| Education
B.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Criminal Sexuality in Central Mexico, 1750-1850” Director: Hugh M. Hamill Advisers: Paul B. Goodwin, Guido Ruggiero |
| Doctoral Examination Fields
Latin America to 1825; Latin America Since 1808; Europe in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The Inquisition in Latin America. |
| Teaching Fields
Colonial and Modern Latin America; Mexican History; Gender in Latin America; Church in Latin America; Slavery in Latin America; Modern European History; Historiography and the Historian’s Craft. |
| Awards
Catholic Press Association 3rd Place, Category of “History Work” for co-edited 2009 Orbis Book publication, Religion and Society in Latin America: Interpretive Essays from Conquest to the Present. Provost's Award for Excellence in Advancing Global Learning, University of Scranton, 2009. Luso-American Foundation Scholarship (Program in Portuguese), University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 2007. Catholic Press Association 1st Place, Category of “Reference Work” for co-edited 2006 Orbis Book publication, Religion in Latin America: A Documentary History. Internal Research Grants, University of Scranton, 2001-2009. “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,” 2006. Faculty-Directed Student Summer Program (Mexico City), 2001; (Scranton), 2007. Search Associates International School Teacher of the Year, 1998-1999. The Donald B. Hoffman Graduate Scholarship Award, Phi Alpha Theta, 1991. The Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in the History of the Western Hemisphere, American Historical Association, 1991. Fulbright-Hays Foundation Fellowship to Mexico, 1989-90. U.S. Department of Education Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for 1987-88 (Guatemala). U.S. Department of Education Title VI Fellowship for Intensive Language Study, 1986 (Spain). |
| Teaching Experience
“Colonial Latin American History.” Associate Professor, The University of Scranton, 2000-present. “Modern Latin American History.” Associate Professor, The University of Scranton, 2001-present. “The African Experience in Latin America, 1500-1900.” Associate Professor. The University of Scranton, 2004-present. “Family and Gender in Latin America.” Associate Professor, The University of Scranton, 2003-present. “Religion and Society in Latin America.” Associate Professor, The University of Scranton, 2002-present. “Seminar in Mexican History.” Associate Professor, The University of Scranton, 2001-present. “The Craft of the Historian.” Associate Professor. The University of Scranton, 2005-present. “Freshman Seminar.” Associate Professor, The University of Scranton, 2004. “Europe: 1815-Present.” Assistant Professor, The University of Scranton, 2001. “Europe: 1300-1815.” Assistant Professor, The University of Scranton, 2000. “Historia de México.” Director del Departamento de Estudios Sociales, Colegio Americano, Mexico City, 1994-2000. “Twentieth-Century Mexico in Latin American Perspective.” Instructor, The University of Minnesota (Cemanahuac Educational Community in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico), 1996-99. “Modern Mexico: The Century After Independence.” Instructor, The University of Calgary (Study Abroad Program in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico), Summer, 1997. “Mexico: Roots and Traditions to Independence.” Instructor, The University of Calgary (Study Abroad Program in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico), Summer, 1996. “Mexico in the Twentieth Century.” Instructor, The University of Minnesota (Cemanahuac Educational Community in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico), 1995-96. “Latin America During the National Period.” Instructor, History Department, The University of Connecticut at Stamford, 1993. “Modern Europe.” Instructor, History Department, The University of Connecticut at Stamford, 1993. “Modern Europe,” Instructor, History Department, The University of Connecticut at Storrs, 1991. “Roots of Western Experience to 1500.” Instructor, History Department, The University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Summer 1989. “Study Skills: Critical Reading and Writing.” Instructor, Center for Academic Programs, The University of Connecticut at Storrs, Summers, 1986, 1987. |
| Book Publications
Regulating Sex in Mexico, 1750-1850. (Current writing project) (with Walter J. Petry) Religion and Society in Latin America: Interpretive Essays from Conquest to Present. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009. Pp. Xxii, 298. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. [ISBN: 978-1-57075-850-8] Vida y muerte de una cultura regional: La hacienda de Bledos en las memorias de Octaviano Cabrera Ipiña. San Luis Potosí: Colegio de San Luis Potosí; Archivo Histórico del Estado de San Luis Potosí, 2007. Pp. 648. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. [ISBN: 970-762-025-0] (with Walter J. Petry) Religion in Latin America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2006. Pp. Xxiv, 423. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. [ISBN:978-157-075-5] El Ramo de Penales del Archivo Judicial del Tribunal Superior de Justicia. Mexico: Instituto Mora Press, 1993. Pp. 142 pp. Tables. Notes. [ISBN: 968-638-299-2] |
| Articles in Journals and Books
"Temporary Transgressions, Unspeakable Acts: Male Sodomy in Late-Colonial Mexico, 1744-1843." Colonial Latin American Historical Review 17:4 (Fall 2008, © 2012): 329-359. (with Thomas A. Guiler) “Braceros and Bureaucracy: Mexican Guest Workers on the Delaware, Lackwanna & Western Railroad During the 1940s.” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 76:4 (Fall 2009): 422-469. (with Walter J. Petry) “Introduction: Five Hundred Years of Evangelizing Latin America ” In Lee M. Penyak and Walter J. Petry, eds. Religion and Society in Latin America: Interpretive Essays from Conquest to Present. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009, pp. 1-14. (with Walter J. Petry) “The Right to Appropriate, The Duty to Evangelize: Spain and the Conquest of the New World." In Lee M. Penyak and Walter J. Petry, eds. Religion and Society in Latin America: Interpretive Essays from Conquest to Present. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009), pp. 15-50. (with Pilar García-Fabregat) “Manuel D. Asúnsolo y su paso por la revolución mexicana.” Revista de Historia de América 136 (2005) : 77-101. “Obstetrics and the Emergence of Women in Mexico’s Medical Establishment.” The Americas 60:1 (July 2003): 59-85. (with Verónica Vallejo) “Expectations of Love in Troubled Mexican Marriages During the Late-Colonial and Early-National Periods.” The Historian 65:3 (Spring 2003): 563-586. “Midwives and Legal Medicine in Mexico, 1740-1846.” Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. 1:3 (July 2002): 251-266. (with Pamela Duray) “Oral History and Problematic Questions Promote Issues-Centered Education.” The Social Studies. 90:2 (March/April 1999): 68-71. “Safe Harbors and Compulsory Custody: Casas de Depósito in Mexico, 1750-1865.” Hispanic American Historical Review. 79:1 (February 1999): 83-99. (with Pamela Duray) “Past Meets Present: A Small Mexican Town as Classroom.” Social Education. 60:7 (November/December 1996): 402-406. “Excusas Válidas e Inválidas Ante la Corte Mexicana, 1756-1846.” Extensiones. (Mexico City) 1:1 (May 1994): 53-60. “Más que Sólo la Destrucción de la Leyenda Negra: Un Vistazo a los Estudios Actuales Sobre la Inquisición Española.” Cuadernos Para la Historia de la Evangelización en América Latina. 4 (1989): 77-86. “Ríos Montt and Guatemala’s Military: The Politics of Puppetry.” Revista de Historia de América. 108 (July-December 1989): 131-147. |
| Encyclopedia Entries
“Cristero Rebellion (1927-1929)” in Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics, Vol. I, edited by Domenico, Roy P. and Mark Y. Hanley (Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2006), pp. 150-152. “Father Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811)” in Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics, Vol. I, edited by Domenico, Roy P. and Mark Y. Hanley (Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2006), pp. 268-269. |
Non-Refereed Publications
“"Learning about Latin America In & Out of the Classroom." Ignite 2 (Fall 2011): 28-29. |
New Worlds: A Religious History of Latin America. By John Lynch. Reviewed in Journal of World History, 24:2 (June 2013): In press. Religious Pluralism, Democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America. By Frances Hagopian, ed. Reviewed in Journal of Church and State, 52:4 (Autumn 2010): 740-743. All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World. By Stuart B. Schwartz. Reviewed in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 20:16 (May 17, 2010): 27. The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City. By James Alex Garza. Reviewed in The Hispanic American Historical Review 89:2 (May 2009): 370-71. Conversion of a Continent: Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America. By Timothy J. Steigenga and Edward L. Cleary, eds. Reviewed in Journal of Church and State 50:2 (Autumn 2008): 595-597. John Charles Chasteen and James A. Wood, eds. Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations. Reviewed in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 15:26 (September 26, 2005): 54. David Bushnell. Simón Bolívar: Liberation and Disappointment. Reviewed in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 14:20 (July 12, 2004): 41. Victor M. Uribe-Uran, ed. State and Society in Spanish America during the Age of Revolution. Reviewed in The Americas 59:1 (July 2002): 124-125. John Charles Chasteen. Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America. Reviewed in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 12:12 (March 25, 2002): 46. Richard Boyer and Geoffrey Spurling, eds. Colonial Lives: Documents on Latin American History, 1550-1850. Reviewed in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 11:14 (April 23, 2001): 52. Peter Lester Reich. Mexico’s Hidden Revolution: The Catholic Church in Law and Politics Since 1929. Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, 23:4 (October 1997): 420. |
Professional Presentations/Chair/Discussant
"Sex Crime in Late Colonial Mexico City." National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Baton Rouge, LA, 2011. "The Core Set of Iberian Assumptions and the Conquest of America." American Academy of Religion, Montreal, 2009. "Stirring and Suppressing Emotions: Lust in Late Colonial Mexico." Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, NM, 2009. "The Inquisition and Prohibited Sexual Artwork in Late Colonial Mexico." Amerian Historical Association, New York, 2009. “Militant Spanish Catholicism and the Conquest.” National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Baton Rouse, LA, 2008.“You Want to Me To Wear What? Experiences as a Foreigner in Mexican Archives.” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Scranton, PA, 2007. Chair and Discussant. “Oral Histories, Local Archives and Original Scholarship.” Alive to the Call: Women of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1880-1935, Scranton, PA, 2007. “Along for the Ride: General Manuel D. Asúnsolo and the Mexican Revolution.” National Association of Hispanic & Latino Studies, Baton Rouge, LA, 2007. (with Walter J. Petry) “The Church, Slavery, and Afro-Christian Culture in Latin America,” Sponsored by Black Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, 2006. “Violencia hacia las mujeres: Visión histórica y actual,” Sponsored by The Gender Project and the Department of Psychology, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, 2005. “Teen Realities: Political, Social, and Cultural Issues Facing Mexican Youth,” Sponsored by Latin American Studies and the Department of History, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, 2005. “Documenting Spousal Abuse in Mexico City, 1750-1850,” Research Seminar Series. University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 2005. “Midwives and Scientific Birthing in 20th-Century Mexico.” National Association of Hispanic & Latino Studies, Houston, TX, 2004. “Interpersonal Relations in Mexican Society: Gender Stereotypes and the Extended Family.” Sponsored by Latin American Studies and the Department of History, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, 2003. Chair and Discussant. “Panel on Hispanic Catholicism.” American Catholic Historical Association, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 2003. (with Verónica Vallejo) “Domestic Violence in Colonial Mexico.” Phi Alpha Theta New Jersey Regional Conference, Caldwell College, 2002. “Women in Mexico’s Medical Establishment during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.” The History of Science Society, Denver, CO. 2001. “La obstetricia en México y el surgimiento de la mujer en la medicina professional, siglos XIX-XX.” PHTV: Public Television www.potencialhumanotv.com, Mexico City, 2001. “Expert Medical Testimony by Mexican Midwives, 1740-1850.” National Association of Hispanic & Latino Studies, Houston, TX, 2001. “Writing History to Suit the Government: Porfirio Díaz and Mexican Historiography in the Twentieth Century.” Humanities Institute, College of Arts and Sciences. Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, 1999. “The History of Modern Mexico Through Murals.” Conference on Linking International Students Through the Model United Nations. Flint Educational Community, Flint, MI, 1998. “The Oral History Project: Curriculum Integration Through Field-Study Excursions.” National Conference for the Social Studies, Cincinnati, OH, 1997. “Foreign Language Study Across the College Curriculum: Spanish Documents that Place Modern Europe in Latin American Perspective.” Conference on Europe: Unity and Diversity. The University of Connecticut and Marianapolis Preparatory School, Thompson, CT, 1997. “Protecting and Punishing Deviant Women: The Casa de Depósito in Mexico, 1750-1820.” Conference on Latin American History, American Historical Association, San Francisco, CA, 1994. |
Professional Affiliations/Associations
Alpha Mu Gamma, The University of Scranton Alpha Sigma Nu, Fairfield University. Phi Alpha Theta, Fairfield University. Phi Beta Kappa, The University of Connecticut. American Historical Review, Frequent Member Conference on Latin American History, Occasional Member Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Life Member |
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