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Dr. Sara A Ramirez

  • Assistant Professor - English
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Biography and education

B.A., University of Notre Dame, English and Pre-Professional Studies
M.A., University of Texas at San Antonio, English
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Ethnic Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Ethnic Studies

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Ramirez, S. A. (2024). “‘Hay Que Inventarnos/We Must Invent Ourselves’: The Impact of Alarcón and Cisneros’s Friendship on Chicana Feminist Literature.” In !Ay Tú! Critical Essays on the Work and Career of Sandra Cisneros (pp. 173–193). Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press.
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2024). “Making (Sense of) Place: Sandra Cisneros’s Literary Arts Activism in the Midwest.” American Studies, 62(4), 45–68.
  • Ramirez, S. A., & Cantú, N. E. (2017). “Publishing Work that Matters: Third Woman Press and Its Impact on Chicana and Latina Publishing.” Diálogo, 20(2), 77–85.
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2010). “Chicana/o Movement.” In C. L. Bankston, III. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Immigration (Vol. 1, pp. 177–179). Pasadena, California, USA: Salem Press.
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2010). “Mexican Deportations of 1931.” In C. L. Bankston, III. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Immigration (Vol. 1, pp. 703–704). Pasadena, California, USA: Salem Press.
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, Department of English. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, College of Liberal Arts. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Service, Texas State University. 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: University of Texas at San Antonio, Lavender Faculty Award, University of Texas at San Antonio. May 2015
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  1. Member

    First-Gen Committee

  2. Member

    Lindsey Literary Committee

  3. Co-Chair

    Curriculum Revision (Student Subcommittee)

  4. Member

    First Gen Student Success at TXST Steering Committee

  5. Member

    Modern Literature Association’s Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada

  6. Member

    Modern Language Association Chicana/o/x Literature Executive Form

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