Latin American Studies
Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
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Campus address: Sid Richardson Hall (SRH) 1.310, phone (512) 471-5551, fax (512) 471-3090; campus mail code: D0800
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2300 Red River Street D0800, Austin TX 78712
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/
Facilities for Graduate Work
The Benson Latin American Collection is the most complete library of its kind in the United States, containing more than eight hundred thousand volumes of printed material in addition to manuscripts, maps, newspapers, and microfilms. Of special interest are the twenty thousand reels of microfilm copies of archival material sourced in Mexico, Spain, England, and Washington DC. Other campus libraries, including the Perry-Castañeda Library, the Fine Arts Library, the Walter Geology Library, and the Architecture and Planning Library, contain additional Latin American material. Students also have access to a variety of electronic journals, books, and bibliographic tools through the University Libraries Web site, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ .
About sixty-five faculty members regularly teach courses dealing with Latin America, and some 125 additional faculty members have Latin American interests in a wide variety of fields.
Areas of Study
Graduate work toward a degree in Latin American studies may be concentrated in any academic area in which courses with Latin American content are offered.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.
Paul C Adams Rosental C Alves Ronald J Angel Arturo Arias Eugenio Yatsuda Arima Jossianna Arroyo Martinez Javier Auyero Charles E Berg Jason R Borge Daniel M Brinks Jonathan C Brown Virginia Garrard Burnett Matthew J Butler Karl W Butzer Jorge Canizares Luis E Carcamo-Huechante Kelley A Crews Megan J Crowhurst Donna De Cesare Susan Deans-Smith Lina Maria Del Castillo Henry A Dietz Hector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba William Doolittle Robert A Dull David J Eaton Zachary S Elkins Nora C England Karen L Engle Enrique H Fierro George F Flaherty Richard R Flores Douglas E Foley James K Galbraith Seth W Garfield Lawrence E Gilbert Lyndon K Gill Kate Gillespie Andrea Giunta John M Gonzalez Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez Edmund T Gordon Kenneth F Greene Julia E Guernsey Nicole Marie Guidotti-Hernandez Frank A Guridy Charles R Hale Patricia I Hansen Barbara J Harlow Frederick G Hensey John C Higley R Roland Hinojosasmith Lori K Holleran Juliet A Hooker Wendy A Hunter Omi Osun Joni L Jones Terry D Kahn |
Orlando R Kelm Gregory W Knapp Dale A Koike Fernando Luiz Lara Edgardo M Latrubesse Lorraine Leu Jose E Limon Leigh L Linden Naomi E Lindstrom Raul L Madrid Minkah Makalani Leticia J Marteleto James D Mauseth John McKiernan-Gonzalez Daene C McKinney Martha Menchaca Robin D Moore Moyosore Benjamin Okediji Yolanda C Padilla Ami Pedahzur Francisco L Perez Gabriela Polit Joseph E Potter Matt U Richardson Bryan R Roberts Enrique R Rodriguez Nestor P Rodriguez Victoria E Rodriguez Sergio Romero Sonia Roncador Cesar A Salgado Bjorn I Sletto Christen Smith Patricia A Somers Shannon Speed Chandler W Stolp Joseph Straubhaar Brian M Stross David S Stuart Almeida J Toribio Rebecca M Torres John R Turci Ann Twinam Fred Valdez Jr Angela Valenzuela Joao H Vargas Andres Villarreal Maria D Wade Peter Ward David C Warner Kurt G Weyland Patricia A Wilson Robert H Wilson Samuel M Wilson Anthony C Woodbury Kenneth R Young |
Admission Requirements
The entering master’s degree student must have a bachelor’s degree, with a major in any discipline. Reading and speaking knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is required.
Students must hold a master’s degree by the time they enter the doctoral program. On rare occasions, admission to the doctoral program may be granted to students without a master's degree; such students are required to earn the master's degree en route to the PhD.