Faculty Profile

Alex Mendoza

Title
Associate Professor
Department
History
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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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 2610.501, United States History to 1865, Summer 2024 
HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
HIST 4885.001, History of Sports and American Society, Spring 2024 Syllabus
HIST 2620.033, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2024 Syllabus
HIST 2620.831, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2024 Syllabus
HIST 2610.501, United States History to 1865, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    HIST 4860.001, The Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.004, United States History to 1865, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.009, United States History to 1865, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6900.903, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2023 
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    HIST 4170.001, History of Tejanos/as, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4641.001, History of U.S. Military in 20th Century, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    HIST 4640.001, Early United States Military History to 1815, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.004, United States History to 1865, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.005, United States History to 1865, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.032, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    HIST 6940.708, Individual Research, Spring 2022 
                    

                    HIST 2620.002, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4642.001, War and American Society, 1608 2001, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    HIST 6940.715, Individual Research, Fall 2021 
                    

                    HIST 4860.001, The Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2620.032, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2620.778, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.031, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2021  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.777, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2021  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    HIST 4641.001, History of U.S. Military in 20th Century, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6940.755, Individual Research, Spring 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5100.001, Seminar in United States History, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    HIST 4170.001, History of Tejanos/as, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2620.006, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.031, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.888, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    HIST 4170.001, History of Tejanos/as, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020 
                    

                    HIST 5220.001, Studies in United States Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4261.831, Topics in US History, Spring 3W1 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    HIST 2610.031, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.888, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W2 2019  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018 
                    

                    HIST 4640.001, Early United States Military History to 1815, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6940.715, Individual Research, Fall 2018 
                    

                    HIST 2610.012, United States History to 1865, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.032, United States History to 1865, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.033, United States History to 1865, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.711, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2018 
                    

                    HIST 6900.809, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2018 
                    

                    HIST 4261.031, Topics in US History, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4261.888, Topics in US History, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    HIST 4170.001, History of Tejanos/as, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6940.755, Individual Research, Spring 2018 
                    

                    HIST 2620.009, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    HIST 5100.001, Seminar in United States History, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4860.001, The Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4261.031, Topics in US History, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017 
                    

                    HIST 6900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2017 
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4261.004, Topics in US History, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6940.715, Individual Research, Fall 2016 
                    

                    HIST 5900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    HIST 4261.001, Topics in US History, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.001, United States History to 1865, Summer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    HIST 5110.002, Studies in United States History, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    HIST 4860.001, The Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2620.004, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.810, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2015 
                    

                    HIST 4261.001, Topics in US History, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5100.004, Seminar in United States History, Spring 2015 
                    

                    HIST 2610.010, United States History to 1865, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4261.003, Topics in US History, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2620.001, United States History Since 1865, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.721, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 5900.762, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2620.004, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2013 
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2610.011, United States History to 1865, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.721, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 4260.003, Topics in History, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2620.008, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2620.014, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2685.002, Honors United States History Since 1865, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 6900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2012 
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2610.012, United States History to 1865, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4660.001, Evolution of Warfare from Napoleon, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.721, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    HIST 2620.008, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 2620.011, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 6940.715, Individual Research, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 6900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 4261.004, Topics in US History, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 2620.007, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 2620.009, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5900.722, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5900.721, Special Problems, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 6900.753, Special Problems, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 4261.004, Topics in US History, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 2620.008, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 2610.009, United States History to 1865, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 2610.012, United States History to 1865, Fall 2010 
                    

                    HIST 2610.014, United States History to 1865, Fall 2010 
                    

                    HIST 2610.015, United States History to 1865, Fall 2010 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Mendoza, A.  (2013). Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough. 
Mendoza, A.  (2013). Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough. 
Mendoza, A.  (2012). Texans at War: A New Military History of the Lone Star State. 
Mendoza, A.  (2008). Struggle for Command: General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West. 
Book Chapter
Mendoza, A.  (2012). "Tejanos at War: A History of Mexican Texans and Warfare". 
Mendoza, A.  (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. 
Mendoza, A.  (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,. 
Mendoza, A.  (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. 
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). 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. 
Mendoza, A.  (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. 
Mendoza, A.  (2014). “Two Roads to Chickamauga: The Impact of Local Attachments on the Civil War Careers of Richard M. Gano and Jerome B. Robertson”. 
Mendoza, A.  (2013). "'The Vision of Littlefield Preserved':  Memorializing the Confederacy at the University of Texas at Austin". Journal of the West. 51(2), 49-59. 
Mendoza, A.  (2012). "'I Know No Other Country':  Mexican Texans and the Wars of the Twentieth Century, 1917-1970". 
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). "'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. 
Mendoza, A.  (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. 
Mendoza, A.  (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. 
Mendoza, A.  (2009). "Machinations in the Confederate High Command: Gen. Braxton Bragg's Campaign to Discredit James Longstreet". 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Mendoza, A., "Junior Faculty Summer Research Support Award," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (June 2014 – August 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. (June 2009 – August 2009).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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