MEXICAN AMERICANS, MEMORY, AND CITIZENSHIP

Omar Valerio-Jiménez is Professor of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies for the College of Liberal and Fine Arts. He was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and grew up in Taft, Corpus Christi, and Edinburg, Texas. After graduating from MIT, he worked as an engineer for five years before attending UCLA, where he obtained his master’s and doctorate degrees. At UTSA, he teaches courses on Latinxs, borderlands, the United States, race/ethnicity, public history, and immigration. His publications include The Latina/o Midwest Reader, Major Problems in Latina/o History, and River of Hope: Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Spencer Foundation, he is working a comparative study of educational reform efforts in New Mexico and Texas. His new book is Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship.