- Dr. Pamela Anderson-Mejías
- Professor / Senior Associate Dean & Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Areas of Expertise: Applied & sociolinguistics; Online learning, LMLS
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 9:00am-9:30am by appointment.Office: ELABS 242
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3424
Faculty, Teaching Assistants, and Affiliated Faculty
Faculty
- Crystal Bazaldua
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration, Teacher Professional Development, Assessment, Multimodality, Rhetorical Writing.
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M 8:20am-9:20am; T/R 9:30am-10:45am & 12:30pm-1:45pm.
Office: ELABS 245
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8101
- Caleb Camacho
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Composition Studies; First-year Writing; American Transcendentalism; Creative Writing; Historical Fiction; Screenwriting & the Historical Film
Office: ELABS 269A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Sebastian Castillo
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Dual Enrolment; Argumentative Writing; Ethics
Office: ELABS 245A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8118
- Dr. Danira Cantu
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Screenwriting/Historical Film, composition & Rhetoric
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M-R 12:30pm-1:30 via Zoom. http://utrgv.zoom.us/my/dcantuOffice: BSABH 2.114A
- Email:
- Dr. Alyssa Cavazos
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Writing Studies and First-Year Writing; Translingual Writing and Pedagogies; Writing Across the Curriculum; Border rhetorics; Teacher Preparation
Office: ELABS 270A- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8779
- Gabriela Cavazos
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 12:30pm-3:30pm; T/R 10:00am-12:00pm.
Office: BSABH 2.201
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8246
- Dr. Colin Charlton
- Professor / Department Chair
Areas of Expertise: Writing Pedagogy; Writing Program Administration; Teacher Professional Development; Assessment; Multimodality
Spring 2024 Office Hours: R 9:00am-5:00pm by appointment via https://calendly.com/colin-charlton/individualized-engagement-time-for-univ-1001-lwxdOffice: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Dr. Katherine Christoffersen
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: second language acquisition; sociolinguistics; bilingualism; language and identity; conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnography
Spring 2024 Office Hours: By appointment via zoom.Office: ELABS 226
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8102
- Dr. José Dávila-Montes
- Professor
Areas of Expertise: Translation Studies; Cross-cultural Studies; Compared Rhetoric
Office: BMAIN 1.526- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8215
- Thomas De La Cruz
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Writing studies, and Code-Switching
Office: ELABS 266- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8781
- Norma Denae Dibrell
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: composition studies, transfer studies, translingual pedagogy, translingual theory, antiracist pedagogy, decolonial theory
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 5:00-6:00pm; W 2:00pm-5:00pm via Zoom; Also available by appointment.Office: ELABS 266B
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8782
- Dr. Sheila Dooley
- Associate Professor / Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Areas of Expertise: Linguistics, typology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language acquisition
Office: BMAIN 1.534- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-7110
- Dr. Minhee Eom
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Language testing, English as a Second Language, quantitative research
Office: ELABS 241- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3424
- Marianita Escamilla
- Senior Lecturer
Areas of Expertise: Literary Nonfiction; Service Leaning; Nonprofits; Popular Culture
Office: ELABS 205A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8771
- Shoney Flores
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing Theory and Pedagogy; Rhetoric and Composition Pedagogy; Online and Hybrid Pedagogy; Literary Translation; Developmental Education Pedagogy
Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon/Wed 10:30am-12:03pm.Office: ELABS 270
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-2373
- Dr. John Foreman
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Theoretical linguistics; syntax; documenting endangered languages; indigenous languages of the Americas; Zapotec
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 10:00am-11:00am.Office: ELABS 231
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3427
- Amy Frazier
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Short stories - fiction about the people of the Rio Grande Valley
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 3:30pm -5:30pm.Office: BSABH 2.420
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8843
- Dr. Nazaret Fresno Cañada
- Associate Professor / Associate Chair
Areas of Expertise: Audiovisual translation, media accessibility, audio description, closed captioning, live subtitling
Spring 2024 Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00am-1:00pmOffice: BMAIN 1.528
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-7450
- Ayla Galvan
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: First-year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 10:00am-12:00pm; W 2:00pm-3:00pm.
Office: ELABS 207
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Bonnie Garcia
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Composition Pedagogy; Gamification; Discourse Analysis
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 3:30pm-5:00pm in ELABS 271; Tues/Thurs 11:00am-12:00pm via Zoom: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/87466414290.Office: ELABS 271
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3335
- Cynthia Garza
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: First-year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M-R 9:00am-10:30am
Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Dennis Garza
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M-R 11:30am-1:30pm.Office: BSABH 2.202
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8246
- Elizabeth Garza
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: Linguistics
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 11:00am-1:30pm.
Office: ELABS 268
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Karissa Garza
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: First-year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 11:00am-1:00pm; F by appointment.
Office: ELABS 245A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-2374
- Dr. Gabriel González Núñez
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Translation & interpreting; Legal translation; Court interpreting; Translation policy
Spring 2024 Office Hours: F 9:00am-12:00pm in office ; or by appointment via Zoom.Office: BMAIN 1.520
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-7658
- Joshua Gray
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing - Fiction
Office: ELABS 270B- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8779
- Tomas Guerrero
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Metacognitive Studies; Practical application of theory (Praxis)
Office: ELABS 268B- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8773
- Marcela Hebbard
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Online writing, translingualism, teacher preparation, second language writing, composition pedagogies, second language acquisition and writing development, transnational writing
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 11:00am-12:30pm & 3:30pm-5:00pm; T/R 11:00am-12:30pm & 3:30pm-5:00pm. Also by appointment.Office: ELABS 271
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3335
- Miriam Herrera
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Composition & Rhetoric; Poetry Writing; Creative Writing; Mexican American Literature; Contemporary American Poetry
Office: ELABS 205A- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8771
- Pamela Herring
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition, Environmental Studies
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M 10:15am-12:30pm; R 9:15am-11:00am.Office: BSABH 2.410
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8884
- Stefanie Herweck
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Studies
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 3:30pm-5:00pm in ELABS 245 ; T/R 3:00pm-4:30pm by Zoom.Office: ELABS 245
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-2374
- Dr. Andrew Hollinger
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: de/re-professionalization of the "teaching class" (articulation of the interstices between teacher/institution/stakeholder/policy); writing programs + WPA issues; event theory + public rhetoric
Office: ELABS 266
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8781
- Danyal Howard
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Office: ELABS 329- Email:
- Cynthia Lopez Guerrero
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Observing and discussing freshmen learning and writing habits as well as teacher pedagogies and practices.
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 1:00pm-3:00pm via Zoom.Office: ELABS 269
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8975
- Jose Lujan
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: Writing Studies and First-year Writing
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M-R 11:30am-12:30pm via zoom: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/3989712122.
Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Christian Martínez
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration, Teacher Professional Development, Assessment, Multimodality.
Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Shaun McCrory
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Sociolinguistics; Linguistics and Political Economy
Office: ELABS 205- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8771
- Charles McGregor
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Digital Rhetoric; Creative Writing; Queer Studies; Composition: First-Year Writing; Social Media
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 12:30pm-1:30pm; T 3:00pm-5:00pm.Office: ELABS 270B
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8789
- Dr. Randall Monty
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Critical Discourse Studies; Writing Center Studies; Border Studies; Technical Communication
Office: ELABS 203- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8713
- Dr. Beatrice Newman
- Professor
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and composition; Hispanic student writing; English Language Arts teacher preparation
Office: ELABS 208- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-7384
- Dr. John Newman
- Professor
Areas of Expertise: English historical linguistics; English dialectal variation
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T 8:00a-11:00am ; R 9:00am-11:00am
Office: BSABH 2.404- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-7020
- Nicole Nicholson
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Literacy/reading instruction; content-based ESL
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T 10:00am-12:00pm; W 12:30pm-2:30pmOffice: ELABS 269B
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-7895
- Dr. Mark Noe
- Professor
Areas of Expertise: Rhetorical Theory; Pragmatism; Game-Based Learning
Office: ELABS 219- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3430
- Mijin Oh-Villarreal
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Korean Language Studies, Korean Culture. Korean traditional music, Early Childhood Education
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 9:00am-10:50am; T/R 9:00am-10:50am; Friday by appointment.Office: ELABS 245A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8118
- Ramses Ortin-Soriano
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Applied Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Bilingualism; Multilingualism
Office: ELABS 225- Email:
- Valerie Ortiz
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Office: ELABS 266B- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8782
- Regine Pellicer
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Socio-linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Writing Pedagogy
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M-W 12:00pm-1:30pm in office; T/R 2:00pm-3:00pm via Zoom; F 10:30am-11:30am on Remind.Office: ELABS 268A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8772
- Brittany Ramirez-Carter
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Composition Studies, First Year Composition, Discourse and Literacy Studies
Office: ELABS 269- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8780
- Dra. Alejandra I. Ramírez
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise : Mexican American and Mexican Indigenous community literacies, decolonial research methods in rhetoric & composition studies, muralism and visual arts, sensual rhetorics, transfeminisms/transnationalism, Anzaldúan borderland pedagogies, Chicana and Latina studies.
Office : BSABH 2.214
Website: https://www.mala-academica.com
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-7956
- Blanca Rocha
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: 1301 Rhetoric and Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M-R 2:00pm-3:00pm.Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Dr. Marshall Saenz
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 9:00am-11:00am; Also by appointment.Office: ELABS 269A
- Email:
- Yemin Sanchez
- Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise: Composition Studies; English as a Second Language; English Language Arts & Reading; Language and Culture; Hispanic First Year Writing Students
Office: ELABS 266A- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8782
- Topacio Santivañez-Pool
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: First Year Writing; Composition Studies; Cultural Studies
Spring 2024 Office Hours: T/R 10:00am-11:00am via Zoom & 11:00am-12:00pm in office.Office: ELABS 269
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8780
- Alyssa Segura
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration, Teacher Professional Development, Assessment, Multimodality.
Spring 2024 Office Hours: In person or via Zoom by appointment.
Office: BSABH 2.408
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956)-882-8846
- Lupita Strong
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and Composition; First-Year Writing
Spring 2024 Office Hours: M/W 2:30pm-3:30pm; also by appointment.Office: BMAIN 1.210B
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8874
- Dorian Vázquez
- Lecturer I
Areas of Expertise: Court Interpreting (EN<>ES); Translation and Interpreting; Conference Interpreting
Spring 2024 Office Hours: W 2:30pm-4:30pm; F 9:00am-10:30am; and by appointment.Office: ELABS 345A
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-8122
- Silvia Vera-Huesca
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: Reading, Writing, Acting, Theatre, Film
Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Dr. Sarah Warren-Riley
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Technical Communication, Rhetoric & Composition
Office: ELABS 274- Email:
- Dr. Yong Kang Wei
- Professor
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and Professional Communication; Rhetorical Theory; Non-Western Rhetorics (mainly Chinese); Intercultural Communication; Technical and Business Communication
Office: BSABH 2.406
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-7713
Part-Time Faculty
- Marlene Galvan
- Director of the Writing Center / Part-Time Lecturer - Writing & Language Studies
Areas of Expertise: rhetoric & composition; writing in the disciplines/writing across the curriculum
Office: ESTAC 3.119- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-7974
- Rocio Lopez
- Part-time Lecturer
Area of Expertise: Translation and Interpreting
Office: ELABS 268
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Jesus Reyna
- Lecturer I
Area of Expertise: Creative Writing, Mexican-American Studies, Writing Studies
Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
- Jose Salinas
- Part Time Lecturer
Area of Expertise: Writing and Literacy Studies
Office: ELABS 329
- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-3441
Graduate Teaching Assistants
- No Scheduled Teaching Assistants for this semester
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
Affiliated Faculty
- Dr. Khalid Aada
- Lecturer II
Areas of Expertise: Francophone Literature, Multilingualism, Cultural Identity and Education in Francophone countries, The Culture conflict between tradition and modernization in the Arab world.
Department of Literatures & Cultural Studies
Office: BSABH 2.114A- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 882-8891
- Dr. Irina Armianu
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: French Thought, Teaching with Technology, Contemporary Novel, French Film Studies, Women and Gender Studies
Department of Literatures & Cultural Studies
Office: ELABS 345B- Email:
- Phone:
- (956) 665-2106