Alberto Wilson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

He/Him/Hisalberto.wilson@tcu.edu817-257-7315Reed Hall 328

Program Affiliations

AddRan College of Liberal Arts History

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Education

Ph.D., History, University of Houston (2021)
BA, History, Vassar College (2016)

Biography

Alberto Wilson is a historian of the US Mexico border, and his manuscript tentatively titled Assembly City: Ciudad Juárez and Neoliberal Industrialization at the US-Mexico Border is under contract with the University of Texas Press. At TCU, Wilson teaches courses on modern US history, borderlands, Latinos/as, and US-Latin American relations, and sits on the inaugural editorial board of the journal Borderlanders/Fronterizos expected to begin publication by TCU Press in 2027.

Courses Taught

HIST 10613 US History since 1877

HIST 10723 History of Latinos/as in the U.S.

HIST 30803 U.S. Urban History

HIST 30923 US & Latin America

HIST 70603 Making of the US-Mexico Border

Areas of Focus

US-Mexico border, political economy, labor and social

“El Paso.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. Oxford University Press, 2014. Article published November 22, 2023.

Last Updated: December 04, 2025

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