Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez

Amplifying Identities Podcast

History EN ↓ 8 episodes

Welcome to the Amplifying identities, the podcast, my name is Dr. Priscilla Martinez and I am a faculty member in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I’m a specialist in the US-Mexico borderlands as well as a trained oral, public, and digital historian. This podcast is dedicated to both my and my students' digital projects developed during our coursework. In this podcast, we'd like to share with you some of the stories we uncovered and constructed during our class. So sit back and listen as we amplify some stories for you. _____ This limited podcast series prod...

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez

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Roots in New Soil—Building Vietnamese-American Life in Texas with Alexander Bailey and Breahna Luera-Peck 28.02.2026 31:17

Hello and welcome back to Amplifying Identities , a podcast that explores stories from the U.S.–Mexico borderlands and beyond. We're your hosts, Bailey and Breahna. We’re both graduate students at UTSA, and this semester 9Fall 2025) we’ve been working with Dr. Priscilla Martinez in our oral history methods course to build a whole season of episodes using the incredible oral history collections fro...

Preview of "Season 04, Episode 04 | "Roots in New Soil Building Vietnamese-American Life in Texas with Alexander Bailey and Breahna Luera-Peck" 28.02.2026 3:14

Hello and welcome back to Amplifying Identities , a podcast that explores stories from the U.S.–Mexico borderlands and beyond. We are your hosts Bailey and Breahna. We’re both graduate students at UTSA, and this semester we’ve been working with Dr. Priscilla Martinez in our oral history methods course to build a whole season of episodes using the incredible oral history collections from Baylor Uni...

What We Leave Behind—Resilience Through Memory and Memorials with Iris Blas & Gabrielle Zepeda 27.02.2026 23:06

Have you ever wondered how memorials play a crucial role in communities? What constitutes a memorial, and how does it impact our memory of an event, person, or item? Hello, my name is Iris Bas, and I’m Gabrielle Zepeda. We are graduate students at the UT San Antonio. This Fall 2025, we are working with Dr. Priscilla Martinez in our Theories, Methods, and Uses of Oral History course to produce a se...

Preview of "Season 04, Episode 03 | What We Leave Behind—Resilience Through Memory and Memorials with Iris Blas and Gabrielle Zepeda"" 27.02.2026 2:50

Have you ever wondered how memorials play a crucial role in communities? What constitutes a memorial, and how does it impact our memory of an event, person, or item? Hello, my name is Iris Bas, and I’m Gabrielle Zepeda. We are graduate students at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This Fall 2025, we are working with Dr. Priscilla Martinez in our Theories, Methods, and Uses of Oral History co...

The Bear Basics of Oral History with Steven Sielaff 12.12.2025 25:28

Welcome to Amplifying Identities , the podcast. My name is Dr. Priscilla Martinez, and I’m a faculty member in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I work on the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, and I’m trained as an oral, public, and digital historian. This semester—Fall 2025—I had the privilege of teaching one of my favorite courses, HIS 5823: Theories, Methods, and Uses...

Embracing Digital Scholarship with Vanessa Elias 12.12.2025 26:33

Welcome to Amplifying Identities , the podcast. My name is Dr. Priscilla Martinez, and I’m a faculty member in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I’m a specialist in U.S.–Mexico borderlands history, and I’m trained as an oral, public, and digital historian. This semester—Fall 2025—I had the privilege of teaching one of my favorite courses, HIS 5823: Theories, Meth...

Preview of "Season 04, Episode 02: The Bear Basics of Oral History with Steven Sielaff" 12.12.2025 5:14

Welcome to Amplifying Identities , the podcast. My name is Dr. Priscilla Martinez, and I’m a faculty member in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I’m a specialist in U.S.–Mexico borderlands history, and I’m trained as an oral, public, and digital historian. This semester—Fall 2025—I had the privilege of teaching one of my favorite courses, HIS 5823: Theories, Meth...

Preview of " Season 04, Episode 01: Embracing Digital Scholarship with Vanessa Elias" 12.12.2025 6:12

Welcome to Amplifying Identities , the podcast. My name is Dr. Priscilla Martinez, and I’m a faculty member in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I’m a specialist in U.S.–Mexico borderlands history, and I’m trained as an oral, public, and digital historian. This semester—Fall 2025—I had the privilege of teaching one of my favorite courses, HIS 5823: Theories, Meth...