Cristobal Lopez
Assistant Professor of Practice, History
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Honors and Awards
Outstanding and Informative Presentation, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas, 2022.
College of Liberal and Fine Arts Outstanding Graduate 2022, University Life Awards, The University of
Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Excellence in Research, Diversity in Conservation Virtual Workshop, Latino Heritage Internship Program,
Environment for the Americas & National Park Service, 2021.
President’s List, Tarleton State University, 2020.
Dean’s List, Tarleton State University, 2019.
Dean’s List, Ranger College, 2017.
Presentations
Conferences
Conference Presentations:
“Separate and Unequal: Preserving the Complicated History at a Segregated Texas School,” Real Places
Conference, Texas Historical Commission, April 2024.
“The Blackwell School: Preserving the History of Segregated Education in West Texas,” Center for Big Bend
Studies Conference, Sul Ross University, November 2023.
“The Blackwell School,” Public History Extravaganza, St. Mary’s University, April 2023.
"Mission San José Cemetery during the Colonial and Mexican Era, 1720-1824," Nau History Scholars
Symposium, The University of Texas at San Antonio, October 2021.
"Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Cemetery Project," Diversity in Conservation Virtual Workshop,
Latino Heritage Internship Program, Environment for the Americas & National Park Service, August 2021.
Moderated Panels:
“The Blackwell School: Creating and Establishing a Legacy National Park Service Site for an Aging
Generation,” National Council on Public History Conference, April 2024.
"Careers in Applied History," Applied History Speaker Series, Applied History Project, The University of Texas at San Antonio, February 2023.
"Careers in Public History," Applied History Speaker Series, Applied History Project, The University of Texas at San Antonio, October 2022.
"What is Public History?," Applied History Speaker Series, Applied History Project, The University of Texas at San Antonio, September 2022.
"Endurance and Equality," COLFA Spring Research Conference, The University of Texas at San Antonio, March 2022.
Invited Talks & Workshops
“From Grassroots Museum to National Park Site: An Update on Progress at Blackwell School,” hosted by The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, March 2024.
“History and Relevance: Blackwell School as a Cast Study,” hosted by The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, February 2024.
“Documenting Mission San Jose after Secularization,” hosted by San Antonio Missions Indian Descendants,
San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas, January 2024.
“America’s Newest National Parks-What Does it Take to Create a New Park Site?” hosted by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, October 2023.
"Accessing the Bexar County Spanish Archives," hosted by Casa Navarro State Historic Site, Texas Historical Commission, Virtual, February 2023.
"Mission San José Cemetery Workshop: Accessing Mission Burial Records," hosted by San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas, February 2023.
"History of Mission San Jose," hosted by Mission Heritage Partners, San Antonio, Texas, November 2022.
"Reconstructing Mission San José: From Secularization to National Park Site," hosted by San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas, November 2022.
"Reconstructing Mission San José: From Secularization to National Park Site," hosted by San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, San Antonio, Texas, July 2022.
"El Camposanto de Misión San José y San Miguel de Aguayo," hosted by San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas, July 2022.
"Historical Overview of the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Cemetery," hosted by Mission San José Neighborhood Association, San Antonio, Texas, October 2021.
"Historical Overview of the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Cemetery," hosted by San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service, San Antonio, Texas, August 2021.
"American Heritage," hosted by Tarleton State Merit Badge Seminar, Boy Scouts of America & Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, February 2020.
Grants, Patents and Clinical Trials
Project Grants
"Applied History: Career Paths for Alternative-Academic Historians," Graduate Student Professional Development Mini-Grant Program, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2022, $7,000.
Research & Travel Grants
COLFA Center for Student Excellence Experiential Learning Scholarship, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2022, $500.
Fellowships
Nau Graduate Research Assistantship in History, Department of History, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2021-2022.
Nau Graduate Research Award in History, Department of History, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2020-2021.
Publications
Books:
Cristobal Lopez, Kirsten Gardner, Blackwell School, South Carolina: Arcadia Press, Forthcoming.
Journals:
Catarina Garza, Cristóbal López, Et Al., “Letter from the Founders,” Beyond Boundaries: Mastering the Liberal Arts 1, no. 1, October 2021.
Reports:
"Reconstructing Mission San Jose: A History of Land Tenure from Secularization to National Historical Park," San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service, August 2022.
"Historical Overview of the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Cemetery," San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service, August 2021.
Op-Eds:
“Struggle to tell America's history on public lands will continue under Trump,” San Antonio Express-News, November 12, 2024.
Cristóbal López, Victoria Villaseñor, "Ballet Napantla's 'Valentina' tells Story of the Women of the Mexican Revolution," San Antonio Express-News, March 27, 2022.
"How Hispanic American Identity Continues to Fade," San Antonio Express-News, October 14, 2021.
"Step Out and Visit Museums, Towns Hit Hard by the Pandemic," San Antonio Express-News, June 28, 2021.
Web Articles
“Mission San José and the Road to Secularization, Part 2: Post-1794,” San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service, May 7, 2024, https://home.nps.gov/articles/000/mission-san-jos%C3%A9-and-the-road-to-secularization-part-2-post-1794.htm.
“Mission San José and the Road to Secularization, Part 2: 1824,” San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, May 7, 2024, https://home.nps.gov/articles/000/mission-san-jos%C3%A9-and-the-road-to-secularization-part-2-post-1794.htm.
“Mission San José and the Road to Secularization, Part 1: 1794,” San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service, November 28, 2023, https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mission-san-jos%C3%A9-and-the-road-to-secularization-part-1-1794.htm.”
"The Camposanto at Mission San José," San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service, April 20, 2022, https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-camposanto-at-mission-san-jose.htm.
Chapter Contributions:
Deborah Liles, “Society,” in Thurber, South Carolina: Arcadia Press, 2021.
