Sonia Hernandez

Sonia Hernandez is the George T. & Gladys H. Abell Professor of Liberal Arts II at Texas A&M University's College of Liberal Arts, Department of History. She specializes in gender, labor, and borderlands studies focusing on the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, Chicana/o history, and Modern Mexico. She holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Houston (2006). Her research bridges academia and public history, co-founding the award-winning Refusing to Forget project.

Her work includes seminal books such as Working Women into the Borderlands (2014) and For a Just and Better World (2021), which earned the Philip Taft Book Prize. Current projects, funded by Fulbright and NEH fellowships, examine the 1901 lynching attempt of Gregorio Cortez, exploring gendered and racial dimensions of transnational violence.

Research interests span anarchism's gendered dimensions, racial violence, and labor movements in border regions. Awards include three book prizes and recognition from the American Historical Association. Her public history initiatives emphasize community engagement with historical narratives.

Grants include Fulbright García-Robles and NEH fellowships. She collaborates on transnational studies and has advised multiple academic projects, though specific advisees are not listed. Her work is housed at the Melbern G. Glasscock Building, Texas A&M.