About the Center for Regional Studies
The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) promotes the quest for sources of knowledge about New Mexico, the U.S.A. - Mexico Borderlands, the Americas, and Spain.
The UNM Center for Regional Studies (CRS) is a multidisciplinary outreach center designed to enhance the work of the university through student fellowships, research, program funding, visiting scholars, digital media and other projects with a particular emphasis on activities that increase our understanding of New Mexico, the Southwest, Indigenous communities, the U.S. Mexico Borderlands, and the Americas. We facilitate the production, presentation, and distribution of books, films, lectures, recording and photo collections.
Mission
- To discover, create, preserve, disseminate and promote a culture of broad inquiry throughout and beyond the UNM community. CRS advances UNM's mission of developing the global perspective of its students through a variety of academic and research opportunities led by expert faculty as they work to generate and create new and valuable sources of knowledge.
- To contribute to the comprehensive opportunities offered at UNM with a focus on New Mexico and Southwest studies.
- To foster the teaching, learning, research, and public service goals of UNM through linking resources to people and communities throughout New Mexico.
Strategies
- Graduate Students CRS awards graduate, thesis, and dissertation fellowships/scholarships.
- Faculty - Funding is provided for projects by UNM faculty, postdoctoral, and visiting scholars.
- Archival - CRS supports the acquisition, preservation, and accessibility of archival materials.
- Dissemination - CRS promotes the distribution of books, journal articles, exhibitions, public presentations, films, and lectures produced under its auspices.
- Multi-Media Projects - CRS facilitates the production, presentation, and distribution of documentary films and oral histories. CRS encourages and stimulates projects grounded in collaborative partnerships and on extended fieldwork that utilize photography, film/video, audio, narrative writing and other creative media to capture and convey contemporary memory, life, and culture.
CRS Advisory Board
The CRS advisory board was established to advise the Center for Regional Studies on programs, projects and initiatives related to the core mission of the center. Advisory board members are selected for their hands-on knowledge, expertise and past experience in areas related to strengthening the work of CRS. The membership of the committee seeks to bring together broad expertise in matters related to regional studies. Members may also hold expertise of a technical, scholarly, educational or fund development nature that can assist with the design of programs and strategic planning. Advisory board meetings are convened by the CRS director periodically. Current members are:
Durwood Ball, PhD
Associate Professor: History Department
Director & Editor: New Mexico Historical Review
Subhankar Banerjee, MS
Founding Director: Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities
Professor: Department of Art
Wendy Greyeyes, PhD
Associate Professor: Native American Studies
Chair: New Mexico Indian Education Advisory Council
Natasha Howard, PhD
Assistant Professor: Geography & Environmental Studies
Assistant Professor: Department of Africana Studies
Stephen P. Hull, MA
Director: University of New Mexico Press
Professor of Practice: College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences
Michelle Hall Kells, PhD
Professor: Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Director of Graduate Studies: Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Baker H. Morrow, FASLA
Professor of Practice: Landscape Architecture Program, School of Architecture & Planning
Landscape Architect, Author
joni m palmer, PhD, APA, ASLA
Project Director: Southwest Environmental Finance Center, Center for Water and the Environment
UNM Teaching & Research Faculty: Department of Community & Regional Planning
UNM Teaching & Research Faculty: Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
Carla M. Sinopoli, PhD
Director: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Professor: Department of Anthropology
Individuals Across UNM's Campus Who Have Served on CRS Committees for Fellowships, Faculty Development, and Community-based Research Funding
Name | Department/Unit |
Durwood Ball | Department of History & New Mexico Historical Review |
Lorenda Belone | College of Education & Human Sciences |
Rebecca Blum Martinez | Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies |
Ronda Brulotte | Geography; Latin American & Iberian Institute |
Kirsten Buick | Africana Studies |
Margaret Connell-Szasz | Emerita: Department of History |
Kency Cornejo | Art History |
Alexandra Davis | Individual, Family, and Community Education |
Jaelyn deMaria | Communication & Journalism |
Jennifer Denetdale | American Studies Department |
Gabriel Fries-Briggs | Architecture & Planning |
Julia Fulghum | Chemistry; College of Arts and Sciences |
Karen Gaudreault | HESS: Physical Education Teacher Education |
Alyosha Goldstein | American Studies Department |
Myrriah Gomez | Honors College |
Felipe Gonzales | Sociology Department |
Wendy Greyeyes | Native American Studies |
Catherine Harris | Landscape Architecture; Art History |
Natasha Howard | Geography & Environmental Studies/Africana Studies |
Stephen Hull | University of New Mexico Press |
Michelle Kells | Department of English; Chicana/o Studies |
Maria Lane | Department of Geography & Environmental Studies |
Tiffany Lee | Native American Studies |
Christopher Lippitt | College of Arts and Sciences |
Miguel Lopez | Department of Spanish & Portuguese |
Nancy Lopez | Department of Sociology |
Troy Lovata | Honors College |
Glenabah Martinez | Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies |
Katherine Massoth | Department of History |
Hannah Mattson | Anthropology Department |
Catherine Montoya | Native American Studies |
Manuel Montoya | Economics Department |
Baker Morrow | SAAP Landscape Architecture |
Anna Nogar | Department of Spanish & Portuguese |
joni palmer | Geography & Environmental Studies |
Mary Rice | Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies |
Adriana Ramirez de Arellano | Women Studies |
Jose Rivera | Professor Emeritus: School of Public Administration |
Shawn Secatero | Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy |
Christine Sierra | Emerita: Political Science |
Carla Sinopoli | Museum and Anthropology |
Robert Valdez | Emeritus Professor: Family Community Medicine; |
Irene Vasquez | Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Melina Vizcaino-Aleman | English Department |
Vincent Werito | Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies |
Assata Zerai | Equity and Inclusion, Department of Sociology |
