Nancy Lopez

Dr. Nancy Lopez is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Humanities and Languages at the University of Houston-Downtown. She holds a PhD in History from Rice University and a JD in Law from The University of Texas at Austin.

• B.A. in History from Texas State University (1988)
• J.D. in Law from University of Texas School of Law (1992)
• Ph.D. in History from Rice University (2002)

Her research focuses on radicalism and anti-radical movements in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. She teaches a range of courses including United States History to 1877, United States History 1877 to Present, and specialized topics like Twentieth-Century Russia and United States Women's History.

Dr. Lopez has received the Outstanding Lecturer award from the University of Houston-Downtown Faculty Senate in April 2021. She has been consistently teaching undergraduate history courses since at least 2019, including field experience courses (ISS 4380).