Advancing the study of the Greater Southwest

The Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State University-San Marcos engages faculty and students in the richness and diversity of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico and gives focus to intercultural studies through examining the region's people, institutions, history, and physical and cultural ecology. We are a partner of the Southwest Regional Humanities Center.

Former University President Jerome H. Supple established the Center for the Study of the Southwest in February 1990. "Through the Center," President Supple said, "we will collect and examine the forms of art and of thought which have over the centuries shaped this region of the world.... My hope is that the Center will ultimately receive international recognition for its understanding, promotion, and celebration of this unique culture we call the Southwest."