my name is jecoa ross (small caps!) and my pronouns are he/him/his. i am an Assistant Professor in the History Program at San Antonio College and i teach face-to-face, online, and hybrid classes in both U.S. and Texas history. i earned a PhD in Borderlands History from the University of Texas at El Paso where i specialized in Borderlands and United States History with a minor concentration in the history of Psychiatry and Empire. my research focuses on the history of the Texas sodomy and homosexual conduct statutes and how anti-LGBTQIA+ discrimination in the law is deeply rooted in settler colonialism, white supremacy, and other forms of social control that have yet to be eradicated.

Before joining the history faculty at SAC, i taught part-time at both UTEP and El Paso Community College. I spent some of this time as a Mellon fellow with the EPCC-UTEP Humanities Collaborative and i also worked as the program director for a STARTALK grant-funded language immersion summer program for El Paso-area high school students at UTEP.

In addition to being an educator, i am also a parent, a partner to my spouse, and an avid music lover and musician. i care deeply about all living things and I consider compassion and empathy to be two of my most important values. I have participated in or helped organize events, marches, or demonstrations against things like racism and xenophobia, sexism and misogyny, homophobia and transphobia, and other prejudice that ultimately equates to being anti-human, anti-science, or anti-love.

Thank you for visiting my website! Here you can learn more about me, my research, and my teaching, and you are welcome to reach out to me with any questions or requests.