Andrés Benny J.

Andrés Benny J. is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research focuses on Latino and Mexican American history, U.S.-Mexico borderlands, 20th-century U.S. West, environmental history, labor history, and food studies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in 2003.

His notable works include Power and Control in the Imperial Valley (2015) and essays on Mexican migrant workers, Americanization programs, and Chicano/a movements. Current projects explore the lower Colorado River and delta, border regulation, and transnational migration.

He teaches courses such as Latino History Since 1900, U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and Environmental Justice in the U.S. & Latin America. His research emphasizes the intersection of environmental, labor, and border dynamics in shaping marginalized communities.