About

A Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History at Florida International University, I’m a scholar with a wide range of research interests in the history of Latin America, including childhood and youth, gender, the law, intellectual history, slavery and ethnohistory. My primary expertise is in the colonial Andes and Lima, Peru, but I’ve also explored the history of Mexico City and Oaxaca, as well as Spanish history. My current research projects are bringing me back to Lima even as they send me off to the 20th and 21st centuries, the history of medicine and ethics, girlhood, and transnational history.

Academic Positions

  • Florida International University: Distinguished University Professor of History (Fall 2023- present); Professor (2018-2023); Associate Professor of History, (2007-2018);
  • Florida International University: Chair, History Department (2022-2024);
  • Emory University: Associate Professor (2007); Assistant Professor of History (2001-7)
  • Duke University: Visiting Instructor of History (Spring 2000)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Instructor of History (Spring 2000)

Education

  • Ph.D. in History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 2001
  • M.A. in History, University of Arizona, May 1995
  • B.A. in History, University of South Carolina, August 1992
* With this sculpture, “Tusuq,” Cuzco artist Edith Sánchez combines traditional European Catholic iconography of Mary– the kind you might find anywhere in the world and that is not particularly Andean– with important symbols from the Andes, including the raising of the vara or bastón, a symbol of political authority (generally reserved for men) and the sash in red and white, Peru’s national colors. The name of the sculpture, “Varayoq,” is Quechua for the “bearer of the staff,” which refers to community civil authorities. There’s more here, of course, like the dance masks at the bottom, which are one of the artist’s signature subjects. Write me with your observations! Also check out photos of other of her works on her Facebook page.  Gracias a Edi por permitirme reproducir la imagen.