University of California, San Diego

Post-Doc, History

University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow

Thesis Title: Dissertation: “Divided Communities: Agrarian Struggles, Transnational Migration and Families in Northern Mexico, 1910-1952."

Advisors: Eric Van Young
Heidi Tinsman

About

Research interest:

Gender and labor history in 20th century Mexico, Agrarian reform in Latin American, and regional and transnational migration in the U.S. - Mexico borderlands.
 
I am currently working on two manuscript projects:

My manuscript, "Divided Communities," examines family labor and land reform in 20th century Mexico. I am particularly interested in analyzing the intersections of gender, labor, regional, and transnational migration.

My second manuscript, “La Política de Género y Trabajo en las Haciendas Nayaritas, 1870-1930,” examines a critical period when indigenous and mestizo communities lost their rights to communal lands in Nayarit. During this time period, 75% of the most productive land went into the hands of twelve families. My work examines how life changed for campesino men and women, and how gender, and hierarchy shaped labor in Nayarit’s haciendas.

Article Projects, 2009-2010

“Privatization, Gender, and the Bracero Program:  Early Roots of Neo-liberal Policies in Mexico, 1940-1964.”

“Transnational Lives and Family Identities in the U.S.- Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1937.”

Contact Information

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La Jolla California,  92093

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