• Professor David Spener received his doctorate in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and joined the 性爱天堂 faculty in 1997. He is the author of several books, including听听(Temple University Press, 2016),听听(with Mois茅s Chaparro and Jos茅 Seves, Ceibo Ediciones, 2013), and听听(Cornell University Press, 2009).听His latest book is (2019, Ediciones Radio Universidad de Chile).

    In addition to being a member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dr. Spener participates actively听in the University's听Languages Across the Curriculum听(LAC),听Mexico, the Americas, and Spain听(MAS) Programs,and First Year Experience programs. He has also taught courses in several Latin American universities, including the听听in Mexico City; the听听in the Mexican state of Jalisco; and the听.

    • Ph.D., Sociology -听University of Texas at Austin
    • M.S., Applied Linguistics -听Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
    • B.A., Economic and Social Analysis -听Beacon College, Washington, D.C.
    • Canto unido: Un encuentro americano: Los tiempos y las canciones de Violeta Parra, Woody Guthrie, Victor Jara y Phil Ochs,听2019, Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Radio Universidad de Chile.
    • 鈥淩ememorando a Violeta el d铆a de su fuga: Identificaciones y reafirmaciones,鈥 Izquierdas (No. 42, October 2018).
    • No nos mover谩n: Biograf铆a de una canci贸n de lucha (LOM Ediciones, 2017).
    • We Shall Not Be Moved/No nos mover谩n: Biography of a Song of听Struggle, 2016, Temple University Press.
    • "The Lexicon of Clandestine Migration on the Mexico-U.S. Border."听Aztl谩n: A Journal of Chicano Studies听39, number 1 (Spring 2014).
    • Canto de las estrellas: Un homenaje a V铆ctor Jara听(with Mois茅s Chaparro and Jos茅 Seves), 2013, Ceibo Ediciones.
    • Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border, 2009, Cornell University Press.
    • Globalization and Social Change
    • Sociological Imagination
    • Race in America
    • Language, Culture, and Society