VITA:                                    Andrés Tijerina

                                                Faculty Website: www.austincc.edu/tijnotes

                                                E-Mail andrest@austincc.edu

                                                Phone 512.223-8137

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (1977)         U.S. History, University of Texas at Austin

                                Dissertation Director: Dr. Joe B. Frantz Minor: Dr. Nettie Lee Benson

                                "Tejanos and Texas: The Native Mexicans of Texas, 1820-1850"

M.A. (1973)          History, Texas Tech University

                                Thesis Director: Dr. David M. Vigness

                                "A History of the Mexican Americans of Lubbock County, Texas"

B.A. (1967)           Modern Languages, Texas A&M University

 

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 Lubbock (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1979)

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 Texas Edited by Gregg Cantrell and Elizabeth Hayes Turner  (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2007).

6. Editor, "Historical Introduction" to El Mesquite:  A Novel by Elena Zamora O'Shea  (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000).

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 (College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2000).

9.  "Contributing Author for Encyclopedia of the United States-Mexico War, MacMillan Books, 1998.

10.  “The State of Coahuila y Tejas in 1824: A Governor’s View from Saltillo," Southwestern Historical Quarterly, C:2 (Oct., 1996), Edited and Translated by Andrés Tijerina and David J. Weber.

11. "Under the Mexican Flag," A Chapter in Tejano Journey. Edited by Gerald E. Poyo. Univ. of Texas Press, 1996.

12. Chapter, "The Mexican Heritage of Texas," Chapter in Preparing Teachers for Bilingual Education by O.A. Ballesteros (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978)

13.   Vietnam Combat Memoirs published in A War Remembered (Vol. XX) The Vietnam Experience (Boston Publishing Company, Time-Life Books, 1987)

14.  "Commentary: Relations between Texas and Mexico," Discovery University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies (Fall,1981)

 

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 Wild Horse Desert (January, 2003)

2. Book Reviews in American Historical Review:

                Gary Clayton Anderson, Conquest of Texas (December, 2006)

                 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 Alamo (Winter, 2009)

4. Book Review of Thomas T. Smith, The U.S. Army and the Texas Frontier Economy in Great Plains Research, V. 11, No. 2, 2001

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, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2010.

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, Washington, D.C., January 9, 2004.

 

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 Texas Revolution, 2002

5. John Lee Hancock, Movie Producer/Director, “Alamo” 2002

6.  Scurry County Museum, member of consultant team for N.E.H. Planning grant, Feb. 2000, 2001.

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 Texas State Historical Association

2007               Inducted as member, The Texas Institute of Letters

2000               Heritage Book Award, Webb County Historical Commission, for Tejano Empire

1997               Inducted as a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, March 8, 1997.

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 New York at Annual Meeting

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               Texas A&M University, Aggie Muster, campus Keynote Address

1993               N.E.H. Summer Seminar, UCSD.  "Resistance in Rural Latin America"

1982 - 89       Texas History Institute, Faculty, University of North Texas

1973 - 76       Graduate Fellowship and Assistantship: University of Texas, Graduate School

1972 - 73       $500 Merit Scholarship and Assistantship: Texas Tech University

 

OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPIERENCE:

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, 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.)

 

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

The Texas Institute of Letters, President (2014 - 2016)

General Series Editor, Elma Dill Russell Spencer Book Series, Texas A&M University Press

Tejano Monument, Inc., Executive Board, 2001- 2014

Texas State Board of Review, Texas Historical Commission, 2005-2011

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 Texas State Historical Association

Organization of American Historians, Community Colleges Committee Chairman, 2010 - 2011

Faculty Senate, Austin Community College, 1998-99; 2005-2006

Charter Member, Advisory Council, University of Texas Libraries, 2005-2012

Leadership Austin, 1982