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/

Email: llilas-graduate-program@utlists.utexas.edu

Facilities for Graduate Work

The Benson Latin American Collection is the most complete library of its kind in the United States, containing more than 800,000 volumes of printed material in addition to manuscripts, maps, newspapers, and microfilms. Of special interest are the 20,000 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 65 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 (GSC) in the spring 2023 semester.

Omoniyi Afolabi Ricardo C Ainslie Chad Alvarez Rosental C Alves Eugenio Yatsuda Arima Jossianna Arroyo Martinez Javier Auyero Sheryl Luzzadder Beach Charles E Berg Jason R Borge Daniel M Brinks Matthew J Butler Esther Calzada Jorge Canizares David Cannatella Paola Canova Luis Ernesto Carcamo-Huechante Karma Ruth Chavez Jason Cons Ronald Covey Jonathan Crosson Megan J Crowhurst Ian W Dalziel Donna De Cesare Susan Deans-Smith Lina Maria Del castillo Anthony F Di Fiore Hector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba William Doolittle David J Eaton Zachary S Elkins Karen Engle Patience L Epps George F Flaherty Kenneth Flamm Richard R Flores Daniel G Fridman Seth W Garfield Lyndon K Gill Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez Edmund T Gordon Kenneth F Greene Julia E Guernsey Lauren E Gulbas Laura G Gutierrez Patricia I Hansen Brian K Horton

Wendy A Hunter Benjamin Ibarra Sevilla Orlando R Kelm Fernando Luiz Lara Daniel A Law David L Leal Lorraine Leu Leigh L Linden Naomi E Lindstrom Raul L Madrid Leticia Junqueira Marteleto Kelly McDonough Martha Menchaca Sofian Merabet Juan Miro Robin D Moore Marcelo Paixao Jose L Panero Gabriela Polit Megan Margaret Raby Carlos E Ramos Enrique R Rodriguez Nestor P Rodriguez Sergio Romero Sonia Roncador Cesar A Salgado Roxanne Schroeder-Arce Sandro Sessarego Bjorn Ingmunn Sletto Christen Anne Smith Kathleen C Stewart Joseph Straubhaar David S Stuart Almeida J Toribio Rebecca M Torres Luis Urrieta Fred Valdez Jr Maria D Wade Catherine Elizabeth Weaver Kurt G Weyland Jennifer M Wilks Patricia A 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.