[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 -- Mario Torres, Ph.D. Dean, College of Education and Human Development President's Distinguished Professorship The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle, Main Building 3.304 San Antonio, TX 78249 Office: 210.458.5200 Fax: 210.458.4487 Mario.Torres2@utsa.edu<mailto:Mario.Torres2@utsa.edu>