Vita

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Education

Degrees:

2011-Present, Ph.D. Candidate in Transatlantic History, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of History. (Expected graduation in Spring 2015)

  • Comprehensive Exams Fields (Passed on April 18, 2014):
    • Global Migration History
    • Theories of Revolutions and 1848 in Europe
    • Comparative Abolitionism in the Anglo-American and Spanish Atlantics
  • Doctoral Dissertation (in progress):

2003, Master of Arts in History, University of Central Florida, Department of History.

2000, Bachelor of Arts in History: University of Central Florida, Department of History.

  • Minor Areas:
    • Political Science
    • Latin American and Iberian Area Studies
International Graduate Study:

2014,  Doctoral Research Student – Université de Paris Diderot, Paris, France. Laboratoire Identités, Cultures, Territoires (ICT).  (UPD Student Profile)

2007, Doctoral Student: “Contemporary Caribbean & Puerto Rican History / Historia de Puerto Rico y el Caribe Contemporáneo,” Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2007, Doctoral Student: “Indigenous Cultural & Ethnic Survival in Puerto Rico / Sobrevivencia Indígena de Puerto Rico,” Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Teaching Experience

2014-Present, Graduate Instructor, Department of History, UT Arlington (UTA)
2011-2013, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, UT Arlington (UTA)
2004-2011, Adjunct Instructor – Department of History, University of Central Florida (UCF)
2010-2011, Adjunct Instructor – Valencia College East- Orlando, FL (VCE)
2004-2007, Adjunct Instructor – Valencia College West- Orlando, FL (VCW)
2002-2004, Part-Time Instructor – Seminole State College – Lake Mary, FL (SSC)

Upper Division Courses Taught

History of Cuba (UCF)
History of the Caribbean (UCF)

Lower Division Courses Taught

U.S. History I: 1492 to 1877 (UCF, VCE, VCW)
U.S. History II: 1877 to the Present (UTA, UCF, VCE, VCW)
European History I: Ancient to 1648 (UCF, VCE, VCW)
European History II: 1648 to the Present (UCF, VCE, VCW)
World History/Civilizations I: Ancient to 1500 CE (UCF)
World History/Civilizations II: 1500 CE to the Present (UCF)

Research Areas

Abolition – Caribbean History – Africana Studies – Post Colonialism – Latin American History – Caribbean History – Transnational History – Nineteenth Century United States – World History

Publications

“The Fifty-first State: Problems in the Path to Political Self-Determination in Guam and Puerto Rico,” Epochs Historical Magazine 2, #1. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida, 2001.

“Haiti’s Influence Upon the Economic Development of Cuba,” Fellowship Seminar, UCF Graduate Studies. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida. 2001.

Academic Presentations

“Harriet Brewster de Vizcarrondo: A Transatlantic Bridge of Abolitionism,” 2015 ACES Conference at UT Arlington. Arlington, TX. March, 25, 2015

“Her Name was Harriet Brewster de Vizcarrondo,” Women’s & Gender Studies Mini-Conference at UT Arlington. Arlington, TX. March, 23, 2015

“To Kill it Without Quarter: A Research-in-Progress Presentation,” Guest Lecture/Intervention en l’Université de Paris Diderot. Paris, France. November 25, 2014

“Developing a Cloud-based Knowledge Management System for Historical Research and Authoring,” 15th Annual International Graduate Student Conference on Transatlantic History. Arlington, TX. September 19, 2014.

“Network Mapping the Development and Expansion of Anti-Slavery Thought: Applying Social Network Analysis Theory into 19th Century Abolitionism,” 2014 Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students. Arlington, TX. March 26, 2014.

“Before Yara: Cuban Slave-holders at the 1867 Paris Anti-Slavery Conference,” 3rd Global Gulf Graduate Student Conference, Tulane University. New Orleans, LA. February 21, 2014.

“The Digital Reconstruction of El Mapa Militar de Puerto Rico: An Analysis of the Spanish Military Topographic Project in Puerto Rico, 1872-1897,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries. Tampa, FL. November 1, 2013.

“Why the Antillean Revolution Failed: The Problem of Radicalization in the Spanish-Colonial Caribbean of the 1860s,” 2013 Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students. Arlington, TX. March 27, 2013 – Winner of “The Provost Award for Oral Presentation.”

“Reconsidering Indigenous Extinction and Survival in the Colonial Caribbean: Implications of the Latest Genetics Research” First Annual University of North Texas History Graduate Conference. Denton, TX. March 9, 2013.

“A Comparative Study of Spanish Caribbean Reform Movements and Their Process of Radicalization: Cuba and Puerto Rico 1850-1870” Global Gulf Graduate Student Conference, Tulane University. New Orleans, LA. February 21, 2013.

“Nuyorican, Islandricans, and the Creation of ‘Otherness’ Through American Film and Media,” 10th Biennial Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association – University at Albany. Albany, NY. October 26, 2012.

“A Useful Account: Deconstructing Fray Iñigo Abbad y Lasierra’s Historia and its Enduring Relevance to Puerto Rican Historiography,” 2012 Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS) Conference. Louisville, KY. October 19, 2012.

“Networking a Transatlantic Revolution: The Efforts to Organize and Radicalize the Spanish Caribbean Diaspora, 1860 – 1898,” Harvard University Graduate History Conference – Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. September 29, 2012.

“Taino Indigenous Survival in Puerto Rico in the works of Iñigo Abbad y Lasierra and José Julián de Acosta y Calvo,” Northeast Texas Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference – Texas A&M University at Commerce. Commerce, TX. April 14, 2012.

“The Caribbean Pivot: The Enlightened Rebellions of the 1860s and the Centering of the Caribbean’s own Long Nineteenth Century,” 12th Annual Graduate History Conference at Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. 2012.

“The Cold War and the Failure of Caribbean Decolonization,” Third Annual Texas A&M History Conference. College Station, Texas. 2012.

“Nuyorican Otherness: American Film & Media Depictions of Puerto Ricans and their Recursive Effects upon Puerto Rican Identity,” 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History. Arlington, Texas. 2011.

“UNASUR and CARICOM: The Status and Prospects for Regional Integration in South America and the Caribbean,” Midwest Association for Latin American Studies, 59th Annual Conference. Dallas, Texas. 2009.

“Caribbean Regional Integration, its Prospects and the Role of Higher Education within the Caribbean Diaspora,” 27th Annual Gulf South History & Humanities Conference. Pensacola, Florida . 2009.

“The Emergence of Salsa Music and the Geopolitics of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and New York City,” Hispanic Heritage Month Symposium. Orlando, FL. 2009.

“Collegiate Diversity Issues,” 2002 Florida Hispanic-Latino Collegiate Forum. Orlando, FL. 2002.

Invited Talks

“To Kill it Without Quarter: A Research-in-Progress Presentation,” Guest Lecture/Intervention en l’Universite de Paris Diderot. Paris, France. November 25, 2014.

“The Wiz: The Urbanization and Racialization of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of OZ,” UCF History Department Film Series. Orlando, FL. 2009.

“Latin American Immigration in American Politics,” May Day 2007 Seminar. Winter Park, FL. 2007.

“Enter the Bohío: Taino Ancestry in Puerto Rican Identity,” Batey Urbano, University Lecture Series, Spring 2007, Winter Park, FL. 2007.

“Denying the Empire: The American Global Perspective,” Community Teaching Conference, Orlando, FL. 2006.

“Imperialism in the Spanish Caribbean 1890 – 1989,” Batey Urbano, University Lecture Series, Fall 2006. Winter Park, FL. 2006.

“Alternative Teaching Strategies: Teachers as the Untapped Resource,” Mother Earth Collective Conference. Lawrence, KS. 2002.

Public History Exhibitions

“World War II Allied Propaganda Poster Art Exhibit,” Fall 2009 UCF Colburn Hall Semester Exhibit. Orlando, FL. 2009.

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