Serves as: Sociology International Honor Society faculty sponsor.
Dual–enrollment faculty member.

Scholarship:

• Presented a paper on youth gang membership and its early determinants at the Southwest Sociological Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Research interests:

• Youth gangs
• multicultural education
• family marriage
• sociology of death
• cultural capital
• public and higher education issues
• guidance and counseling
• women's issues
• social problems.

Courses taught at TAMUK:

• Sociology 1201 Introduction to Arts and Sciences
• Sociology 1301 Principles of Sociology
• Sociology 2361 Pluralistic Society
• Sociology 1306 Social Problems
• Sociology/Psych 2305 Women Gender Studies
• Sociology 4383 Social Theory
• Sociology 4342 Sociology of Death

Family Information:

Mrs. Bernal-Marichalar and her husband Marco, have three dogs: Bebe, Duke and Gus Gus. Enjoy the beach and traveling. Mrs. Bernal-Marichalar is the director of an afterschool care and summer learning program in Kingsville, Texas. Mrs. Bernal-Marichalar and her husband are involved in numerous charity projects across the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend.

Contact Information

Department of Psychology & Sociology
Manning 202
MSC 177 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-2350
fax: 361-593-2707
email: kristina.bernal@tamuk.edu