Education

Present             Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin, Latin American History

Dissertation: “’For the Greater Good’: Catholics and Anti-Protestantism in Mexico, 1939-1962.” Chair: Matthew Butler

2018                M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, History 

Thesis: “Boxing Against Shadows: The Renewal of Catholic Anti-Protestantism in Mexico, 1940-1950.” Committee: Matthew Butler (supervisor), Virginia Garrard (co-supervisor), Ann Twinam (co-supervisor)

2016                B.A, History and Anthropology, Cum Laude, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

Honors Thesis: “Confronting Modernity: The Vatican’s Impact on the Mexican Revolution”

 

Research and Teaching Interests

Global Catholicism 

Latin American History

20th century Mexico

Religious Violence

Papal diplomacy

Mexican Church-State Relations

Catholic social activism

 

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

2022                “Bracero-Priests: The Vatican’s Response to Mexican Migration, 1942-1964.” Under review, Catholic Historical Review.

Book Reviews

2021                The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties, by Eric Zolov. The Latin Americanist. October 2021

2019                Citizens and Believers: Religion and Politics in Revolutionary Jalisco, 1900-1930 by Robert Curley. Bulletin of Latin American Research. September 2020.

2017                Mapping the Country of Regions: The Chorographic Commission of Nineteenth Century Colombia by Nancy Appelbaum. Available online at notevenpast.org

Online Publications

2022                “Shannon Health System,” Available online at TSHAonline.org

2021                “Biography: Mattox, James Albon [Jim].” Available online at TSHAonline.org.

2021                “Navigating Research in the New Normal.” Available online at Notevenpast.org

2020                “Blurring the Division Between Church and State in AMLO’s Mexico” Available online at NACLA.org

2017                “A Texas Historian’s Perspective on Mexican State Anticlericalism” Available online at Notevenpast.org

 

Fellowships 

External-Academic Year 

2022-2023        Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Fellows Program, UC-San Diego

2020-2021        Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Fellows Program, UC-San Diego. Declined for COVID-19

2019-2020       Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) US-Mexico Transnationalism Fellowship Program

Internal-Academic Year

2022-2023        Graduate Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship, Graduate School 

2019-2020        Academic Year Fellowship, Department of History 

2016-2017        Academic Year Fellowship, Department of History

Internal-Summer 

2021                University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Summer Fellowship 

2018                Summer Research Fellowship

2017                Summer Research Fellowship 

 

Grants and Awards                      

2021                American Catholic Historical Association John Tracy Ellis Dissertation Award

2018                Travel Grant, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin

2017                Travel Grant, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin 

2016                Senior Scholar Outstanding Achievement in History, Rollins College

2014                Gary Williams Prize for Research, Rollins College

 

Teaching 

Teaching Assistantships

2022                US History 1492-1865                         Stefanie Shackleton

2021                US History 1492-1865                         Robert Olwell

2020                The Black Power Movement               Leonard Moore

2020                The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940   Matthew Butler

2019                Vietnam Wars                                      Mark Atwood Lawrence 

2018                US History from 1865                         Steven Mintz

2017                Modern Latin America                        Lina Del Castillo 

Other Teaching Experience

2019                William P. Clements Jr. Teaching Fellow

                        Department of History, Supervised by Mark Atwood Lawrence 

                        Course HIS 365G: “Vietnam Wars”

2018                Signature Course TA               

                        Department of History, Supervised by H.W. Brands 

                        Course UGS 303: “US Foreign Policy”

 

Invited Lectures

“Protestantism during the Mexican Revolution,” HIS 347P When Christ was King, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, October 2020

“Las Sectas Otras: Religious Diversity in Mexico” HIS 352L The Mexican Revolution, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, July 2020

“1969: A Global Year,” HIS 315L The United States Since 1865, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, March 2018

 “US-Mexican Relations, 1876-1930,” HIS 346L Modern Latin America, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, October 201

“The Mexican Revolution,” HIS 346L Modern Latin America, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, October 2017

 

Conferences 

XVI Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México, “CONDEF y resistencia evangélica en la Ciudad de México” Austin, Texas, October 2022

American Historical Association, “The Bracero Program and Vatican Activism in Mexico,” New Orleans, January 2022

Southern Historical Association, “’Pan y Catechismo:’ Evangelical Resistance in Mexico City, 1945-1955,” New Orleans, November 2021

Texas State Historical Association, ““In Defense of What Faith? Sectarian Violence in Mexico City, 1945-1955,” Online, March 2021

American Historical Association- Pacific Branch, “Mexico’s Instrumentalization of Evangelicalism, A Historical Perspective,” Online, February 2021

American Historical Association, “Miguel Darío Miranda and the Paradox of Mexican Catholicism, 1956-77,” Seattle, Washington, January 2021

Southeastern Council for Latin American Studies, “El Comité Nacional Evangélico de Defensa and the Institutionalization of Evangelical Resistance in Mexico, 1947-1956,” Austin, Texas, March 2020

Phi Alpha Theta National Conference, “Catholic Action’s Transformation of the Catholic Church in Mexico,” Orlando, Florida, January 2016

Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, “Competing for Souls in Colonial Mexico,” Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, March 2014

 

Professional Experience 

Graduate Research Assistant, Texas State Historical Association, September 2021- present

Project Associate for Online Courses, University of Texas at Austin Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services, January 2021-present 

Strategy and Content Tutor, University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics, January-June 2019

Castañeda Graduate Res­­­earch Assistant, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Austin, Texas, December 2017-September 2018

Digital Scholarship and Special Collections Intern, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Austin, Texas, June-August 2017

Research Assistant, Winter Park Historical Society, Winter Park, Florida, June-August 2015

 

International Research and Study

Ph.D. fieldwork in Rome, Italy (March 2020-June 2020)

Ph.D. fieldwork in Mexico City, Mexico (July 2019-March 2020)

M.A. fieldwork in Mexico City, Mexico (June 2017; June-August 2018)

Study at Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina (January-August 2015)

 

Service 

University

Community Coordinator for Director of General Education, Rollins College, August 2015- May 2016

Editorial Assistant, Agricultural History Society, Rollins College, January-May 2016

 

Relevant Foreign Languages

English: Native 

Spanish: Fluent 

Latin: Reading (Fluent)

 

Affiliations

American Historical Association (AHA)

American Society of Church History (ASCH)

Conference of Latin American History (CLAH)

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

 

Referees 

Dr. Matthew Butler, Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin 

mbutler@austin.utexas.edu 512-475-7972 

Dr. Virginia Garrard, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin 

garrard@austin.utexas.edu 512-475-7822 

Dr. Claire Strom, Rapetti-Trunzo Professor of History, Rollins College 

cstrom@rollins.edu 407-646-2270 

Dr. Jim Norris, Professor Emeritus, Rollins College 

jnorris@rollins.edu