Dr. Sonia Hernandez

Professor

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Biography

Sonia Hernández received her Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Houston in 2006. She specializes in the intersections of gender and labor in the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, Chicana/o history, and Modern Mexico. Hernández is the co-founder of the award-winning public history project 'Refusing to Forget', recognized for its contributions to public historical discourse. Her publications include 'Working Women in the Borderlands', published by Texas A&M University Press in 2014, which earned several book prizes, and 'For the World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938', released by University of Illinois Press in 2021. She has received both the Fulbright García-Robles Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, which have funded her research on the gendered, racial, and transnational dimensions of the 1901 lynching attempt of migrant cowboy Gregorio Cortez.

Research Interests

Requirements for Texas A&M University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate degree in Communication or related field preferred
Application Checklist
  • Curriculum Vita
  • Statement of Purpose (500-750 words)
  • Writing Sample (up to 10,000 words)
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • Unofficial Transcripts
  • GraduateCAS Application
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.