10 things about San Antonio, Texas’s Zaid Haddad

Dr. Zaid Mashhour Haddad is from San Antonio, Texas, United States. Named after Antônio de Pádua, a Catholic priest born in Lisbon, Portugal, the city is home to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in San Antonio.

Before moving to San Antonio, Haddad lived in Las Vegas, Nevada. Known for its gambling and nightlife, Las Vegas is around 11.5 miles away from Paradise, Nevada, which is home to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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BIOGRAPHY

Haddad is an American teacher educator. He was a visiting faculty member and doctoral student at the UNLV prior to joining the faculty at the UTSA.

Before Haddad pursued his PhD, he taught high school social studies and was a student council advisor for five years. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He was born in 1981.
2. From 1999 to 2003, he attended the UNLV where he earned his bachelor’s degree in political science.
3. From 2005 to 2007, he attended the UNLV where he earned his master’s degree in educational leadership.
4. From 2008 to 2013, he attended the UNLV where he earned his PhD in teacher education.
5. From January 2010 to June 2012, he was a graduate assistant and an instructor in teacher education at the UNLV.
6. In 2013, UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers and Capstones published his paper titled “A Multiple Case Study of Gay Teacher Identity Development Negotiating and Enacting Identity to Interrupt Heteronormativity”.
7. From July 2014 to August 2022, he was an assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies and curriculum and instruction at the UTSA.
8. In 2021, he allegedly watched 181 different videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), which he received through the Telegram messaging app.
9. From 2021 to 2024, he continued teaching at the UTSA without being arrested.
10. In 2025, he was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

TIMELINE

In Haddad’s UTSA profile, he identifies himself as a social justice advocate. He wrote, “My research interests in understanding the ways we negotiate our many intersecting identities as we encounter new and changing contexts.”

2019

• He authored “Understanding Identity and Context in the Development of Gay Teacher Identity: Perceptions and Realities in Teacher Education and Teaching”, which was published by Education Sciences in June 2019.

2021

• In July 2021, FBI agents conducted a search warrant in his apartment and caught him streaming CSAM from his computer to a television mounted in the apartment.

2022

• In August 2022, he became an associate professor of instruction in teacher education and curriculum and instruction at the UTSA.

2025

• On April 29, 2025, a U.S. magistrate judge signed his arrest warrant. Before the day ended, FBI agents arrested him on UTSA campus. The university placed him on paid administrative leave. He was charged with possession of child pornography and knowingly accessing with intent to view any material that contained an image of child pornography.