Tulane University

Degrees

• A.B., University of the Americas, Latin American Studies, 1959
• M.A., Long Island University, United States History, 1962
• Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, Latin American History, 1969

Academic Experience

• Professor, Tulane University, 1988-
• Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1975-1988
• Associate Professor, California State University-Long Beach, 1974-1975
• Assistant Professor, California State University-Long Beach, 1969-1974
• Visiting Associate Professor, University of California-Los Angeles, 1983

Research & Teaching Specializations: Mexico; Brazil; Environment/Ecology

Related Experience

• Series Co-editor, World Series, Scholarly Resources, 1999-
• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Tulane University, 1999-2001
• Series Co-editor, Jaguar Books on Latin America, Scholarly Resources, 1991-
• Chair. Department of History, Tulane University, 1991-1994
• Editorial Board, Mexican Studies, 1989-

Distinctions

• John Christy Barr Distinguished Professorship, Tulane University, 1999-
• Twelfth Annual George and Dorothy Carson Lecture, Oregon State University, 1993
• Executive Board, Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies, 1988-
• Hubert Herring Memorial Award for The Forging of the Cosmic Race: A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico, 1980

Languages: Spanish; Portuguese

Selected Publications

• Forthcoming 2010. Mexico’s Crucial Century, 1810-1911. With William H. Beezley. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
• 2009. Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946. With William H. Beezley. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
• 2006. Argentina: What Went Wrong. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers.
• 2004. El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico. 3rd ed. With William H. Beezley. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall.
• 2003. A History of Modern Brazil: The Past Against the Future. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Modern Mexico; Modern Brazil; Inventing Argentina; Seminar on Modern Latin America

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 6