Clearinghouse for Mexican-American Research Opens

The University’s Clearinghouse for Mexican-American Research (CMAR) officially opened its doors in October. The clearinghouse is dedicated to generating external funding for faculty and graduate student research.

Co-directors Anthony Quiroz and JoAnn Canales are working to provide scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and to promote interaction between the University and the broader community.

Corpus Christi is less than three hours from Mexico at an international crossroads that includes the nation’s sixth largest sea port. According to Canales, because of its unique geographic location, the Coastal Bend is a living laboratory for conducting solution-oriented research on Mexican-American/Hispanic issues that can act as a model for other areas of the country as the Hispanic population continues to grow.