"Sport Policy and Political Regimes in Latin America," in Gonzalo Bravo and Rosa López
Amico, eds., Sport in Latin America: Policy, Organization & Management (London: Routledge), forthcoming Spring 2016.
Entries for "Felipe Rojas Alou," "Mateo Rojas Alou," "Jesús Rojas Alou," "Ricardo
Carty," Osvaldo Virgil," and "Annerys Vargas" in Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Franklin
Knight, eds., Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography (New York: Oxford University Press), forthcoming 2014.
Review of Antonio Sotomayor Carlo, "Playing the Nation in a Colonial Island: Sport,
Culture, and olitics in Puerto Rico," Ph.D. Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews (www.dissertationreviews.org), 6 January 2014.
Conference Presentations
"Presidente, Pelotero, Comunista, Madre: The Dominican Family at the Ballpark," paper to be presented at The Conference on
Latin American History Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 5 January 2015.
"Amateurism and Professionalism in the Dominican Republic’s Baseball Democracy, 1966–1978,"
presented at Latin American Studies Association: International Congress (LASA), Chicago,
IL, 23 May 2014.
"Magnífico Estímulo: Baseball and the Dominican Democratic Revolution, 1961–1963,"
presented at Latin American Studies Association: International Congress (LASA), Washington,
DC, 29 May 2013–1 June 2013; Winner of the Dominican/Haitian Section Paper Award.
Coming Attractions
Sport in Latin American History
Revolution and Reform in Latin America
US-Latin America Relations: Drug Policy
Local History: Latin-Americans and Conflict in East Haven
Study Abroad Programs:
January 2016: Cuban Cultural, Politics, and Economics (with Political Science and
Economics)
January 2017: Baseball in the Dominican Republic
June 2017: Medieval Spain and Colonial Latin America (Seville, Spain, with Dr. Pepin)
Courses Taught
- HIST 1102 The Western World in Modern Times
- HIST 3383 Colonial Latin America
- PSCI 2241 Introduction to International Relations
- UNIV 1175 Earth 2100