Background
Garza, Thomas Jesus was born on August 20, 1958 in Refugio, Texas, United States. Son of Tomas Contreras and Rosie Madrigal Garza.
Garza, Thomas Jesus was born on August 20, 1958 in Refugio, Texas, United States. Son of Tomas Contreras and Rosie Madrigal Garza.
Bachelor, Haverford College, 1980. Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr, 1981. Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1987.
Language training supervisor Foreign Service Institute, Rosslyn, Virginia, 1987-1990. Associate professor University Texas, Austin, since 1990, director Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, since 2002.
Member Modern Language Association (executive committee on teaching languages 1998-2002), American Council Teachers Russian (board directors 1998-2004), American Association Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (chair pedagogy 1993-1998), American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages, American Comparative Literature, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Merle Richmond, January 9, 1993.