Expertise

My work deals with Central American social movements, ethnic conflicts and political violence. My first book analyzes the rise of peasant and labor movements in Somocista Nicaragua. My second book deals with the development of the myth of mestizaje in Nicaragua and the simultaneous assaults on indigenous communities in central and western Nicaragua.

Research Interests:

  • Central America: social movements, ethnic relations
  • Documentary film

Keywords:

  • 20th century
  • Latin American History
  • African Diaspora History
  • Cultural History
  • Film, Photography and Visual Culture
  • Labor and Work
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Social and Revolutionary Movements

Subject Area: History


Keywords:

  • Minority Languages and Cultures Project
Past Affiliations

Latin American History Program, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Latin American History Program, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Director, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Rudy Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Latino Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
North American Studies, Chicano/a Studies, History
Degrees
PhD, Yale University, Latin American History, 1988
MPhil, Yale University, History, 1986
MA, Yale University, History, 1984
BA, Yale University, History, 1976
Keywords
south america central america costa rica nicaragua modern history oral history social history