Faculty Profile for Dr. Sergio Martinez

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Dr. Sergio Martinez
Professor — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 214
phone: (512) 245-2360

Biography Section

Biography and Education

PhD, University of Arizona (2005). Associate professor of Spanish at Texas State University. He has served as the First-Year Spanish Coordinator, Spanish Undergraduate Adviser, and Academic Program Director for several study abroad programs in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Spain. He has published several articles on academic journals: The Bilingual Review, Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Estudios Sociales, Hipertexto, CIMEXUS (Revista de Investigaciones México-Estados Unidos), Continnuum, SCOLAS Journal, and Confluencia.

Currently he is the co-Executive Editor of Letras Hispanas and President of SCOLAS (Southwest Council of Latin American Studies). He has organized several Latin American Studies conferences in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Miami, Florida; Antigua Guatemala; San Diego, California; San José, Costa Rica; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Campeche, México.

Some Honors and Awards: College Achievement for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (2015); College Achievement for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (2014); Dean’s Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (2013); Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies (2013-2015); Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honors Society, Favorite Professor (2012); Dean’s Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010); and the Distinguished Professor, Panhellenic Teaching Award, Women of Texas State University (2008.)

Teaching Interests

Teach courses on Mexican narratives.

Research Interests

Transnational studies, Border studies and Mexican and Chicano literature.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Martinez, S. M. (n.d.). Review of Food Studies in Latin American Literature: Perspectives on the Gastronarrative. Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura. San Marcos, Texas State University. Retrieved from https://www.worldlang.txst.edu/letrashispanas.html
  • Martinez, S. M. (2023). Representaciones del espacio fronterizo en la literatura mexicana del Siglo XX. Spain: Editorial Pliegos. Retrieved from https://www.pliegoseditorial.com/product/representaciones-del-espacio-fronterizo-en-la-literatura-mexicana-del-siglo-xx/
  • Martinez, S. M. (2022). El espacio social-urbano en Peregrinos de Aztlán. SCOLAS Journal, 4, 91–103. Retrieved from https://scolas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-SCOLAS-Journal-4-Final-.pdf
  • Translator, El nogalar. February 2021 - April 2021.
    Performances:
    • El nogalar. September 28, 2021 - October 3, 2021 Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre, Texas State University.
  • Martinez, S. M., & Arreguín, L. A. (2018). El mito y la historia: la mexicanidad en Aura de Carlos Fuentes. The SCOLAS Journal, 3, 41–68.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Administrator of the Year Award, Center for International Studies. 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Education, International Student and Scholar Services. 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. August 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. August 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Studies Teaching Award, Center for International Studies, Texas State University. August 26, 2020 - Present

Selected Grants

  • Martinez, Sergio M. Wilson Endowment Award, Center for the International Studies, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: March 31, 2020 - Present). Grant.
  • Martinez, Sergio M. Honorary Professor Award, Center for International Studies, Texas State University, $500. (Funded: March 30, 2020 - Present). Grant.
  • Marti­nez, Sergio M (Principal). One-Time-Only Funding FY14: Office of Equity and Access Grant, Texas State University - Equity and Access, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1500. (Submitted: 2014, Funded: January 24, 2014 - May 1, 2014). Grant.
  • Marti­nez, Sergio M (Principal), Meji­a, Jaime (Principal). One-Time-Only Funding FY11: Office of Equity and Access Grant, Texas State University - Equity and Access, Institutional (Higher Ed), $5000. (Submitted: 2010, Funded: January 24, 2010 - May 24, 2010). Grant.
  • Martinez, Sergio M (Principal). University Lecture Series, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $950. (Submitted: 2006, Funded: August 1, 2006 - May 1, 2007). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Chair
58th Southwest Council of Latin American Studies
March 2024-Present
Chair
57th Southwest Council of Latin American Studies
March 2023-Present
Member
Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children Book Award' National Committee
May 2022-Present
Chair
56th Southwest Council of Latin American Studies
March 2022-Present
Member
Texas State University Monarch Center for Immigrant Students
September 28, 2020-Present