Faculty News

Distinguished international relations scholar Rafael Velázquez Flores is visiting UNM this fall as the Fulbright Mexico Studies Chair. This position was created through a partnership between UNM’s Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) and the...

This year’s recipients of the UNM Faculty Mentored Research Award (FMRA) focused on research that evaluates strategies for promoting student success at UNM. The FMRA is awarded annually by UNM’s Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the...

Margaret Jane Slaughter, Professor Emerita at The University of New Mexico, died June 4. She was 82. Slaughter was a celebrated founding mother of the international and interdisciplinary field of Women’s and Gender Studies, a scholar of women in the...

Sardinian ethnomusicologist Diego Pani will be a Fulbright Scholar in Residence for the next 10 months at The University of New Mexico. He and his wife will be hosted by UNM Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) Kristina...

In the 1980s and 1990s, millions of youngsters dreamed they could “be like Mike” — legendary Chicago Bulls basketball player Michael Jordan. Growing up in China, Shuang (Sean) Luan was one of those who idolized Jordan. In fact, his love of Michael...

After more than four decades in the courtroom, Randi McGinn, a University of New Mexico School of Law alumna (’80), was awarded the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Distinguished Lawyer Award at the Amicus Honors Gala. Randi McGinn McGinn has worked on some...

The Department of Film & Digital Arts within the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico announces the first scholarship specifically for the Department, created to support Indigenous Native Students, and a new course titled Indigenous...

Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, a The University of New Mexico alumna, has joined the Film & Digital Arts Department as an assistant professor. Originally from Tohatchi, N.M., Emerson received her degree in Media Arts in 1997 from UNM and her...

Sebastian Serrano-Ayala has joined The University of New Mexico Department of Music as a visiting assistant professor of Orchestral Studies for the 2024-25 academic year. An advocate for the music of our time, Colombian-born conductor Serrano-Ayala...

Ahead of the start of the fall semester, Advance at The University of New Mexico, the Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Teaching and Learning are hosting a series of workshops on developing communities in academic settings and responding to...