Latin American Studies
Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
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Campus address: Sid Richardson Hall (SRH) 1.301, phone (512) 232-2402, 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 Stop D0800, Austin TX 78712
URL: http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/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 website.
About sixty-five faculty members regularly teach courses dealing with Latin America, and some 150 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 2017.
Omoniyi Afolabi Ricardo C Ainslie Chad Alvarez Rosental C Alves Ronald J Angel Eugenio Yatsuda Arima Jossiann Arroyo Martinez Javier Auyero Sheryl Luzzadder Beach Charles E Berg Jason R Borge Leigh B Boske Daniel M Brinks Jonathan C Brown Virginia Garrard Burnett Matthew J Butler Esther Calzada Jorge Canizares David Cannatella Paola Canova Luis E Carcamo-Huechante Juan J Colomina-Alminana Ronald Covey Kelley A Crews Megan J Crowhurst Ian W Dalziel Donna De Cesare Susan Deans-Smith Lina Maria Del Castillo Anthony F Di Fiore Gabriel Diaz Montemayor Henry A Dietz Hect Dominguez-Ruvalcaba William Doolittle David J Eaton Zachary S Elkins Nora C England Karen Engle Patience L Epps William L Fisher George F Flaherty Kenneth Flamm Richard R Flores Daniel G Fridman Seth W Garfield Lyndon K Gill Andrea Giunta Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez Edmund T Gordon Kenneth F Greene Julia E Guernsey Nicole Marie Guidotti-Hernandez Lauren E Gulbas Laura G Gutierrez Charles R Hale Patricia I Hansen R Roland Hinojosasmith Juliet A Hooker Brian K Horton Wendy A Hunter Benjamin Ibarra Sevilla |
Marcelo Jorge De Paula Paixao Orlando R Kelm Gregory W Knapp Dale A Koike Fernando Luiz Lara Edgardo M Latrubesse Daniel A Law David L Leal Lorraine Leu Leigh L Linden Naomi E Lindstrom Sarah L Lopez Raul L Madrid Minkah Makalani Leticia J Marteleto James D Mauseth Kelly McDonough Daene C McKinney Martha Menchaca Sofian Merabet Juan Miro Robin D Moore Jose L Panero Francisco L Perez Gabriela Polit Joseph E Potter Carlos E Ramos Bryan R Roberts Enrique R Rodriguez Nestor P Rodriguez Victoria E Rodriguez Sergio Romero Sonia Roncador Cesar A Salgado Roxanne Schroeder-Arce Sandro Sessarego Bjorn I Sletto Christen Smith Patricia A Somers Chandler W Stolp Joseph Straubhaar David S Stuart Almeida J Toribio Rebecca M Torres John R Turci Ann Twinam Luis Urrieta Fred Valdez Jr Joao H Vargas Maria D Wade Peter Ward Kurt G Weyland Jennifer M Wilks Patricia A Wilson Robert H Wilson Samuel M Wilson Anthony C Woodbury Kenneth R Young Emilio Zamora Luis H Zayas |
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.