Our purpose is to encourage and sponsor interdisciplinary studies, scholarship, research, and teaching that interpret the people, society, economy, environment, history and cultures of the Greater Southwest.
Staff
Director:
Sam W. Haynes
Professor
Ph.D. University of Houston, 1988
Texas History, 19th-Century U.S. History
haynes@uta.edu
Staff:
Elizabeth York
Support Specialist 2
(817) 272-3997
york@uta.edu
Contact Us
The UTA Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography is located on the 6th floor of the Central Library at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Physical Address: Suite 650, 702 Planetarium Place, Arlington, Texas 76019
Mailing Address: Box 19497, Arlington, Texas 76019-0497
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Office Phone: 817-272-3998
Fax Number: 817-272-5797
Email: swcenter@uta.edu
Center Fellows
Stephanie Cole
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. University of Florida, 1994
U.S. Social History, Women's History, Race & Gender from a Regional Perspective
Chris Conway
Associate Professor of Modern Language
Ph.D. University of California San Diego, 1996, Literature
Imre Demhardt-(Ex-Officio)
Professor & Garrett Endowed Chair in the History of Cartography.
Ph.D. University of Frankfurt am Main, 1995
History of Cartography, Exploration, Geography, Colonialism, Travel & Tourism
Robert Fairbanks
Professor of History
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 1981
History of the Urban Southwest
Sonia Kania
Associate Professor of Modern Language
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
Historical Linguistics of the Spanish Southwest
David Narrett
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1981
U.S. History, Colonial and Revolutionary America, American Frontier Development
Douglas Richmond
Professor of History
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1976
Mexico, Latin America, Spain, World War II
Ken Roemer
Professor of English, Distinguished Professor
Ph.D. Univ. of Penn., American Civilization, 1971
M.A., Univ. of Penn., American Civilization, 1968