Roger Rodriguez

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Cypress, Texas 77429

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Education:

MA English Texas A&M International University

MA Sociology 5201 University Blvd.

BA English Laredo, Texas 78041

BA Psychology

Relevant Work Experience:

AIU (American Intercontinental University

AIU On-line Adjunct Instructor April 2018 – 2019

Lone Star College

University Park (Full-Time Associate Professor of English) Jan 2016 – present

Conroe Center (70% Instructor of English and Sociology) Jan 2014 – Jan 2016

Montgomery Campus (70% Instructor of English and Sociology) Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

Houston Community College

Spring Branch Campus (Adjunct English Instructor) Jan 2015-2016

Alief Campus (Adjunct English Instructor) Jan 2015-2016

Laredo Community College

Laredo Community College (Full-Time English Instructor) August 2008-Jan 2013

Texas A&M International University

Texas A&M International University (Adjunct On-Line Sociology Instructor) 2008-present

Courses Taught in English field:

Developmental English

Composition I

Composition II

American Literature (prior to the Civil War)

American Literature (After the Civil War)

Pre-Victorian British Literature

Post Victorian British Literature

World Literature

Mexican American Literature

Courses Taught in Sociology Field:

Introduction to Sociology

Principles of Sociology

Contemporary Social Problems

Sociology of Domestic Violence

Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency

Sociology of Religion

Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

Urban Sociology

Minority Issues

Awards/Honors/Recognition:

2023 – Faculty Excellence Award Nominee

2022- Silver Book Fest Award for best fiction

2021- International Latino Book Award for best fiction

2017 – Faculty Excellence Award Nominee

2016 - Faculty Achievement Nomination

2008 - Best Paper in Psychology-TAMIU Academic

Conference

2008 – Featured on the Discovery Channel series

“Real Life Prison Breaks”

1998 – Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Poetry

1998 – National Recognition for Youth Counseling by

The Texas Network of Youth Services

Campus Community Involvement:

2023 – Dean Hiring Committee

2023 – Adjunct Recognition Committee

2020-present B.I.T Committee Lonestar U.P

2018-2020 English Curriculum Team

2017 – Race Relations Summit Committee

2017 – 2020: Book Club Committee

2017-Coordinated Author Speaker (Carlos Flores)

2016- present: Chess Club Founder and Sponsor at Lone Star College University Park

2017 – 2020: Coordinator for the Student Essay Challenge

2017-2019: Co-Sponsor for the National Honor Society

2017-2019 Present: Proofreader for Phi Theta Kappa essay submissions

2017 – Committee Member and Educator for the Puente Program

2014-2016 Founder of Chess Club Conroe Campus

2014-2016 Writing Center Coordinator Conroe

2008-2013 Chair for Literature Committee L.C.C

Publications:

2024 – Child Pastor, Child Trafficker: The Crimes of Elsa Cuellar in a Border Town: Rowman and Littlefield

2020 – The Long Way to Mexico: Café Con Leche Press

2016 - Six: Anaphora Press

2014 - The Fajitas and Beer Convention: Anaphora Press

2014 – The King of the South (article) Chesslife Magazine

2008 - The Grass Beneath His Feet: The

Charles Victor Thompson Story: Author House

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