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Alex Mendoza

Title: Associate Professor

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Texas Tech University, 2002
    Major: History
  • MA, Texas A&M International University, 1998
    Major: History
  • BS, University of Texas at Austin, 1993
    Major: Kinesiology

Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
HIST 4885.401History of Sports and American SocietySpring 3W1 2025
HIST 4170.001History of Tejanos/asSpring 2025
HIST 4641.001History of U.S. Military in 20th CenturySpring 2025
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
HIST 4640.001History of U.S. Military in 19th CenturyFall 2024 Syllabus
HIST 2620.433United States History Since 1865Fall 2024 Syllabus
HIST 2620.501United States History Since 1865Fall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

HIST 2610.501United States History to 1865Summer 5W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
HIST 4885.001History of Sports and American SocietySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2620.033United States History Since 1865Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2620.831United States History Since 1865Spring 3W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.501United States History to 1865Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
HIST 4860.001The Civil War and ReconstructionFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.004United States History to 1865Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.009United States History to 1865Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6900.903Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2023
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
HIST 4170.001History of Tejanos/asSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4641.001History of U.S. Military in 20th CenturySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
HIST 4640.001Early United States Military History to 1815Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.004United States History to 1865Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.005United States History to 1865Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.032United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
HIST 6940.708Individual ResearchSpring 2022
HIST 2620.002United States History Since 1865Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4642.001War and American Society, 1608 2001Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
HIST 6940.715Individual ResearchFall 2021
HIST 4860.001The Civil War and ReconstructionFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2620.032United States History Since 1865Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2620.778United States History Since 1865Fall 2021 SPOT
HIST 2610.031United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2021 SPOT
HIST 2610.777United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2021 SPOT
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
HIST 4641.001History of U.S. Military in 20th CenturySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.755Individual ResearchSpring 2021 Syllabus
HIST 5100.001Seminar in United States HistorySpring 2021 SPOT
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
HIST 4170.001History of Tejanos/asFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2620.006United States History Since 1865Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.031United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.888United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
HIST 4170.001History of Tejanos/asSpring 2020 Syllabus
HIST 5950.707Master's ThesisSpring 2020
HIST 5220.001Studies in United States Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2020
HIST 4261.831Topics in US HistorySpring 3W1 2020 Syllabus
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
HIST 2610.031United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.888United States History to 1865Summer 5W2 2019 SPOT
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
HIST 4640.001Early United States Military History to 1815Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.715Individual ResearchFall 2018
HIST 2610.012United States History to 1865Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.032United States History to 1865Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.033United States History to 1865Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.711Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2018
HIST 6900.809Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2018
HIST 4261.031Topics in US HistorySummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4261.888Topics in US HistorySummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
HIST 4170.001History of Tejanos/asSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.755Individual ResearchSpring 2018
HIST 2620.009United States History Since 1865Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
HIST 5100.001Seminar in United States HistoryFall 2017 SPOT
HIST 4860.001The Civil War and ReconstructionFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4261.031Topics in US HistorySummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
HIST 6900.715Special ProblemsSpring 2017
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistorySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4261.004Topics in US HistorySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.715Individual ResearchFall 2016
HIST 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2016
HIST 4261.001Topics in US HistoryFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistoryFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2610.001United States History to 1865Summer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5950.707Master's ThesisSpring 2016
HIST 5110.002Studies in United States HistorySpring 2016 SPOT
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistorySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2015
HIST 4860.001The Civil War and ReconstructionFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 2620.004United States History Since 1865Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.810Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2015
HIST 4261.001Topics in US HistorySummer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5100.004Seminar in United States HistorySpring 2015
HIST 2610.010United States History to 1865Spring 2015 Syllabus
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistoryFall 2014 Syllabus
HIST 4261.003Topics in US HistoryFall 2014 Syllabus
HIST 2620.001United States History Since 1865Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5900.721Special ProblemsSpring 2014
HIST 5900.762Special ProblemsSpring 2014
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistorySpring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 2620.004United States History Since 1865Spring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2013
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistoryFall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 2610.011United States History to 1865Fall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 5900.721Special ProblemsSpring 2013
HIST 4260.003Topics in HistorySpring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 2620.008United States History Since 1865Spring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 2620.014United States History Since 1865Spring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 2685.002Honors United States History Since 1865Fall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 6900.728Special ProblemsFall 2012
HIST 4261.002Topics in US HistoryFall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 2610.012United States History to 1865Fall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 4660.001Evolution of Warfare from NapoleonSpring 2012 Syllabus
HIST 5900.721Special ProblemsSpring 2012
HIST 2620.008United States History Since 1865Spring 2012 Syllabus
HIST 2620.011United States History Since 1865Spring 2012 Syllabus
HIST 6940.715Individual ResearchFall 2011
HIST 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2011
HIST 6900.728Special ProblemsFall 2011
HIST 4261.004Topics in US HistoryFall 2011
HIST 2620.007United States History Since 1865Fall 2011
HIST 2620.009United States History Since 1865Fall 2011
HIST 5900.722Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2011
HIST 5900.721Special ProblemsSpring 2011
HIST 6900.753Special ProblemsSpring 2011
HIST 4261.004Topics in US HistorySpring 2011
HIST 2620.008United States History Since 1865Spring 2011
HIST 2610.009United States History to 1865Spring 2011
HIST 2610.012United States History to 1865Fall 2010
HIST 2610.014United States History to 1865Fall 2010
HIST 2610.015United States History to 1865Fall 2010

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • A. Mendoza. (2013). Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough.
  • Mendoza, A. (2013). Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough.
  • A. Mendoza & Charles Grear. (2012). Texans at War: A New Military History of the Lone Star State.
  • A. Mendoza. (2008). Struggle for Command: General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West.
  • Book Chapter

  • A. Mendoza. (2012). "Tejanos at War: A History of Mexican Texans and Warfare".
  • A. Mendoza. (2012). "The First Corps and the Loss of Lookout Mountain".
  • Mendoza, A. (2012). A Perfect Storm of Ineffectiveness: The First Corps and the Loss of Lookout Mountain.
  • Mendoza, A. (2012). ejanos at War: A History of Mexican Texans in American Wars.
  • Mendoza, A. (2012). Texans at War: New Interpretations of the State’s Military History.
  • Mendoza, A. (2012). The Censure of D.H. Hill: Daniel Harvey Hill and the Chickamauga Campaign.
  • Steven E. Woodworth. (2010). "The Censure of D.H. Hill: Daniel Harvey Hill and the Chickamauga Campaign".
  • Mendoza, A. (2010). The Harmony and Subordination Essential for Success: Generals James Longstreet and Braxton Bragg in the Western Theater,.
  • A. Mendoza. (2009). "A Terrible Baptism by Fire: Stuart's Defense of the Union Left".
  • Mendoza, A. (2009). A Terrible Baptism By Fire’: Stuart’s Defense of the Union Left.
  • Mendoza, A. (2009). Machinations in the Confederate High Command: Gen. Braxton Bragg and His Campaign to Discredit Lt. Gen. James Longstreet.
  • A. Mendoza. (2008). "Causes Lost But Not Forgotten: George Washington Littlefield, Jefferson Davis, and the Confederate Statues at The University of Texas at Austin".
  • Mendoza, A. (2008). Causes Lost, But Not Forgotten: George Washington Littlefield, Jefferson Davis, and the Confederate Statues at The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Mendoza, A. (2008). Confederate Struggle for Command: General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West.
  • A. Mendoza. (2006). "Beating the Odds: Mexican American Distance Runners in Texas, 1950-1995".
  • Mendoza, A. (2006). Beating the Odds’: Mexican American Distance Runners in Texas, 1950-1995.
  • Book Review

  • Mendoza, A. (2023). The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism.. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. (July 2023) 129-130. Austin, TX,
  • Journal Article

  • Mendoza, A. (2014). The Vision of Littlefield Preserved: Memorializing the Confederacy at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Mendoza, A., Grear, C.D. (2014). Two Roads to Chickamauga: The Impact of Local Attachments on the Civil War Careers of Richard M. Gano and Jerome B. Robertson.
  • Charles Grear. (2014). “Two Roads to Chickamauga: The Impact of Local Attachments on the Civil War Careers of Richard M. Gano and Jerome B. Robertson”.
  • A. Mendoza. (2013). "'The Vision of Littlefield Preserved': Memorializing the Confederacy at the University of Texas at Austin". Journal of the West. 51 (2) 49-59.
  • A. Mendoza. (2012). "'I Know No Other Country': Mexican Texans and the Wars of the Twentieth Century, 1917-1970".
  • A. Mendoza. (2011). "'An Example for the Rest of Texas in the Way of Celebrations': Laredo's Border Olympics and the Move towards Modernization".
  • A. Mendoza. (2011). "'I Know No Other Country,': Tejanos and the American Wars of the Twentieth Century, 1917-1975".
  • Mendoza, A. (2011). An Example for the Rest of Texas in the Way of Celebrations’: Laredo’s Border Olympics and the Move towards Modernization.
  • Mendoza, A. (2011). For Our Own Best Interests’: Nineteenth Century Laredo Tejanos, Military Service, and the Development of American Nationalism.
  • Mendoza, A. (2011). I Know No Other Country’: Mexican Texans and the Wars of the Twentieth Century, 1917-1970.
  • A. Mendoza. (2010). "A Bitter Disappointment: Braxton Bragg's Vendetta Against James Longstreet".
  • Mendoza, A. (2010). A Bitter Disappointment: Gen. Braxton Bragg’s Vendetta Against James Longstreet.
  • A. Mendoza. (2009). "The Building of an East Texas Barrio: A Brief Overview of the Creation of a Mexican American Community in Tyler".
  • Mendoza, A. (2009). The Building of an East Texas Barrio: A Brief Overview of the Creation of a Mexican American Community in Northeast Tyler, 1900-2000.
  • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Mendoza, A. (2013). The Abrupt Demise of a Maverick: D. H. Hill’s Critique of Braxton Bragg Crippled His Own Career.
  • A. Mendoza. (2009). "Machinations in the Confederate High Command: Gen. Braxton Bragg's Campaign to Discredit James Longstreet".

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Mendoza, A., "Junior Faculty Summer Research Support Award," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
  • Mendoza, A., "The Catarino and Evangelina Hernandez Research Fellowship in Latino History in Texas," sponsored by Texas State Historical Association, State, $500 Funded. (2012 - 2012).
  • Mendoza, A., "Internal Summer Research Grant," sponsored by UT Tyler, Other, $2500 Funded. (2009 - 2009).
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