Faculty & Staff
Dr. Russell Skowronek
Founding Director of the CHAPS Program and Professor;
ELABN 329
Phone: (956) 665-3321
Email: russell.skowronek@utrgv.edu
Dr. Walter Díaz
Dean of College of Liberal Arts;
ELABN 234
Phone: (956) 665-3553
Email: walter.diaz@utrgv.edu
Dr. Edward Gonzalez-Tennant
Associate Director of the CHAPS Program and Assistant Professor;
ELABN 349
Phone: (956) 665-8727
Email: edward.gonzaleztennant@utrgv.edu
Dr. Christopher L. Miller
Associate Director of the CHAPS Program and Professor;
ELABS 346D
Phone: (956) 665-3561
Email: christopher.miller@utrgv.edu
Dr. Juan Gonzalez
Co-Director of the CHAPS Program and Professor of Geology;
ESCNE 2.62
Office. (956) 665-3523
Email: juan.l.gonzalez@utrgv.edu
Ms. Roseann Bacha-Garza
CHAPS Program Director and Lecturer II Anthropology;
ELAMR 1.103
(956) 665-3231
Email: roseann.bachagarza@utrgv.edu
Ms. Dina Vera
Lecturer I Communication
ELABS 171A
Office: (956) 665-7544
Email: dina.vera01@utrgv.edu
Rolando Avila, Ed.D
Lecturer II, History
ELABS 344A
Phone: (956) 665-8783
Email: rolando.avila@utrgv.edu
José Dàvila-Montes, Ph.D.
Program Manager-Translation and Interpreting Programs;
MAIN 1.526
Office: (956) 882-8215
Email: jose.davila@utrgv.edu
Dr. Elena Vega-Sampayo
Professor - Translation and Interpreting Programs;
BMAIN 1.522
Phone: 956-882-7216
Email: elena.vega@utrgv.edu
Dr. Sarah M. Rowe
Assistant Professor Sociology and Anthropology;
ELABN 318
Office: (956) 665-3567
Email: sarah.rowe@utrgv.edu
CHAPS Affiliates
Dr. Guy Duke
Assistant Professor and Curator Border Studies Archive;
ELABN 320
Phone: (956) 665-2865
Email: guy.duke@utrgv.edu
Ms. Shannon Pensa
Special Collections/Access Services Librarian
ELIR 3.121
Email: shannon.pensa@utrgv.edu
Mr. John Milford
Co-Principal Investigator of the CHAPS program;
ELABN 342
Phone: (956) 665-2545
Email: john.milford@utrgv.edu