Department of History
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
(803) 323-4680

Ph.D. in History, Florida State University, 1993
Dissertation, "the Role of Alternative Intellectuals in Reevaluating the History of U.S.-
Latin American Relations, 1910-1970"
Director, Dr. Valerie Jean Conner

Portuguese Language Certificate, Universidade de Rio de Janeiro, 1989

M.A. in Latin American History, Florida State University, 1988
Thesis, "Women in the Cuban Revolutionary Economy and Society, 1959-1988"
Director, Dr. Darrell E. Levi

B.A. in History, Political Science and International Affairs, Florida State University, 1985

Associate Professor
Department of History
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1996-present

Assistant Professor
Department of History and Anthropology
Augusta College (A Senior Unit of the University System of Georgia)
Augusta, Georgia, 1993-1996

Assistant Professor

Department of History and Anthropology

Augusta College (A Senior Unit of the University System of Georgia)

Augusta, Georgia, 1993-1996

Teaching Associate, Program for Instructional Excellence, Florida State University,
1992-1993
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, 1991-1992
Adjunct Instructor of History, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, 1988-1990
Graduate Assistant, Program of Women's Studies, Florida State University, 1987-1988
Graduate Assistant, Department of History, Florida State University, 1987-1988

Chair, Academic Council, Winthrop University, 2002-2003

Director, ACAD 101, 2002-2006

Co-Director, Learning Excellent Academic Practices Program, 2006-present

Director, Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolution Studies minor, 2006-

STATEWIDE
Georgia Chancellor's Council for International Education, Latin American Studies Certification
Project, 1995-1996

University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Chancellor's Appointment, Americas
Council, 1993-1996

University System of Georgia, Regents' Global Center, Faculty Exchange and Development 
Project, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

AUGUSTA COLLEGE
Cullum International Scholars Lecture Series, Planning and Development Committee,
    "Women in the World: Continuity and Change", 1994
    "The Balkans: Frontier of Two Worlds", 1995
Campus-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee, Professional Growth and Development,
1994-1996
International Affairs Committee for Faculty Development, Exchanges, and International Students,

1994-1996

Coordinator, Florida State University, Interdepartmental History Seminar Series, 1990-1993

Lecturer Coordinator, Florida State University International Festival, 1992

Graduate Student Coordinator, International Programs, 1991

Faculty Consultant, Educational Testing Service National Advanced Placement in United
States History, 1994-present

Gordon Rule Evaluator, Florida State University, 1992-1993

Archivist, University of Florida Archives, 1990

Review of O. Hugo Benavides, Making Ecuadorian Histories: Four Centuries of Defining

 Power (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004) in The Historian, (October 2006), 607-608.

"Grassroots Movements and Witnesses for Peace: Challenging U. S. Policies in Latin America

in the Post-Cold War Era", Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research, vol. 29, No. 3 & 4,

(July 2004), 419-430.

Radical Journalists, Generalist Intellectuals and Good Neighbors: Rediscovering the History of

United States-Latin American Relations, Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

"Alternative U.S. Intellectuals in Latin America, 1910-1970: Reconsidering the Historiography 
of  U.S.-Latin American Relations," Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of
 Historians, 1995.

"Latin American Social Movements De-Face Power: Confronting Neoliberal Globalization,

U. S. Imperialism and Militarization in Latin America", American Political Science Association

Meeting, Philadelphia, August 30-September 2, 2006.

"Seeking a Place in the Middle: Plotting a Path to Becoming a Scholar Activist", The Peace

History Society Meeting, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C., November 3-5, 2005.

"The Peace Movement in Latin America Since the End of the Cold War", Society for Historians

of American Foreign Relations conference, University of Texas at Austin, June 21-23, 2004.

"The Heart of the Matter: U. S.-Latin American Relations Since the End of the Cold War",

Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies, Chapel Hill, N.C., March 6-8, 2003.

"Grassroots Movements and U. S. Policy in Latin America Since the End of the Cold War",

Peace History Society Conference, Central Michigan University, April 25-27, 2003.

"Grassroots Activism, Popular Education, and Growing Opposition to U. S. Policies in Latin

America", Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies, Mobile, Alabama, February 28-

March 2, 2002.

"Opposition to U. S. Participation in Plan Colombia", Southeastern Council on Latin American

Studies Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, March 1-3, 2001.

"Images of Contemporary Cuba", Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council on 
Latin American Studies, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 18-20, 1999.

"Alternative U.S. Intellectuals and Cuba: Reevaluating the Historiography of U.S.-Latin American
Relations", Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Annual Conference, Georgetown
University, Washington, D. C., June 19-22, 1997

"Adventurers, Journalists, Historians, and Unorthodox Missionary-Scholars and the Good Neighbor
Policy of the 1930's", The Southern Historical Association Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas,
October 30-November 2, 1996.

"Building Bridges for Critical Thinking", Student Teams in Cross-Curriculum Writing Project,
20th Annual University System of Georgia's Learning Support/Developmental Studies Conference,
Jekyll Island, Georgia, May 21-23, 1995.

"The Problematic Historiography of United States-Latin American Relations: The Generalist 
Appeal Against Imperialism", Fifth Annual Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference,

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, April 18-20, 1996

"Alternative Intellectuals and U.S.-Latin American Relations," Georgia Association of Historians,
 Jekyll Island, Georgia, April 21-22, 1995.

"Alternative Intellectuals and U.S.-Latin American Relations, 1910-1970", North Central Conference
on the Study of Latin America, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, September 22-24, 1994.

"Improving the Learning Climate for Women on U.S. Campuses", Fifth International and Inter-
Disciplinary Congress on Women, University of Costa Rica, April 4-9, 1993.

"A Rediscovery of U.S.-Latin American Cultural Relations", Southeastern Conference on Latin
American Studies, Charleston, South Carolina, April 1992.

"Towards a New Synthesis of Andean Conquest History", Florida Conference of Teachers in
History, Tallahassee, Florida, April 1991.

"Cultural Imperialism in Cuba", Florida Conference of Teachers in History, Ft. Myers, Florida,
March 1989. "A Student's Perspective of Gender History", Florida Conference of Teachers in
History, Tallahassee, Florida, March 1988.

Winthrop University Research Council Grants, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

University System of Georgia Chancellor's Council on International Education Grant, Latin American
Studies Certificate Project, 1996

Augusta College Foundation Grant, for participation in "The Eleggua Project" of the Canada-Cuba
Study Center", Cuba, November 1995

Augusta College, Department of History Travel Grant, for "The Eleggua Project", Cuba, November
1995

University System of Georgia Chancellor's Award for Faculty Development and Research,
"Challenges of Latin American Development", Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Augusta College, Department of History Faculty Development Grants, 1993, 1994, 1995

Augusta College, Department of History Faculty Research and Development (for Cuba), 1995

Augusta College Foundation, Research and Development Grant, (for Chile), 1995

Augusta College, Department of History Conference Grant, 1993, 1994, 1995
Leitch Wright Research Award, Florida State University, 1992
Florida State University Teaching Award, 1992

Advanced Placement U. S. History Table Leader, 2004-Present

Advanced Placement U. S. History reader, 1993-2003.

Program Chair and Conference Chair, Peace History Society Meeting, 2005.

Winthrop University Common Book Committee Chair, 2003-2005.

Peace History Society, Board member, 2004-present

LEAP Program counselor, tutor, 1998-2005.

Chair, Academic Council, Winthrop University, 2002-2003.

Dinkins Student Union Board, 2000-2001

General Education Writing Subcommittee, 2000

Appointed Arts and Sciences Member to Academic Council, 2000-2003

Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta, Winthrop University, 1998-2000

SACS Review Committee on Institutional Effectiveness, 1998-2000

Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, Winthrop University, 1997-1999

Faculty Representative to Student Government, Winthrop University, 1997-1998

Library Liaison, Winthrop University History Department, 1996-present

Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta, Augusta College, 1995

Faculty Advisor, Augusta College History Club, 1994-1996

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Peace History Society

American Historical Association

Association of Caribbean Historians

Conference of Latin American Historians Latin American Studies Association

North Central Conference on Latin American Studies Peace History Society

Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies