All Affordability Advocates
Affordability Advocates are UTRGV faculty, students, and staff who have dedicated their time and effort to ensure students at UTRGV have equitable access to high-quality course materials at a minimal cost to students. The University Library and Academic Affairs would like to recognize these efforts by showcasing their contributions to textbook affordability at UTRGV.
Academic Year 2024 - 2025 Advocates
Dr. Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Estimated student savings: $7,250
Dr. Luis Fernandez
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Science
Estimated student savings: $9,504
Dr. Tido Janssen
Lecturer III, School of Music
Estimated student savings: $10,780
Dr. Anthony Marasco
Assistant Professor, School of Music
Estimated student savings: $2,914
Jose Ponce
Lecturer III, School of Mathematical and Statistical Science
Estimated student savings: $1,342
Dr. Rachel Rayburn
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
Estimated student savings: $9,824
Dr. Youngki Woo
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
Estimated student savings: $990
Srbuhi Yolchinyan
Lecturer I, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Estimated student savings: $12,264
Academic Year 2023 - 2024 Advocates
Dr. Wan-Lin Chang
Assistant professor, Department of Communication
Estimated student savings: $6,375
Dr. Reto Felix
Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Estimated student savings: $2,175
Dr. Marla Del Pilar Perez Lugo
Full Professor, Department of Sociology
Estimated student savings: $6,103
Dr. Michael A. Ridge Jr.
Lecturer II, Department of History
Estimated student savings: $16,991
Viviana Trevino
Lecturer I, School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences
Estimated student savings: $6,545
Academic Year 2022 - 2023 Advocates
Dr. Mkhitar Hobosyan
Lecturer II, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Estimated student savings: $11,116.00
Dr. Susan Hurley-Glowa
Full Professor, School of Music
Estimated student savings $4,131.52
Dr. Juan Madrid
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Estimated student savings: $17,600.00
Dr. Beatrice Mendez Newman
Professor, Department of Language and Writing Studies
Estimated student savings: $968.00
Dr. Jason Popan
Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Science
Estimated student savings: $6,630.00
Academic Year 2021 - 2022 Advocates
Dr. Edgar Corpuz
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Estimated student savings: $10,854
Dr. Leyla Feize
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Estimated student savings: $408.25
Dr. David Hinojosa
Lecturer II, Department of Communication
Estimated student savings: $4,128.28
Edna Orozco
Lecturer II, Department of Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering
Estimated student savings: $ 10,760.40
Dr. Madhab Pokhrel
Lecturer II, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Estimated student savings: $3,177.75
Dr. Sylvia Robles
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of International Business and Entrepreneurship
Estimated student savings: $10,780
