Dr. Manuel Ramírez
Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Manuel Ramírez is a native of El Paso. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UTEP and a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. Holding a dual appointment with the history department and Chicana/o studies, he has taught at UTEP since 2002. Trained as a historian, he has taught numerous courses including the history of El Paso, Mexican Americans, borderlands recreation and leisure, the Great Depression, immigration and ethnicity, as well as identity, power, and resistance in the borderlands. Prior to teaching at UTEP, Dr. Ramírez taught at the University of Northern Colorado. His current research interests include the history of Mexican Americans in El Paso and the criminalization of the US-Mexico border. Dr. Ramírez teaches courses in Chicana/o studies 3311: Societal Issues and Analysis.
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GRAH 302
Phone: 915-747-5824