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Assistant Professor: United States, Labor, Latina/o, Urban
Atrium 200 - 973/720-3057
 
Education
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2006.
 
Selected Bibliography

“Organizing for Fun: Recreation and Community Formation in Mexican South Chicago, 1919-1936.” In The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society vol. 98 no. 3 (Autumn 2005).

 

"Beyond Bread and Butter: Graduate Student Organizing in a Right-to-Work State,” Perspectives: Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association vol. 40 no. 2 (February 2002).

 

Selected Presentations

“‘Passing Through Our Egypt’: Mexican Resistance in Interwar Chicago.” To be presented at the Latin American Studies Association XXVII International Congress. Montreal, Quebec. September 2007

“Persistence in the Shadow of Steel: Mexicans in South Chicago during the Interwar Years.” Invited lecture at the Chicago History Museum's Urban History Seminar. Chicago, IL. April 2007

“Interwar Sites of Resistance: Creating Community among Mexicans in South Chicago ” Pre-circulated chapter presented at the Newberry Seminar in Latino and Borderlands History. Chicago, IL. November 2006

“The People, The Land, and The Job: Creating a Mexican Community in Chicago, 1916-1939.” Presented at the American Historical Association-Pacific Coast Branch Annual Meeting. Palo Alto, CA. August 2006

“Being Mexican or Being American: Immigration and Assimilation in the Development of Mexican South Chicago.” Presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. April 2006

“Organizing for Fun: Recreation and Community Formation in Mexican South Chicago, 1919-1936.” Presented at the Illinois State Historical Society Conference. Springfield , IL . December 2005

“The Mexican Revolution in Chicago: Immigration and Creation of Community.” Presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 2004

“Organizing for Fun: Community and Recreation in Interwar Mexican South Chicago.” Pre-circulated paper discussed at the Newberry Library Labor History Seminar Series. Chicago , IL . April 2003

“‘I’m Just Speaking up for My People’: Gender, Activism and Community Improvement in Mexican South Chicago, 1919-1939.” Presented at the 24th Annual North American Labor History Conference. Detroit, MI. October 2002

“Graduate Students, Labor Unions, and a Right-to-Work State: UE Local 896-COGS and the University of Iowa.” Presented at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. January 2001

 

 

Fellowships and Awards

George Washington Henderson Dissertation Scholar-in-Residence, University of Vermont 2003-2004
 
King V. Hostick Award, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Illinois State Historical Society 2003-2004
 
CIC Predoctoral Fellowship, Consortium for Institutional Cooperation 1997-2003
 
Research in Progress
Persisting in the Shadow of Steel: The Urban Environment and Community in Mexican South Chicago (manuscript in progress)
 
Being Mexican or Being American: Immigration and Assimilation in the Development of Mexican South Chicago (article in progress)
 
Courses Offered
HIST 102 - THE WEST AND THE WORLD

HIST 205 - US: THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 206 - US: SINCE RECONSTRUCTION
HIST 325 - AMERICAN ETHNIC HISTORY
HIST 384 - MEXICAN REVOLUTION
HIST 388 - THE LATINO EXPERIENCE, EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT TO 1900
HIST 389 - THE LATINO EXPERIENCE, FROM 1898 TO THE PRESENT
HIST 409 - US LABOR HISTORY SINCE 1865
HIST 480 - SEMINAR: LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES

HIST 599 - RACE AND ETHNICITY IN U.S. LABOR HISTORY (GRADUATE)

HIST 599 - LATINO HISTORY (GRADUATE)
LAS 201 - INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
URBN 201 - INTRODUCTION TO URBAN STUDIES