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UHV adds faculty for new freshmen

  • Erica Rodriguez •
  • Originally published August 31, 2010 at 3:45 p.m., updated August 31, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.

  • University of Houston - Victoria most recent faculty hires

    Ricardo Teixera, math instructor

    A native of Brazil comes most recently from the University of Texas at Austin where he taught pre-calculus, foundations of geometry, probability and statistics. Teixera ...

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    • University of Houston - Victoria most recent faculty hires

    Ricardo Teixera, math instructor

    A native of Brazil comes most recently from the University of Texas at Austin where he taught pre-calculus, foundations of geometry, probability and statistics. Teixera has a masters degree from the University of Texas at Austin in math. He speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

    Christine Granados, English professor

    A graduate of the Texas State University creative writing program, Granados moved from Austin to Victoria to join the faculty. A former news reporter, Granados' short story collection, "Brides and Sinners in El Chuco" published by the University of Arizona Press, won a Spur Award Finalist for Best Short Fiction in 2007.

    Andrea R. Vieux, assistant professor of political science

    Vieux comes to UHV most recently from the University of Kansas where she received her doctorate in political science in May. Her research centers on the politics of home schooling.

    Jessica McCue, biology instructor

    McCue has a doctorate in physiology from Colorado State University. She has been an instructor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and has been awarded numerous fellowships including an National Institute of Health National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship.

    Kim Herzinger, English instructor

    Herzinger is a Pushcart Prize-winning critic and writer on minimalism and other contemporary literary phenomena. He is the literary executor and official biographer of Donald Barthelme, one of the great postmodern writers of the 20th century. He is the editor of "Barthelme's Flying to America: 45 More Stories," "The Teachings of Don B.," and "Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews" and author of "D.H. Lawrence in His Time."

    Mark Ward, assistant professor of communication

    Ward completed his doctorate in rhetorics, communication and information design at Clemson University. His research centers on organizational communication, culture and discourse, where he has already published nearly a dozen articles.

    Diana Lopez, English professor

    Lopez currently teaches English at St. Phillips College in San Antonio. Her most recent novel, "Confetti Girl", was published by Little, Brown, and Company in 2009.

    Source: University of Houston - Victoria School of Arts and Sciences

The new University of Houston - Victoria freshmen class brings a boost of faculty to the School of Arts and Sciences, where many students will take their core curriculum classes.

The curriculum is a set of required classes all freshmen must take regardless of their major.

The school added about 15 new positions over the last three years and hired an additional seven professors from diverse backgrounds for the fall semester.

"They're outstanding teachers, outstanding scholars," said Jeffrey Di Leo, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.

The most recent faculty hires cost an additional $275,000 and will be instructing about 30 additional classes within the school.