Gabriela Gonzalez

Dr. Gabriela González is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio's College of Liberal and Fine Arts. She specializes in Chicana/o history, US-Mexico borderlands, gender studies, and Latinx history. González earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from Stanford University in 2005 and is a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellow.

Her research examines transborder activism and Mexican American civil rights movements. She authored the award-winning book Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights (Oxford University Press, 2018) and is currently working on a political biography of Jovita Idár.

González serves as Undergraduate Advisor of Record and has received special recognition from UTSA students on Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day. She contributes to public history through PBS documentaries, podcast interviews, and K-12 teacher workshops on Mexican American civil rights.

Honors & Awards:

• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
• UTSA Faculty/Staff Appreciation Recognition

Service: Serves on Texas State Historical Association committees, Handbook of Texas Women Advisory Board, and Citizens At Last Advisory Board.