Chistopher Carmona
Visiting Associate Professor of Comparative Mexican American Studies and English
Main Building, Room 227C
210-431-6511
ccarmona@ollusa.edu
Areas of Expertise
Mexican American Studies, Creative Writing, Critical Ethnic Studies, and Literature.
Teaching Philosophy
In each of the courses I taught, I have utilized my experience as a writer and a Mexican American to facilitate conversation about race, gender, and identity in relation to the topics I was teaching. My particular approach to teaching is rooted in learning to use the tools around me and in their lives to teach them about the importance of writing. Throughout my years of teaching I have found that incorporating technology and their own lives into the assignments brings better work.
Outside Interests
I work to promote Ethnic Studies in Pre-K-12 education as well as work in the field of studying and bringing the voices of peoples effected by racialized violence to the public.
Professional Memberships
- Refusing To Forget, refusingtoforget.org
- Texas Institute of Letters
Awards
- Inductee, Texas Institute of Letters 2023
- Organization of American Historians. Friend of History Award. 2021.
- Finalist. Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book for El Rinche: The Ghost Ranger of the Rio Grande. 2019
Education
- PhD - Cultural Rhetoric, Writing, and Poetics, Texas A&M University
- Master of Arts - English, University of Texas at Brownsville
- Bachelor of Arts - English, University of Texas-Pan American