VITA: Andrés Tijerina
Faculty Website:
www.austincc.edu/tijnotes
E-Mail
andrest@austincc.edu
Phone 512.223-8137
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (1977)
Dissertation Director: Dr. Joe B.
Frantz Minor: Dr. Nettie Lee Benson
"Tejanos and
M.A. (1973) History,
Thesis Director: Dr. David M. Vigness
"A History of the Mexican
Americans of
B.A. (1967) Modern Languages,
EMPLOYMENT EXPIERENCE:
Aug. 97 – present Austin Community College,
Professor
1996-1997 University of Texas
San Antonio, Visiting Professor
1994-95 Incarnate Word
College, San Antonio, Visiting Professor
1990-Aug. 97 Texas A&M
University-Kingsville, Associate Professor
Jan. 86 - Aug. 90 Texas Dept. of Community
Affairs/Commerce, Personnel Dir./Program Mgr.
Dec. 83 - Nov. 85 Motorola, Inc., Group Manager,
Employee Communication
Nov. 81 - Nov. 83 Texas Employment Commission,
Executive Assistant to Commissioner
Feb. 81 - Nov. 81 Texas Good Neighbor Commission,
State Agency Executive Director
Jun. 67 - Jan. 72 U.S. Air Force Title: Pilot
Flew 100 combat missions, RVN
Decorations:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
Current Status: Major
(Ret.)
PUBLICATIONS:
AUTHOR/EDITOR:
1. Andrés
Tijerina, How to Pass History: Basic
Skills to Pass a College History Course (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company,
2011).
2. Andrés Tijerina, Tejano Empire: Life on the
South Texas Ranchos (College Station: Texas A&M University
Press, 1998).
3. Andrés
Tijerina, Tejanos and Texas Under the
Mexican Flag, 1821-1836. (College Station: Texas A&M
University Press, 1994)
4. Andrés
Tijerina, A History of the
Mexican-Americans in
5. Editor, Human Services for Mexican-American Children
(Austin: University of Texas Center for Social Work Research, 1978)
CO-AUTHOR/CONTRIBUTOR:
1. Andrés Tijerina and Emilio Zamora, eds., Handbook of Tejano History (eBook and
online) Texas State Historical Association, 2016.
2. Chapter “Foreigners
in Their Native Land: The Violent Struggle between Anglos and Tejanos for Land
Titles in South Texas during Reconstruction” in Kenneth W. Howell, Still
the Arena of Civil War: Violence and Turmoil in Reconstruction Texas, 1865-1874 University of North Texas
Press, 2012.
3. William E. Montgomery and Andrés
Tijerina, Building a Democrat Nation: A
History of the United States (2 Vols., 2nd edition) Textbook
(Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2011).
4. Chapter
“Rafael Antonio Manchola: Tejano
Soldier, Statesman, Ranchero” in Tejano
Leadership in Mexico and Revolutionary Texas edited by Jesús de la Teja
(Texas A&M University Press, 2010).
5.
Chapter: “Constructing Tejano
Memory,” in Lone Star Pasts: Memory and History in
6. Editor, "Historical Introduction" to El Mesquite:
A Novel by Elena
7. Editor,
E-Book "Tejano Ranches in Duval County" by Andrés Saenz (UTSA
Institute of Texan Cultures, 1999).
URL http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/ranching/tejanoranchingframe.htm
8. Editor, Early
Tejano Ranching in Duval County by Andrés Saenz (
9.
"Contributing Author for Encyclopedia
of the United States-Mexico War, MacMillan Books, 1998.
10. “The State of
11. "Under the Mexican Flag," A Chapter in Tejano Journey. Edited by Gerald E. Poyo.
Univ. of
12. Chapter, "The Mexican Heritage of
13. Vietnam
Combat Memoirs published in A War
Remembered (Vol. XX) The
14.
"Commentary: Relations between
BOOK REVIEWS:
1. Book Reviews in Southwestern
Historical Quarterly:
Arnoldo De
Leon, Los Angelenos (Fall,1987)
Timothy M. Matovina, Tejano
Religion and Ethnicity (April,1996)
Betty
Colley, et. al., Tales of the
2. Book Reviews in American
Historical Review:
Gary
Clayton Anderson, Conquest of
Robert H. Jackson, New Views of Borderlands History(June, 2000)
3. Book Reviews
in Western Historical Quarterly
Arnoldo De Leon, ed., Tejano Epic (Winter, 2006)
Raúl A. Ramos, Beyond the
4. Book Review of Thomas T. Smith, The
5. Book Review
of Scholars and Personal Computers.
George M. Kren and George Christakes in History
Microcomputer Review. Mar. 1991
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
1. “The Textbook as a
Springboard to Critical Analysis” at Organization of American Historians,
Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March,
2011.
2. “Research and Writing a Book
Report in the Digital Age” at Organization of American Historians, Annual
Meeting,
3. Rafael Antonio Manchola: Tejano Soldier, Statesman, Ranchero” at
Annual Meeting of Texas State Historical Association, Dallas, March, 2010.
4. Presiding
Panel “East Texas Tejano History:
Retrospect and Prospect" at Annual Meeting of East Texas Historical
Association, Nacogdoches, September, 2008.
5.
Presiding
Session"Cross-National Intrigue in the Republic of Texas" at
Annual Meeting of Texas State Historical Association, San Antonio, March, 2007.
6. Panelist, “The Status of Minority
Historians” American Historical Association Committee on
Minority Historians, Annual Meeting,
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION:
1. History
Consultant, Texas Rising, The HISTORY CHANNEL, 2015
2. History
Consultant, Alamo Plaza, City of San
Antonio, 2014-
3. MALDEF,
History Expert Witness Reports on state and U.S. Supreme Court landmark cases
in re-districting, school financing, Voter I.D. (2001, 2004, 2007, 2011)
4. Joseph
Tovares, PBS Producer for WGBH “The American Experience” on the
5. John Lee Hancock, Movie Producer/Director, “
6. Scurry
7. Prewitt
& Assoc. Anthropology Project Report.
Boyd, Douglas K., Andrés Tijerina, et. al. Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge Report of Investigations 97. Austin:
Prewitt and Associates, 1994.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
1. "Vaquero Artist of Texas: Ricardo M.
Beasley" Book under contract with Texas State Historical Association
2. “In the Shadow of the Dome: Slave Narratives of Austin, Texas” MS
co-edited with Juanita G. Tijerina.
ACADEMIC HONORS/AWARDS:
2014 President, Texas Institute of
Letters (2014-2016) member and Past-President
2012 Equity Award, American Historical
Association
2008 Inducted to the Society of
Fellows of the
2007 Inducted as member, The Texas
Institute of Letters
2000 Heritage Book Award,
1997 Inducted
as a Fellow of the
1995 1995
CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Books, American Library Assn.
1995 Certificate
of Commendation by American Association for State and Local History for Tejanos and Texas presented in
1995 T.R.
Fehrenbach Award presented by the Texas
Historical Commission
1995 Katheryn
Broocks Bates Book Award presented by
Texas State Historical Association
1994 Presidio
La Bahía First Prize Book Award presented by Sons of The Republic of Texas
1994
1993 N.E.H.
Summer Seminar, UCSD. "Resistance
in Rural
1982 - 89
1973 - 76 Graduate
Fellowship and Assistantship:
1972 - 73 $500
Merit Scholarship and Assistantship:
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
EXPIERENCE:
Jan. 86 - Aug. 90
Dec. 83 - Nov. 85 Motorola, Inc., Group Manager,
Employee Communication
Nov. 81 - Nov. 83
Feb. 81 - Nov. 81
Jun. 67 - Jan. 72 U.S. Air Force Title: Pilot
Flew 100 combat missions, RVN
Decorations:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
Current Status: Major
(Ret.)
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
The Texas Institute of
Letters, President (2014 - 2016)
General Series Editor, Elma
Dill Russell Spencer Book Series,
Tejano Monument, Inc.,
Executive Board, 2001- 2014
Governor’s Advisory Committee
on Historical Representation, Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry, 2002
American Historical
Association, Member and Member of Minority Historians Committee 2001-2005.
Member and Fellow of
Organization of American
Historians, Community Colleges Committee Chairman, 2010 - 2011
Faculty Senate,
Charter Member, Advisory
Council,
Leadership