Year of MA/PhD: Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies. Minor in Portuguese Language and Literatures

Omar is from Manteca, California. He completed his B.A. at CSU Chico in Spanish and Latin American Studies with a minor in History. Then he pursued an M.A. at Wichita State University. Omar is a Ph.D. candidate at Texas Tech University in Border Studies and Cultural Studies. His dissertation explores the search for “identity” in border artists from El Valle region of South Texas and the rejection of imposed labels.

Research interests; thesis topic/title:

Border Studies, Identity, Chicanx Studies, Latin American Studies, Language and Power, Spanish as a Heritage Language, U.S. Latine Studies, Assimilation, and Immigration

Academic Background (previous studies):

B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies, CSU Chico (Chico, CA) 2016
M.A. in Spanish Literature, Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) 2018
Ph.D. candidate in Spanish Literature at Texas Tech University current

Email: Omar.Gonzalez@ttu.edu