Faculty
The Center is fortunate to have top faculty from multiple departments teaching the Senior Seminar capstone class (IS 4380) required of all IS majors for graduation. Students in the capstone course read and discuss articles and books on global issues, conduct research on topics of interest to them, and present their findings to the class. Faculty from Geography, History, Political Science, and World Languages bring diverse perspectives and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding the world today, so students are equipped to impact tomorrow.
Dr. Paul Hart
Director, Center for International Studies
Office: DERR 101C
Email: ph18@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (History) - The University of California, San Diego, 1997
Areas of Interest: Modern Mexico, U.S.- Latin American Relations, Immigration
Dr. Jennifer Devine
Associate Professor, Geography
Office: ELA 381
Email: devine@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (Geography) - The University of California, Berkeley, 2013
Areas of Interest: Human-environmental relations, Latin American - US politics, critical social theory
Dr. Thomas E. Doyle, II
Associate Professor, Political Science
Office: UAC 375
Email: ted29@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (Political Science) - The University of California, Irvine, 2010
Areas of Interest: international security, international ethics, nuclear ethics, political theory
Dr. Sergio Martinez
Professor, World Languages and Literatures
Office: CENT 224F
Email: sm55@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (Latin American Literature) - The University of Arizona, 2005
Areas of Interest: Mexican and Mexican American literature, migration literature, and Mexico-United States transnational studies
Dr. Leah Renold
Associate Professor, History
Office: TMH 209
Email: lr22@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (Modern South Asian History) - The University of Texas, Austin
Areas of Interest: Modern South Asian History, History of Religion, Nonviolence and Social Justice
Dr. Anadelia Romo
Associate Professor, History
Office: TMH 210
Email: ar23@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (History) - Harvard University, 2004
Areas of Interest: Latin America, Race, Modern Brazil, Afro-Latin America, Modernism, Inequality, Visual culture
Dr. Louie Dean Valencia-García
Assistant Professor, History
Office: TMH 226
Email: lvalencia@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (History) - Fordham University, 2016
Areas of Interest: Digital History, European History, Spain, the Mediterranean, Transnational
Dr. Ionut Popescu
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Office: UAC 323
Email: icp11@txstate.edu
Ph.D. (Political Science) - Duke University, 2013
Areas of Interest: International Security, Strategy and Conflict, and American Foreign Policy and National Security