Tales from the Chihuahuan Desert: Borderlands Narratives about Identity and Binationalism

FAIN: ES-288137-22

University of Texas, El Paso (El Paso, TX 79968-8900)
Ignacio Martinez (Project Director: February 2022 to present)
R. Joseph Rodriguez (Co Project Director: February 2022 to present)

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and in collaboration with the Center for InterAmerican and Border Studies (CIBS) and the Institute of Oral History (IOH), non-profit research and education centers at UTEP, propose a residential Summer Institute for School Teachers from July 16th to July 30th, 2023. Building on the successful participation of Summer Scholars in the in-person 2017 and 2019, while virtually in 2021 Summer Institute for School Teachers titled Tales from the Chihuahuan Desert: Borderlands Narratives about Identity and Binationalism, the proposed Level II 2023 Summer Institute will provide 25 secondary school teachers of art, language arts, sciences, social studies/history, and world languages in grades 6– 12 with two weeks of intense, guided exploration of borderlands narratives from the Chihuahuan Desert.