The College of Incarnate Word revealed the arrival of Richard Pineda recently as its brand-new supervisor for the Liza and Jack Lewis Facility of the Americas, a duty that looks for to develop and preserve partnerships with various other nations in the Americas.
Pineda relocated to San Antonio from his indigenous El Paso, where most lately he functioned as supervisor of the Sam Donaldson Facility for Interaction Researches at the College of Texas at El Paso– a school that has an all-natural circulation of global pupils, site visitors and personnel because of its area on the boundary with Juárez, México.
He matured in this boundary area and after entrusting to seek his college levels, that include a bachelor’s in government from Baylor College, a master’s in interaction from UTEP and a doctorate in interaction from Wayne State College in Detroit, Mich., he returned home and invested 21 years at UTEP.
His study and education and learning rate of interests consist of national politics, media, pop culture, Latinidad and various other subjects that snugly weaved the sis cities of El Paso-Juárez and their almost 3 million locals with each other.
While at UTEP, he led research abroad programs in Brazil, Costa Rica and México, in addition to yearly pupil journeys to Indonesia.
” When this possibility opened up at UIW, where the Lewis Facility’s goal is to raise understanding of the Americas from Canada right to the Southern Cone, I assumed, ‘This is it! This is my opportunity, in the 2nd fifty percent of my profession, to actually progress basic understanding concerning some points that are actually pushing,” Pineda stated.
Linking the Americas
Established in 2019, the Lewis Facility’s objective is to advertise partnerships with México, Canada, Central and South America. The supervisor duty was formerly held by Rafael Hoyle, that led the facility given that 2021.
Pineda currently intends to utilize his experience advertising and leading global programs and discussions inside and outside the college to proceed Hoyle’s job and develop brand-new chances for pupils.
” One point that I discovered over my time at UTEP is that I had the capability to take scholastic principles and concepts and equate them to the wider public,” Pineda stated. “And to be able to expand those concepts without taking a setting, bringing a reasonable point of view and a research study point of view.”
Over his 20 years instructing at UTEP, Pineda likewise functioned as chair of the Interaction Division and as a tenured professor, presenting greater than 3,000 pupils to interaction and the duty it plays in culture.
Marcos Fregoso, vice head of state of global events, manages the Lewis Facility and stated component of the facility’s objective is to display its job and tasks to a more comprehensive target market.
For Pineda this implies remaining to bring audio speakers and occasions from these nations to the area, yet likewise looking for brand-new means to attach San Antonio locals to global subjects.
On top of his listing is regularly releasing well-researched short articles, or plan introductions, that concentrate on subjects that influence the city of San Antonio and the area.
From profession, to labor force, to migration, there are lots of links in between the nations that surpass what we take in through social networks or nationwide information, Pineda stated.
” It’s not concerning campaigning for– although I assume understanding on its own is campaigning for. It’s about stating, ‘Right here is a picture of this problem,'” Pineda stated.
Preferably, Pineda wishes to see UIW pupils from all disciplines with a passion in subjects connected to the Americas register for teaching fellowships and fellowships at the facility.
With the right financing, Pineda likewise intends to develop global management training chances for UIW pupils that wish to take a trip to various other nations beginning with México, where UIW has 2 schools, one in México City and one in Irapuato, Guadalajara.
” I assume that global traveling is definitely among one of the most vital points that a pupil can do,” Pineda stated. “Particularly for pupils that are very first generation, due to the fact that rationale of remaining in a college and in a location that your moms and dads or grandparents never ever had the possibility to be in, is optimizing every possibility.”
