Lydia M Andrade

• PhD, Political Science, Texas A&M University
• MA, Political Science, Texas A&M University
• BA, Political Science, Southwestern University

• University of the Incarnate Word. 1999-present
• University of North Texas, 1996-1999
• San Jose State University, 1993-1996

Acting Assistant Dean for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, The University of the Incarnate Word (2019-2020), San Antonio, Texas.

Full Professor and Chair, Department of Government and International Affairs, The University of the Incarnate Word (2008-present), San Antonio, Texas.

Bond, Jon, Kevin B. Smith and Lydia Andrade. 2021 Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science. 4th ed. Routledge Publishing, (forthcoming).

Andrade, Lydia. M., and James Riddlesperger, editors. Considering American Politics: A Reader. 2nd ed. Kendal Hunt Publishing, 2020.

Andrade, Lydia, Nath, Lopita and Scott Dittloff. Course Based Study Abroad: How to Create a Truly Transformational Experience. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group, 2019.

Andrade, Lydia M. “Nancy Pelosi and the Affordable Care Act: It Takes A Woman”. Proceedings of the triennial Deep South Conference on “Great Legislators”, (forthcoming).

Andrade, Lydia. M., "Graduating the Electoral College.” In Andrade, Lydia. M., and James Riddlesperger, editors. Considering American Politics: A Reader. 2nd Ed. Kendal Hunt Publishing, 2020.

Andrade, Lydia M., “ The Supreme’s Greatest Hits”, In Andrade, Lydia. M., and James Riddlesperger, editors. Considering American Politics: A Reader. 2nd Ed. Kendal Hunt Publishing, 2020.

Andrade, Lydia M., Scott Dittloff, Lopita Nath, Alejandra Yanez Vega. “Creating Intercultural Experiences: Case Studies of Course-Based Study Abroad in The Caribbean, Germany and India.” In CEDER Yearbook, Consortium for Educational Development, Evaluation and Research. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Press, 2019.

• American Political Science Association
• Midwest Political Science Association
• Southern Political Science Association
• Southwestern Political Science Association
• Southwestern Social Science Association

• UIW Sabbatical Award, 2020
• UIW Presidential Teaching Award, 2011

• American Politics
• U.S. Presidency
• U.S. Congress
• Women in Politics
• U.S. Foreign Policy

• American Government
• State and Local Government -Texas
• Political Behavior
• Public Policy
• Social Science Research Methods
• U.S. Congress
• U.S. Presidency
• Selected Topics: China (travel class to China)
• Selected Topics: D.C.: The Insiders Experience (travel class to Washington D.C.)
• Selected Topics: The International Court of Justice (travel class to the Netherlands)
• Selected Topics: The Indian Experience (travel class to India)
• Selected Topics: Political Rhetoric of the Nazis (travel class to Germany)