Erika Arredondo-Haskins, Ph.D.
About Me
A 12th-generation Texan, Dr. Erika Arredondo-Haskins earned her Ph.D. in Education at the University of the Incarnate Word, where she also teaches undergraduate courses in Religious Studies. With academic qualifications, including a bachelor’s degree in business, a master's degree in religious studies, and a master's degree in organizational leadership, Dr. Haskins’s expertise spans various disciplines.
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Her research background includes women and young women’s leadership and leadership in early Spanish Texas history. She has designed and curated numerous Texas history exhibits. Most notable is her work on the travel exhibition Las Damas de Tejas: Notable Women in Texas, where she presented to schools and museums around Texas. She has served as a historical consultant on numerous projects, including the History Channel’s Avenging the Alamo: The Road to Texas Rising, and as a consultant for an official San Antonio Tricentennial project, Sueños de Béjar: A San Antonio Opera. She is the lead scholar for the “Los Alcaldes de Béxar Project,” an academic project that aids in the awareness of the early government officials who played significant roles in the growth and sustainability of the development of San Antonio from 1731 to 1836.
Dr. Haskins is working on the translations of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s children's literature for Oxford University Press as part of The Harriet Beecher Stowe Collected Works. She serves as the editor of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Society newsletter. Her most recent academic research, Adela Navarro (1904-1992), was published in the Handbook of Tejano History and the Handbook of Texas Women.
She is a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, San Antonio de Bexar Chapter, where she serves as Chair of the Women’s Issue Committee and on the State Regent, Susan Johnston’s children’s history book project, Before the Lone Star. She is also a member of numerous historical and women's organizations, including the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Alamo Couriers Chapter, 1718 San Antonio Founding Families and Descendants, and The Woman's Club of San Antonio.
In addition to this, she was appointed by Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai to serve on the Bexar County Historical Commission.
Dr. Haskins is extremely passionate about her work as the volunteer director for the University of the Incarnate Word Young Women’s Global Leadership program, where she mentors women and high school girls in San Antonio, Turkey, Kenya, and Uganda. She recently returned from Uganda, where, after four years, she finally met the young women and mentors in person and taught leadership workshops in their high school.
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Dr. Haskins has been an active parishioner of the San Fernando Cathedral for 15 years, where she currently serves as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and Lector. She has served in leadership roles on Women's ACTS for St. Peter Prince of the Apostle Church and San Fernando Cathedral.
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In May of 2022, Erika received the University of the Incarnate Word’s CCVI Spirit Award, a prestigious award that recognizes an employee who lives the mission values of faith, innovation, truth, education, and service.
