Hollomon, John W.

John Wesley Hollomon was an Associate Professor of Education, then Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from 1974 to 1995. He taught in the areas of curriculum, early childhood education, Spanish and French education, Latin American area studies, developmental psychology, bilingual/cross-cultural/multicultural education, and psycho-sociolinguistics.

John Wesley Hollomon was an Associate Professor of Education, then Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from 1974 through 1995. He taught in the areas of curriculum, early childhood education, Spanish and French education, Latin American area studies, developmental psychology, bilingual/cross-cultural/multicultural education, and psycho-sociolinguistics.

Hollomon, an African American, was born in on August 5, 1935. He earned a B.A. from Dillard University in 1958, an M.A. from West Virgina University in 1966, an M.A. from Universidad Interamericana in 1963, and a Ph.D. from The University of New Mexico in 1973. His dissertation topic was Problems of Assessing Bilingualism in Children Entering School.

At UTSA, he was an active member of Division of Education committees concerned with program and curriculum development and self-studies for approval and accreditation. He was a member of the UTSA Standing Committee on Teacher Education, of the UTSA Advisory Council on Equal Opportunity, and the Advisory Committee to the Tomas Rivera Office on Student Information Retention. He was also Chairman of the College of Multidisciplinary Studies Faculty and Review Advisory Committee.

Before joining the faculty at UTSA, Hollomon taught in a number of higher education settings, including Prairie View A&M University, Clark College (Atlanta, Georgia), Albany State College (Albany, Georgia), and Grambling College (Louisiana). He also taught French and Spanish in East Baton Rouge and Orleans Parishes, 1958-1964, and was Head Teacher, Miller Child Development Center-Annex Inc. (San Antonio, TX), 1977.

Hollomon retired from UTSA in 1995.