LAURA
HERNÁNDEZ-EHRISMAN
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Education
1999-2003 PhD American Studies, University of Texas at Austin Dissertation: “Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Performance in San Antonio’s Public Culture”
Supervisor: Steven D. Hoelscher
1996-1999 M.A. American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
1990-1994 B.A. English, Brown University, with honors
Fields
Ethnic Studies
Women’s Studies
Latino/a Studies
Western Studies
Southern Studies
Urban Studies
Public History and Culture
Performance and Modern Festival
Teaching Experience
2008 Adjunct Professor, St. Edwards University, Austin
2005 Instructor, Southern Methodist University
2004 Instructor, Saint Edwards University
2001-2003 Teaching Assistant, University of Texas
2001-2002 Assistant Instructor, University of Texas
2001 Adjunct Faculty, Department of History and Social Sciences, Saint Phillip’s College, San Antonio, Texas
1998-2000 Teaching Assistant, Department of Nursing, University of Texas
1997 Tutor, University Athletics, University of Texas at Austin
1994-1996 Writing tutor, Department of English and Rhetoric, San Antonio Community College, San Antonio, Texas
Publications:
2008 Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival in San Antonio. University of New Mexico Press. Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
2003 “Forget the Alamo: Fiesta and San Antonio’s Public Memory” in Southern Heritage on Display: Public Ritual and Ethnic Diversity within Southern Regionalism. Celeste Ray, ed. University of Alabama Press. The anthology was named as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles for 2004
2000 “Fiesta: The Gringo’s Party” in San Antonio Current April 20-26
1998 “Forgetting the Alamo: Rey Feo and San Antonio’s Fiesta” in PAISANO, on-line journal of the Phi Alpha Theta Chapter of the University of Texas. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~paisano
2004-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Clements Center for Southwestern Studies, Southern Methodist University
2002-2003 University of Texas, Tuition Fellowship
2001 University of Texas, Louann Atkins Temple Endowed Presidential Scholarship in American Studies
1997 University of Texas, membership in Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
2003 “La Semana de Carnaval: Chicano ‘Rowdiness’ in Fiesta San Antonio," American Studies Association National Conference, Hartford Connecticut
2002 “Border Identities in Laredo’s Washington Birthday Celebration," American Studies Association National Conference, Houston Texas
2001 “Battle of Flowers: Women, Whiteness and San Antonio’s Public Culture," American Studies Association National Conference, Washington D.C.
2001 “The Complications of Commemoration: A Brief History of Fiesta San Antonio," Western History Association Conference, San Antonio Texas
2000 “Cascarones and Consumption: The Dilemmas of ‘Dressing Mexican,'" American Studies Association National Conference, Detroit MI
1998 “Fiesta and Day of the Dead: The Chicano Community and San Antonio’s Public Culture” guest lecture at Trinity University, San Antonio TX, November 1997
History of United States, Part I (to 1865)
Public Memory, Public History: a course I designed to focus on the multiple ways history and culture are presented outside of academia, including museums, festivals, and monuments. The course connected these forms of public culture to larger social movements and cultural debates throughout the twentieth century.
1997 Volunteer Instructor. Manos de Cristo Presbytarian Church, Austin, Texas
1995 Intern. El Juicio de Hoy (weekly newspaper), Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico
1992-1994 Editor. The College Hill Independent. (weekly newspaper) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1991 Intern. San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Texas