Alexandra Lamiña

Geographer, Urban Planner, and Amazonia Advocate

Mental map by Erika Urbina, Mapping Latin America Class, May 2021.

Teaching

I have a rich experience working as a graduate researcher and teaching assistant for nine courses in the departments of Geography and History, the School of Architecture, and the Institute of Latin American Studies at UT Austin. These positions allowed me to organize activities with students in discussion sessions and workshops focused on Latin American geography, natural resources, mapping, and urban planning.

The University of Texas at Austin, Teaching Assistant:

Department of History:

Spring 2021 – Mapping Latin America
Spring 2020 – The History of the United States, 1492-1865
Fall 2019 – The Black Power Movement in the U.S.

School of Undergraduate Studies

Fall 2020 – Signature Course, Latin America: Environmental History and Sustainability

Department of Geography:

Spring 2017 – Geography of Latin America

Institute of Latin American Studies LLILAS:

Fall 2016 – Water Resources Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean

Migratory Geography map by Tess Mayfield, Latin America Class, 2021.

The University of Texas, Graduate Research Assistant:

Community Participation and Organizing in Informal areas, «El Tráfico», Mexico 2016.

School of Architecture:

Summer 2016 – Environmental and social vulnerability assessment in informal settlements. Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic.
Fall 2015 and Summer 2016 – Participatory Action Research in the peri-urban areas of Mexico (FD).