Roberto Rodriguez, Ph.D. – known as Dr. Cintli – is an emeritus associate professor in the Mexican American Studies Department, at the University of Arizona. He is a longtime award winning journalist/columnist who returned to school in 2003 in pursuit of a Master's degree (2005) and a Ph.D. in Mass Communications (2008) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. While there, he co-produced with Patrisia Gonzales, Amoxtli San Ce Tojuan, a documentary on origins and migrations. Prior to returning to school he was a nationally syndicated columnist, first with Chronicle features and then with Universal Press Syndicate - 1994-2006. He is the author of Justice: A Question of Race; it documents his 7 ½ year quest for justice in the courtroom, stemming from a case of police brutality that almost cost him his life. His research focus at the University of Arizona is on Maiz culture on this continent, which includes its relationship to the Ethnic Studies controversies nationwide. He teaches classes on the history of Maiz, Mexican/Chicano/Chicana culture and politics and the history of red-brown journalism. As part of his work, he has developed and published on the concept of Running Epistemology (International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 2012. In 2013, a major digitized collection of Mexican and Indigenous media was inaugurated by the University of Arizona Libraries, based on a class he created: The History of Red-Brown Journalism. His book, Our Sacred Maiz is our Mother: Nin Tonantzin Non Centeotl was published by the University of Arizona Press 2014. He works with the concepts of Elder-Youth Epistemology and Running Epistemology and was the 2013 Baker-Clark Human Rights award recipient from American Educational Research Association, for his work in defending Ethnic Studies. He recently completed another book for the UA Press on violence against the Black-Brown-Indigenous communities of the United States: Yolqui: A Warrior Summoned from the Spirit World (Fall 2019). He is working on the last of his trilogy: Smiling Brown, a book and project on color and color consciousness among Brown peoples in this country and on this continent. He is also working on a book on origins and migrations of Mexican peoples with his former co-author Gonzales. In 2016, he received an award from the National Association for Ethnic Studies, in recognition and appreciation as Conference Chair for the 44th annual conference at the University of Arizona. A recent collection of his work was recently published(2021) by Aztlan Libre Press - Writing 50 years (mas o menos) Amongst the Gringos. He currently writes a bi-monthly column for The Progressive Populist.

Roberto Rodríguez, Ph.D. -Conocido como Dr. Cintli- es profesor asociado emeritus en el Departamento de Estudios Mexicoamericanos de la Universidad de Arizona. Es un periodista / columnista galardonado desde hace mucho tiempo que regresó a la universidad en 2003 para obtener una maestría (2005) y un doctorado en Comunicación de Masas (Mass Communications) (2008) en la Universidad de Wisconsin en Madison. Mientras estuvo allí, coprodujo con Patrisia Gonzales, Amoxtli San Ce Tojuan, un documental sobre orígenes y migraciones. Antes de regresar a la escuela, fue columnista sindicado a nivel nacional, primero con Chronicle Features y luego con Universal Press Syndicate. Es el autor de Justice: A Question of Race; documenta sus siete años y medio de búsqueda de justicia en la sala del tribunal, derivado de un caso de brutalidad policial que casi le cuesta la vida. Su enfoque de investigación en la Universidad de Arizona está en la cultura del Maíz en este continente, lo que incluye su relación con las controversias de Estudios Étnicos en todo el país. Imparte clases sobre la historia de Maiz, la cultura y política mexicana / chicana / chicana y la historia del periodismo de la Raza e Indígena. Actualmente escribe para e Progressive Populist. Su libro, Our Sacred Maiz is our Mother: Nin Tonantzin Non Centeotl fue publicado por la Universidad of Arizona (UA Press) 2014. Trabaja con los conceptos de epistemología de ancianos y jóvenes y epistemología corriente y recibió el premio Baker-Clark Human Rights de la Asociación Estadounidense de Investigación Educativa en 2013. Recientemente completó otro libro para la UA Press sobre la violencia contra loos Afroamericanos, contra las Comunidades Indígenas y de la Raza de los Estados Unidos: Recientemente, se publicó:  Yolqui: un guerrero convocado desde el mundo de los espíritus (2019). Como parte de su trilogía está terminado el libro:: Smiling Brown, un libro y un proyecto sobre el color y la conciencia del color entre los pueblos de la Raza en este país y en este continente. En 2021, se publicó una colección de su trabajo: Writing 50 Years (más o menos) amongst the Gringos (Escribiendo 50 ańos (más o menos) entre los Gringos por Aztlan Libre Press.