Abolition – Caribbean History – Africana Studies – Post Colonialism – Latin American History – Caribbean History – Transnational History – Nineteenth Century United States – World History<\/p>\n

Publications<\/h1>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

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

Academic Presentations<\/h1>\n

“Harriet Brewster de Vizcarrondo: A Transatlantic Bridge of Abolitionism,” 2015 ACES Conference at UT Arlington. Arlington, TX. March, 25, 2015<\/p>\n

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

“To Kill it Without Quarter: A Research-in-Progress Presentation,” Guest Lecture\/Intervention en l’Universit\u00e9 de Paris Diderot. Paris, France. November 25, 2014<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“The Digital Reconstruction of El Mapa Militar de Puerto Rico<\/em>: 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.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

\u201cNuyorican, Islandricans, and the Creation of \u2018Otherness\u2019 Through American Film and Media,\u201d 10th Biennial Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association – University at Albany. Albany, NY. October 26, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Useful Account: Deconstructing Fray I\u00f1igo Abbad y Lasierra’s Historia and its Enduring Relevance to Puerto Rican Historiography,\u201d 2012 Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS) Conference. Louisville, KY. October 19, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cNetworking a Transatlantic Revolution: The Efforts to Organize and Radicalize the Spanish Caribbean Diaspora, 1860 \u2013 1898,\u201d Harvard University Graduate History Conference – Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. September 29, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaino Indigenous Survival in Puerto Rico in the works of I\u00f1igo Abbad y Lasierra and Jos\u00e9 Juli\u00e1n de Acosta y Calvo,\u201d Northeast Texas Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference – Texas A&M University at Commerce. Commerce, TX. April 14, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Caribbean Pivot: The Enlightened Rebellions of the 1860s and the Centering of the Caribbean\u2019s own Long Nineteenth Century,\u201d 12th Annual Graduate History Conference at Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cold War and the Failure of Caribbean Decolonization,\u201d Third Annual Texas A&M History Conference. College Station, Texas. 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cNuyorican Otherness: American Film & Media Depictions of Puerto Ricans and their Recursive Effects upon Puerto Rican Identity,\u201d 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History. Arlington, Texas. 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cUNASUR and CARICOM: The Status and Prospects for Regional Integration in South America and the Caribbean,\u201d Midwest Association for Latin American Studies, 59th Annual Conference. Dallas, Texas. 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaribbean Regional Integration, its Prospects and the Role of Higher Education within the Caribbean Diaspora,\u201d 27th Annual Gulf South History & Humanities Conference. Pensacola, Florida . 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Emergence of Salsa Music and the Geopolitics of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and New York City,\u201d Hispanic Heritage Month Symposium. Orlando, FL. 2009.<\/p>\n

“Collegiate Diversity Issues,” 2002 Florida Hispanic-Latino Collegiate Forum. Orlando, FL. 2002.<\/p>\n