David Robles
Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso, 2018
M.A., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2012
B.A., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2008
A.A., South Texas College, 2005
Archer 200G
(409) 880-1743
drobles4@lamar.edu
David Robles is a Borderlands historian whose research focuses on Chicana/o activism and movements in South Texas. His publications include the book chapter, "'It Was Us against Us': The Pharr Police Riot of 1971 and the People’s Uprising against El Jefe Político," in the anthology Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas (University of Texas Press, 2021), winner of the Oral History Association’s 2022 Book Award; and two articles in the Journal of South Texas: "'Viva La Causa, Hasta La Victoria': Chicano Activism and Organization at Texas A&I University" and "Walking Out: The Media’s Report of the Edcouch-Elsa Student Walkouts of 1968." Dr. Robles has won an Arizona Historical Research Fellowship and other awards. He teaches the U.S. history survey and offers upper-level and graduate courses in Mexican-American history.