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David Spener is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where he has worked since 1997. He is the author of Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border (Cornell University Press, 2009) and editor of Adult Biliteracy in the United States (Center for Applied Linguistics, 1994), The U.S.-Mexico Border: Transcending Divisions, Contesting Identities (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998), and Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry after NAFTA (Temple University Press, 2002). In addition he has published numerous articles for book and journals in both English and Spanish.
At Trinity, Professor Spener coordinates the
Languages across the Curriculum
Program and the Latin American and Latino Studies concentration for the
International Studies
major.
He
serves on the University’s Institutional Review Board and the executive
committee of the Mexico, the Americas, and Spain Center.
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Spener has also taught courses at
Southwestern University
in Georgetown Texas, the
Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs
of the University of Texas-Austin, the
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
in Mexico City, and the
Universidad de Guadalajara in the Mexican state
of Jalisco.
He received his doctorate in
sociology from the
University of Texas-Austin
and his M.S. in applied linguistics from
Georgetown
University
in Washington, DC.
SOCI 1301
Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 2314
Social Problems
ANTH/SOCI 3327
Contemporary Minorities
ANTH/SOCI 3343
Relaciones Fronterizas México-Estados Unidos (bilingüe)
ANTH/SOCI 4361
Social Theory
ANTH/SOCI 4362
Globalization and International Development
GNED 1300
First Year Seminar: Embracing San Antonio: Cultura y
comunidad
GNED 4302
Senior Interdisciplinary Seminar: La
Sostenibilidad en América Latina |
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Contact information
Address: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Trinity University, #1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 Voice: 210.999.8562 Email: dspener@trinity.edu
Last updated June 17, 2010