Dr. Rolando Avila
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of History
(956) 665- 8783
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
EdD, The University of Texas - Pan American, 2013
Major: Educational Leadership
MA, The University of Texas - Pan American, 1999
Major: History
BA, The University of Texas - Pan American, 1994
Major: History
EMPLOYMENT
U.S History Lecturer, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ( 2015)
American Heritage Lecturer, University of Texas-Pan American (2012 - 2015)
Campus Testing Strategist, McAllen High School (2010 - 2012)
American Heritage Lecturer (Part-time), The University of Texas-Pan American (1999 - 2012)
Social Studies Teacher, McAllen High School (2005 - 2010)
U.S. History Teacher, Beatriz Garza Middle School (2004 - 2005)
U.S. History Instructor (Part-time), South Texas College (2000 - 2004)
Social Studies Teacher, South Palm Gardens High School (1995 - 2004)
Licensures and Certifications
History Secondary (6-12 grade), Life, TEA. (January 1995)
Social Studies Composite Secondary (6-12 grade), Life, TEA. (January 1995)
PUBLICATIONS
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Rolando Avila. Interviews with Lino Garcia, Jr: A Life Story. Rolando Avila (Ed.) United States: R
& L Books, 2017. (62 pages).
Rolando Avila. Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail: 40 Lesson Plans. Edinburg, Texas: The
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2017. (139 pages).
Rolando Avila. Miguel A. Nevarez: A Life History. United States: R & L Books, 2016. (132 pages).
Book Chapters
Rolando Avila. "President Miguel A. Nevarez and the Transformation of South Texas."
Supplementary Studies in Rio Grande Valley History. Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, Antonio
Zavaleta, and Thomas Daniel Knight (Ed.) United States: The University of Texas Rio Grande
Valley, 2017: 239-259.
Rolando Avila and Anita Pankake. "Development and Uses of Theory for Educational Leaders."
Texas Public School Organization and Administration. James A. Vornberg and Wesley D. Hickey
(Ed.) Dubuque, Iowa: Kendally Hunt Publishing Company, 2016: Fifteenthth ed., 135-158.
Rolando Avila. "Benjamin Franklin." Colonial Roots: Settlement to 1783 (History Through
Literature). Jeffrey H. Hacker (Ed.) Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2014: 73-87.
Rolando Avila. "Chapter 11: Franklin D. Roosevelt had Knowledge of an Impending Japanese Attack
and Used Pearl Harbor as an Excuse to Spur American Entry into World War II." Popular
Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Quesitons: The Twentieth
Century to the Present. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2011:
4:241-262.
Rolando Avila and Lee Oberman. "Chapter 15: Lincoln Maneuvered the South into Firing the First
Shot at Fort Sumter." Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing
Quesitons: The High Middle Ages to the Modern World. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO, 2011: 3:333-354.
Rolando Avila. "Space Exploration." Social Issues in America. James Ciment (Ed.) Armonk, New
York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006: 1565-1573.
Rolando Avila. "Weapons of Mass Destruction." Social Issues in America. James Ciment (Ed.)
Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006: 1867-1876.
Journal Articles
Rolando Avila and Anita Pankake. President Emeritus Miguel A. Nevarez: An Agent for Social
Justice in Higher Education. Santa Barbara, California: Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
(Sage). (2016): 1-23 (DOI: 10.1177/1538192716670995).
Other
Rolando Avila. Abigail Adams. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:212-216.
Rolando Avila. Abolition/Anti-Slavery Movement. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.)
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:5-7.
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Rolando Avila. African Slavery. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:166-169.
Rolando Avila. All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne
Welch (Ed.) Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and
Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:301-302.
Rolando Avila. American Red Cross. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:302-303.
Rolando Avila. Army Nurse Corps. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:304-306.
Rolando Avila. Backlash. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American History:
A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:102-105.
Rolando Avila. Barbie. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American History: A
Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:10-11.
Rolando Avila. Betsy Ross. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:295-296.
Rolando Avila. Bill of Rights for Women (1967). Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.)
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:106-107.
Rolando Avila. Carry Nation. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:324-326.
Rolando Avila. Clara Barton. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:180-184.
Rolando Avila. Conservation and Recycling. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:314-318.
Rolando Avila. Consumer Culture. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:18-20.
Rolando Avila. Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (1848). Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch
(Ed.) Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:38-41.
Rolando Avila. Dorothea Dix. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:43-44.
Rolando Avila. Elizabeth Blackwell. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
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Rolando Avila. Elizabeth Blackwell. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:18-20.
Rolando Avila. Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.)
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:131-133.
Rolando Avila. Equal Pay Act of 1963. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:133-135.
Rolando Avila. Excommunication. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:112-113.
Rolando Avila. Great Awakening. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:116-119.
Rolando Avila. Harriet Tubman. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:140-142.
Rolando Avila. Housewives, Stereotypes and Reality. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.)
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:32-33.
Rolando Avila. Jane Addams. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:279-282.
Rolando Avila. Mary Baker Eddy. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:302-303.
Rolando Avila. Mary Surratt. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:253-255.
Rolando Avila. Mary Todd Lincoln. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:227-230.
Rolando Avila. Nurses Selective Service Act. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:336-337.
Rolando Avila. Our Bodies, Ourselves (1971). Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women
in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:209-210.
Rolando Avila. Rosa Parks. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:54-55.
Rolando Avila. Rosie the Riveter. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
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History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:338-340.
Rolando Avila. Schools for Girls and Women. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women
in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:306-308.
Rolando Avila. Second Great Awakening. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 1:308-309.
Rolando Avila. Settlement House Movement. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:350-353.
Rolando Avila. Sexual Politics (1970). Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:229-230.
Rolando Avila. Sojourner Truth. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:137-140.
Rolando Avila. Spies. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American History: A
Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:249-251.
Rolando Avila. Suffrage Movement. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:130-132.
Rolando Avila. Susan B. Anthony. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in American
History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:12-16.
Rolando Avila. Title IX of Education Amendment of 1972. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch
(Ed.) Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:241-243.
Rolando Avila. Underground Railroad. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:143-146.
Rolando Avila. Utopian Movement. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:146-147.
Rolando Avila. Violence Against Women Act (1994). Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.)
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 4:373-374.
Rolando Avila. Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch
(Ed.) Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:371-372.
Rolando Avila. Women's Prison Association. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
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Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:152-153.
Rolando Avila. Women's Rights Movement. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 2:153-157.
Rolando Avila. World War I and Women. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch (Ed.) Women in
American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2017): 3:183-185.
Rolando Avila. Bloom's Taxonomy. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Online
Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016)
Rolando Avila. Constructionism. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Online
Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 244-247.
Rolando Avila. Digital Divide. The Sage Encyclopedia of Online Education. Thousand Oaks,
California: Sage. (2016): 317-321.
Rolando Avila. Educational Technology. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Online
Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 385-393.
Rolando Avila. Equal Educational Opportunities Act. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia
of Online Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 412-413.
Rolando Avila. Laws and Regulations Affecting Online Education, Federal. Steven L. Danver (Ed.)
The Sage Encyclopedia of Online Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 620-625.
Rolando Avila. Laws and Regulations Affecting Online Education, State. Steven L. Danver (Ed.)
The Sage Encyclopedia of Online Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 625-630.
Rolando Avila. Qualitative Methods and Research. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia
of Online Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 934-936.
Rolando Avila. Quantitative Methods and Research. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia
of Online Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 939-941.
Rolando Avila. Society for Information and Teacher Education. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) The Sage
Encyclopedia of Online Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. (2016): 1024-1028.
Rolando Avila. Columbian Exchange. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and
Movements that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2015): 230-233.
Rolando Avila. Disease Eradication. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and
Movements that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2015): 325-328.
Rolando Avila. Foreign Alliances. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and
Movements that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2015): 415-418.
Rolando Avila. Gun Control Movement. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and
Movements that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2015): 473-477.
Rolando Avila. Modern Medicine. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and
Movements that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California:
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ABC-CLIO. (2015): 664-668.
Rolando Avila. Pro-Choice Movement. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and
Movements that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2015): 801-804.
Rolando Avila. Violent Protest. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and Movements
that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
(2015): 1043-1045.
Rolando Avila. War on Terror. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and Movements
that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
(2015): 1070-1074.
Rolando Avila. William Lloyd Garrison. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) Ideas and Movements that Shaped
America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2015):
379-381.
Rolando Avila. Youth Movement. Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler (Ed.) Ideas and Movements
that Shaped America: Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street". Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
(2015): 1124-1127.
Rolando Avila. Nuclear Power. Kenneth E. Hendrickson, III (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Industrial
Revolution in World History. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc..
(2014): 682-685.
Rolando Avila. African American Soldiers, U.S.. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil War: The
Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2013):
14-15.
Rolando Avila, and David Coffey. Armies of the Confederate States, Overview. Spencer C. Tucker
(Ed.) American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2013): 74-76.
Rolando Avila. Brown v. Board of Education. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of
the American West. Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press/Sage. (2013): 63.
Rolando Avila. Cesar Chavez. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the American
West. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013): 232-233.
Rolando Avila and Spencer Tucker. Cotton Diplomacy. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil
War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
(2013): 445.
Rolando Avila. Dred Scott Case. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil War: The Definitive
Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2013): 548-549.
Rolando Avila. Education. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West.
Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013) 303-305
Rolando Avila. Emiliano Zapata. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Native Peoples of the World: An
Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe.
(2013): 641.
Rolando Avila. First Shot of the War. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil War: The Definitive
Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2013): 637.
Rolando Avila. Frederick Jackson Turner. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the
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American West. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013): 639-640.
Rolando Avila. Freedmen's Bureau. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil War: The Definitive
Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2013): 717-718.
Rolando Avila. George W. Bush. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the American
West. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013): 219-220.
Rolando Avila. Geronimo. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West.
Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013): 349-350.
Rolando Avila. James K. Polk. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the American
West. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013): 528-529.
Rolando Avila. National Rifle Association. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics of the
American West. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage/CQ Press. (2013): 331.
Rolando Avila. William Henry Herndon. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil War: The
Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2013):
901-902.
Rolando Avila. William Lloyd Garrison. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) American Civil War: The
Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2013):
748-750.
Rolando Avila and Pedro Santoni. Historiography of the Mexican-American War. Spencer C.
Tucker (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History.
Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2012): 301-304.
Rolando Avila. John Tyler. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A
Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2012): 672-674.
Rolando Avila. William Lloyd Garrison. Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the
Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2012): 260-262.
Rolando Avila. African Americans, Union Army. James R. Arnold and Roberta Wiener (Ed.)
American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2011):
5-8.
Rolando Avila. Bureau of Military Information. Glen P. Hastedt and Steven W. Guerreir (Ed.) Spies,
Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2011): 511-513.
Rolando Avila. Civil War. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellion
in American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2011): 441-442.
Rolando Avila. Conscription. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and
Rebellion in American History: an Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2011):
442-443.
Rolando Avila. Copperheads. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and
Rebellion in American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2011):
443-444.
Rolando Avila. Haymarket Riot. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and
Rebellion in American History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. (2011): 575-583.
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Rolando Avila. James Watt. Steven L. Danver and John R. Burch (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Water
Politics and Policy in the United States. Washington: D.C.: Sage/CQ Press. (2011): 390-392.
Rolando Avila. New York Draft Riots. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations,
and Rebellion in American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. (2011): 435-440.
Rolando Avila. Public Lands. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and
Rebellion in American History: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2011): 1090-1091.
Rolando Avila. Racism. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellion in
American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2011): 444-446.
Rolando Avila. Ronald Reagan. Steven L. Danver (Ed.) Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and
Rebellion in American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2011):
1091-1093.
Rolando Avila. William Lloyd Garrison. Martin J. Manning and Clarence R. Wyatt (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
(2011): 337-339.
Rolando Avila. American Revolution. Junius Rodriguez (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Emancipation and
Abolition in the Transatlantic World. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2007) 35-37
Rolando Avila. Andrew Johnson. Junius Rodriguez (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Emancipation and
Abolition in the Transatlantic World. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2007): 316-318.
Rolando Avila. John Brown. Junius Rodriguez (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in
the Transatlantic World. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2007): 93-95.
Rolando Avila. Martin Van Buren. Junius Rodriguez (Ed.) Encycloopedia of Emancipation and
Abolition in the Transatlantic World. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2007): 546-547.
Rolando Avila. American G.I. Forum. James Ciment (Ed.) Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of
Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. (2006): 845.
Rolando Avila. Anne Frank. Bernard Cook (Ed.) Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from
Antiquity to the Present. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2006): 206-207.
Rolando Avila. Benjamin Franklin. James Ciment (Ed.) Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of
Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2006):
349-353.
Rolando Avila. Brown Berets. James Ciment (Ed.) Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social,
Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. (2006): 847.
Rolando Avila. Clinton-Cornwallis Dispute. Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of the
American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, California:
ABC-CLIO. (2006): 234-235.
Rolando Avila and Paul Finkelman. Confederate States of America. Paul Finkelman (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of
Frederick Douglass. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. (2006): 324-326.
Rolando Avila. Daniel Boone. James Ciment (Ed.) Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social,
Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2006): 150-151.
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Rolando Avila. Diplomacy (Foreign Affairs). James Ciment (Ed.) Colonial America: An
Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: Sharpe
Reference. (2006): 280-284.
Rolando Avila. Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist. Gregory Fremon-Barnes (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of
the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2006): 531.
Rolando Avila. Ireland. Gregory Fremont-Barnes and Richard A. Ryerson (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of
the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2006): 637-638.
Rolando Avila. James K. Polk. Paul Finkelman (Ed.) Encyclopedia of African American History,
1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass. Oxford, New York: Oxford
University Press. (2006): 525-526.
Rolando Avila. Jean Antonine Chaptal. Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of the
French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2006): 231-232.
Rolando Avila. North American Free Trade Agreement. James Ciment (Ed.) Postwar America: An
Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: M.E.
Sharpe. (2006): 940-941.
Rolando Avila. Sugar Act. James Ciment (Ed.) Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social,
Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2006): 817-818.
Rolando Avila. Thomas Jefferson. James Ciment (Ed.) Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of
Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2006):
452-453.
Rolando Avila. Trade. James Ciment (Ed.) Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political,
Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference. (2006): 849-853.
Rolando Avila. African Americans in the Union Army: American Civil War. World at War:
Understanding Conflict and Society. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005)
worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/756347
Rolando Avila. American Civil War. Bill Marshall (Ed.) France and the Americas: Culture, Politics,
and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005): 64-69.
Rolando Avila. Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy: American Revolution. World at War:
Understanding Conflict and Society. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005)
worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/756347
Rolando Avila. Confederate States of America. Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl (Ed.) Britain and
the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005):
261-263.
Rolando Avila and Spencer Tucker. Cotton Diplomacy: American Civil War. World at War:
Understanding Conflict and Society. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005)
worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/756958
Rolando Avila. Dred Scott Decision: American Civil War. World at War: Understanding Conflict
and Society. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005)
worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1221007
Rolando Avila. Freedmen's Bureau: American Civil War. World at War: Understanding Conflict and
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Rolando Avila. Freedmen's Bureau: American Civil War. World at War: Understanding Conflict and
Society. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005)
worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/757321
Rolando Avila. Ireland. Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl (Ed.) Britain and the Americas: Culture,
Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005): 477-482.
Rolando Avila. Ireland: American Revolution. World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society.
Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005) worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1319092
Rolando Avila. Philosophy and Philosophers. Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl (Ed.) Britain and
the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005):
706-711.
Rolando Avila. Quakerism and Quakers. Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl (Ed.) Britain and the
Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005): 773-775.
Rolando Avila. Utopianism. Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl (Ed.) Britain and the Americas:
Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005): 1018-1021.
Rolando Avila. William Henry Herndon. World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005) worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1067328
Rolando Avila. William Lloyd Garrison. World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2005) worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/757359
Rolando Avila. Aaron Burr. Peter Knight (Ed.) Conspiracy Theories in American History: An
Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2003): 145-147.
Rolando Avila. Assassintation of Robert F. Kennedy. Peter Knight (Ed.) Conspiracy Theories in
American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2003): 397-402.
Rolando Avila. Mexican-American War. Peter Knight (Ed.) Conspiracy Theories in American
History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. (2003): 464-466.
Rolando Avila. Attempt to Burn New York. David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara,
California: ABC-CLIO. (2000): 1414.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Campus Teacher of the Year, South Palm Gardens High School (2002)
PRESENTATIONS
Rolando Avila. "RGV Civil War Trail: Place-Based Learning in K-12 Education," FESTIBA,
CHAPS, UTRGV (Edinburg Campus). (February 28, 2017)
Rolando Avila. "Curriculum and Lesson Plan Overview," RGV Civil War Trail Workshop, CHAPS,
McAllen, Texas. (February 24, 2017)
Rolando Avila. "The Study of Local History and the RGV Civil War Trail," RGV Civil War Trail
Workshop, CHAPS, McAllen, Texas. (February 26, 2016)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
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American Heritage I
American Heritage II
U.S. History I
U.S. History II
SERVICE
Department Service
Committee Member, Undergraduate Scholarship Selection Committee. (September 1, 2016 - May
15, 2017)
Other, Formal Peer Observation/Evaluation. (April 20, 2017)
Development Activities Attended
Workshop, "FPT Guide/Electronic Faculty Review Dossier," UTRGV. (March 24, 2017)
Workshop, "Applying the Quality Matters Rubric," UTRGV. (September 19, 2016 - October 3,
2016)
Workshop, "Fair Use & Copyright in Education," UTRGV. (September 20, 2016)
Workshop, "IRB Net," UTRGV. (January 19, 2016)
Professional Service
Judge , National History Day , Edinburg , (February 2017)
Judge , National History Day , Edinburg , (February 2016)
Judge , National History Day , Edinburg , (February 2015)
Judge , National History Day , Edinburg , (February 2014)
Judge , National History Day , Edinburg , (February 2013)
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