University of Texas, San Antonio recently issued the following announcement.
William Dupont, Conservation Society of San Antonio Endowed Professor in the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, and Harriett Romo, professor emeritus of sociology in the UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy, have brought their expertise together to explore the heritage identities of the Texas and Mexico borderlands.
The two scholars co-edited and published “Bridging Cultures: Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands.” The new book focuses on the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo region and features essays by creative writers, historians, architects, educators, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and geographers that showcase the border’s history, its beliefs and customs, and what the future holds for it.
Contributors include John Phillip Santos, a distinguished scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies in the UTSA Honors College; Patricia Sanchez, chair of the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies in the College of Education and Human Development; Dan Gelo, professor emeritus of anthropology in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts; UTSA alumni Gabriel Aguilar ’18 and Melinda Vargas, a former UTSA student.
Original source can be found here.
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