Dr. Lopez has a JD and a PHD in History. She has taught at UHD for over a decade, first as an adjunct and currently as a lecturer. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Adjunct Award in 2013. Dr. Lopez teaches the two American history survey courses, HIST 1305 and 1306. Her legal studies included a strong concentration on the Constitution, jurisprudence and legal history. Her primary field of graduate study was constitutional and legal history with a secondary concentration in early American history. All of this makes her well qualified to teach the American history survey courses, 1305 and 1306. The aforementioned studies, along with her research examining labor issues and American radicalism in the 1930s and 1940s qualifies her to teach U.S. 1900 to 1945. Dr. Lopez has also taught Russia in the 20th Century for a decade. Her graduate studies which a concentration on Marxism and the Soviet Union, along with her research on American Communism and “subversive” ideologies qualifies her to teach in this area.
Teaching Experience:
2002-present Adjunct then Lecturer History, UHD
Professional:
1 year as Research Assistant, Vinson and Elkins
1 year as Briefing Attorney, General Litigation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General
