Ricardo Romo is professor emeritus and the former president of the University of Texas, San Antonio. Born and raised in San Antonio's westside, Professor Romo began teaching courses in Chicana/o studies in 1970 and received his PhD in history from UCLA in 1975. In the years that followed, he held faculty positions at UC San Diego and the University of Texas, Austin. He served as president of UTSA from 1999 to 2017. He is the author of numerous publications within field of Chicana/o studies, including: "Responses to Mexican Immigration" (1975); New Directions in Chicano Scholarship (1977); "Chicanos in the West" (1982); East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio (1983); "George I. Sanchez and the Civil Rights Movement" (1986); and "Borderland Murals: Chicano Artifacts in Transition" (1992). In addition to his scholarship and faculty appointments, Professor Romo also served in many administrative capacities before his presidency at UTSA. Such positions include: Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at UT Austin; Director of the Tomás Rivera Center in Texas; and Vice Provost at UT Austin. In this interview, Professor Romo discusses: his family background and upbringing in Texas; his educational journey from high school to attending UT Austin; coming to California and teaching Chicano studies courses at California State University, Northridge; his graduate experience at UCLA and establishing himself in the profession; reflections on the state of Chicana/o studies in the early years and how the field evolved over the decades; the aims and contributions of his scholarship in the field; the reception of Chicana/o studies in higher education and at the universities he served; moving up in university administration as a Chicano scholar; serving as president of UTSA; as well as his thoughts on important works, themes, and high points in the field's development over the last fifty years.