About Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson
MICRO-BIO
EXPERIENCE
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Assistant Professor
- Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts
- Present
EDUCATION
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Our Lady of The Lake University
- San Antonio Texas
- August 2000 to May 2007
FORMAL EDUCATION Ph.D. 2007 Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas, Leadership Studies and Business Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Leadership Language in Selected Speeches Communicated by America's First Ladies Hillary Rodham Clinton and Laura Welch Bush M.A. 1996 University of Texas Pan American/UTRGV, Edinburg, Texas, Communication Studies B.A. 1988 Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, Journalism/Public Relations ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2016-Present Assistant Professor (tenured track position), College of Liberal Arts The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2010-2013 Assistant Professor (tenured track position), College of Liberal Arts The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College 2002-2010 Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College 1998-2000 Adjunct Instructor, College of Liberal Arts Texas State Technical College, Harlingen