Roberto Avant-Mier
Frontera Frequencies HostRoberto Avant-Mier (PhD, Univ. of Utah) is the Interim Chair of the Department of Communication at UTEP and host of Frontera Frequencies. Prior to returning to Texas-El Paso in 2010, he was a professor at Boston College, and he previously attended the University of Utah, UTEP, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research analyzes the discursive construction of Latino/Hispanic identity(ies) and cultural issues in popular music and film.
Prof. Avant-Mier is the co-author of the NEW BOOK Cine-Mexicans: An Introduction to Chicano Cinema (2018, Kendall Hunt), which is based on several years of teaching classes on cinema and film, and analyzing the image(s) of Mexicans in U.S./Hollywood movies & films [co-authored with Michael Lechuga]. Dr. Avant-Mier is also the author of Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora (2010, Continuum/Bloomsbury), which was based on several years of research on Latino/Hispanic identity constructions and rock music as a discursive phenomenon.
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Hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Alejandra Seanez talk about songs that are related to the War. Miner Music Minute guest is UTEP student Olivia Williams. Aileen share with us her musical taste and memories related to them
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Hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Alejandra Seanez talk about songs that are in Englisn and Spanish or Spanglish. Miner Music Minute guest is graduate student Aileen Espino Aileen share with us her musical taste and memories related to them.
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Hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Alejandra Seanez talk about some of their songs about Day of The Death.For the Miner Music Minute, they introduce us to student Jose O Garcia to share his musical tastes related to his memories.
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Hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Alejandra Seanez launch their show with a spooky Halloween setlist. And for the Miner Music Minute, they introduce us to Karla Payan to share her musical tastes.
