Dr. Ana
Carolina
Castillo Crimm:
Ana Carolina Castillo
Crimm received her Bachelor's
degree from the University of Miami, Master's from Texas Tech
University, and
Doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Crimm served as a
public
school teacher and adjunct professor at both Austin Community College
and
Victoria College before assuming her present position in 1992 as
Associate
Professor at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville where she
teaches
courses on Texas, the Southwestern Borderlands, and Latin America.
She
is co-author of Turn-of-the-Century Photographs from San Diego,
Texas.
Her most recent book, De León, a Tejano Family History,
recounts the
contributions of colonizer Martín de León, wife Patricia
de la Garza, and their
descendents in the Victoria region of South Texas. Additionally, Dr.
Crimm's
articles and reviews have appeared in publications such as the Southwestern
Historical Quarterly, the Journal of South Texas, Locus,
and
the Journal of Southern History.
An frequent presenter
in forums ranging from the
Southern and Western Historical Associations to the Texas State
Historical
Association, she is the recipient of numerous awards. Among these are
the
Excellence in Teaching Award from Sam Houston State University, SHSU's
"Sammie Award" for excellence in teaching and special support of
student activities in both 1995 and 2002, and the Texas State
Historical Association's
Mary Jon and J. P. Bryan Leadership Award in 2003 acknowledging her as
the
"Outstanding History Teacher in Texas."