Position:
Library Administration, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at University of Nevada Reno, Adjunct Professor of History at University of Nevada, Reno, Owner at Gunga Peas Books
Work:
University of Nevada Reno
- Reno, Nevada Area since Apr 2012
Library Administration, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
University of Nevada, Reno
- Reno and Carson City, Nevada Area since 2012
Adjunct Professor of History
Gunga Peas Books
- Reno, Nevada Area since Apr 2011
Owner
Casa de Vida
Dec 2003 - Aug 2004
Executive Director
Nevada On-line
Sep 2001 - Jun 2002
Project Coordinator
United States Air Force
- Varied Dec 1989 - Dec 1994
Military Officer
Education:
University of Miami 2006 - 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Caribbean/Latin American History Atlantic Studies
University of Nevada 1995 - 1999
M.A, Latin American History and Gender studies
University of Miami 1980 - 1985
B.B.A, Management and Organization
Interests:
Multicultural education, researching and writing history, teaching Caribbean and Latin American history, Atlantic studies, Events Management, Development
Honor & Awards:
- 2012 David John Ruggiero Dissertation Award in the Humanities
- Barrett Prize for the best Ph.D. dissertation written on a Latin American or Caribbean topic by a University of Miami doctoral student - 2012
- McKnight Doctoral Fellow
- 2010 recipient of the Lydia Cabrera Dissertation Research Award
