"Polish Immigration to Texas"
Virtual Lecture Series on Diversity
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Event Information
Speaker: Angelica Docog
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:00 p.m. CST
Location: Online
Angelica Docog has been appointed by the Board of the Polish Heritage Center at Panna Maria Foundation as the first Executive Director of the Polish Heritage Center. She is the former executive director of the Institute of Texan Cultures, the university museum of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), March 2012 to June 2020, and she is the first female, and Asian-Latina to lead the Institute of Texan Cultures. Highly respected by peers in museum sciences and administration, educator, researcher, and museum administrator, Angelica uses these skills in her work in public history, education and community engagement. Angelica is committed to providing educational opportunities on American cultural history, and the role the material culture and historic sites in shaping the historical narrative for the public to better understand history. Angelica a member of the board of directors of the San Antonio Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce, and Bexar County Historical Commission. Angelica is also a member of the Catholic Charities Refugee Advisory Board. In addition, Angelica was the co-chair of the City of San Antonio’s Tricentennial History and Education Committee. Angelica is a past member of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliates advisory board and past chair of the Latino Committee of the American Alliance of Museums and the Asian Pacific Committee of the American Alliance of Museums.
This event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, contact Dr. Adam Kozaczka at 956.326.3300 or adam.kozaczka@tamiu.edu
*Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this speaker series do not necessarily represent those of Humanities Texas or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
