Wanzer-Serrano, Darrel Director, Race & Ethnic Studies Institute

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano is Director of the Race & Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University. He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism and Core Faculty of Latino/a & Mexican American Studies. Trained in critical/cultural approaches to rhetorical studies, he was the first to bring Latinx/Latin American decolonial theory and methods to his home field of communication. Currently, Wanzer-Serrano is conducting critical interpretive research related to the discourse of emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions as co-PI of the EVOLVE HSIs study. He is also starting work as PI of RESI's Anti-DEI Legislation Impact Study (ADLIS), examining the effect of recent legislative debates on faculty at HSIs across the country.