Faculty Profile for Dr. Jaime A Mejia
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Mejia, J. A. (n.d.). “Memories and Poems and Songs of the Racialized Past in Texas.” San Antonio, Texas, USA: Trinity University Press.
- Mejia, J. A. (2022, March 1). “Rolando Hinojosa.” In The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980–2020. USA: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Mejia, J. A. (n.d.). Afterward. In Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Studies. Urbana, Illinois, USA: NCTE Publications.
- Mejia, J. A. (n.d.). Mexican Food, Assimilation, and Middle-Class Mexican Americans or Chicanxs. Latino Writing and Rhetoric Studies. USA: Online.
- Mejia, J. A. (n.d.). Rhetoric and Composition Studies and Latinxs’ Largest Group: Mexican Americans. In Composition, Rhetoric, and Disciplinarity. Louisville, Colorado, USA: Utah State University Press.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, graduate students inducted into The Alpha Chi Honor Society. 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts 2007 Dean Nominee. 2007
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honoree of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, on Alumni Appreciation Day, University of North Texas. April 27, 2001
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Award for Service, College of Liberal Arts. 1999
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (Junior Faculty Category, $5,000), Southwest Texas State University. August 24, 1999
Selected Grants
- Mejia, Jaime A. Alkek Instructional Grant, Alkek Technology Institute for Curriculum Development with Technology of English 4310, $300. (Funded: 2000). Grant.
- Mejia, Jaime A. Hispanic Writers Fund, $3000. (Funded: 1997). Grant.
- Mejia, Jaime A. Hispanic Writers Fund, Anheuser-Busch, $3000. (Funded: 1996). Grant.
- Mejia, Jaime A. Hispanic Writers Fund, Anheuser-Busch, $3000. (Funded: 1995). Grant.
- Mejia, Jaime A. Hispanic Writers Fund, Anheuser-Busch, $3000. (Funded: 1994). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Member
Major Minor Committee
May 1, 2023-Present
Judged contestants' essays.
University Writing Center,
February 27, 2021-Present
Advisory Board Member
IGE: Advancing and Strengthening Science Identity through Systematic Training (ASSIST)
September 1, 2018-Present
Member
Academic Advisory Council for the Latina/o Studies Minor (AACLATS)
January 21, 2018-Present
Volunteer Copy Editor
for monthly newsletter, “El Puente,” of The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
1998-Present