillo <elizabeth.castillo@utsa.edu>, Laura Earleywine <Laura.Earleywine@utsa.edu>
Subject: [Coehd] Announcement: WSI Director
Dear COEHD Faculty, Staff, and Friends:
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Sonya Aleman has accepted the role as permanent Director of the Women’s Studies Institute (WSI). For nearly 20 years, the WSI has served as a leading voice for
inclusiveness in the college and greater university community and has provided “access to interdisciplinary knowledge about women, gender, and sexuality through the fostering of transdisciplinary collaboration among researchers and through public programming
to make new research accessible to wide audiences, including South Texas community and beyond.” Dr. Aleman is deeply committed to advancing the mission and goals of this important institute and to her credit she has achieved a considerable amount in her role
as interim including chairing the El Mundo Zurdo Conference, planning the activities of a successful Women’s History Month, and coordinating aims of the WSI with the Democratizing Racial Justice (DRJ) project. Nationally, Dr. Aleman is a top scholar in the
field of Latino/a communication/media studies and Chicana feminism and Chicano/a studies. She is currently lead editor for Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras u Cambios Social. Her skills, interests, and background are an
ideal fit for the institute’s priorities. I look forward to a thriving future for this important institute under her leadership. Join me in congratulating Dr. Aleman.
Mario
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Mario Torres, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education and Human Development
President's Distinguished Professorship
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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