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
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