LM Garcia y Griego

Dr. LM Garcia y Griego is an Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico and Director of the UNM Land Grant Studies Program. He holds a Ph.D. in History from UCLA, an M.A. in Demography from El Colegio de México, and an A.B. in History from Princeton University. His research focuses on land grants in New Mexico, New Mexico genealogies, and Mexican migration to the U.S., with interdisciplinary expertise in Latin American Studies, Chicano/a Studies, demography, and public policy.

He teaches courses on Post-Revolutionary Mexico, New Mexico history since 1848, U.S. immigration policy, and political history. His recent publications address U.S.-Mexico border dynamics and immigration policy. Dr. Garcia y Griego directs the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI) and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Cañon de Carnué Land Grant.

Prior positions include directing the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington and teaching at El Colegio de México and the University of California, Irvine.