Academic Specialization

Latin American history.

Education

1. Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison1996
2. M.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison1990
3. Graduate diploma in Social Sciences, Facultad Latino­americana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Santiago, Chile1987-88
4. A.B., Dartmouth College, summa cum laude 1986

Teaching and Professional Appointments

1. Associate Professor of History, Syracuse University, 2002-present
2. Director, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, Syracuse University, 2000-present
3. Assistant Professor of History, Syracuse University, 1995-2002
4. Co-instructor, "Gender and Historical Analysis”, FLACSO-Santiago,1994
5. History Department Co-instructor, graduate workshop in women’s history, Universidad de Santiago, 1992

Selected and Recent Publications

 Book:

1. Gendered Compromises: Political Cultures and the State in Chile, 1920-1950. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

 Edited Volumes:

1. Race and Nation in Modern Latin America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. Coedited with Nancy Appelbaum and Anne Macpherson.

2. Disciplina y desacato: Construcción de identidad en Chile, siglos XIX y XX. Santiago: SUR/CEDEM, 1995. Coedited with Lorena Godoy, Elizabeth Hutchison, and Soledad Zárate.

 Articles and Book Chapters:

1. "From Welfare State to Neoliberal State: Culture, Participation, and Policies Toward the Poor in Chile, 1960-2000." In Cultural Politics, edited by George Yúdice, under consideration.
2. "Forging Families: Gender, Reform, and the Popular-Front State in Chile." In Families of a New World: The Politics of State Development in Global Context, edited by Lynne Haney and Sonya Michel, and Lisa L. Pollard. New York: Routledge, 2003.
3. "Introduction: Racial Nations." In Race and Nation in Modern Latin America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. Coauthored with Nancy Appelbuam and Anne Macpherson.
4. "Sexuality and Biopower in Chile and Latin America." Political Power and Social Theory 15 (2001): 315-72.
5. "Charity, Rights, Entitlement: Labor Politics and Welfare for Workers in Popular-Front Chile." Hispanic American Historical Review 81, nos. 3-4 (November 2001): 555-86.
6. "'What We Can Reclaim of the Old Values of the Past': Sexual Morality and Politics in Twentieth-Century Chile." Comparative Studies in Society and History 43, no. 1 (January 2001): 149-80.
7. "Domesticating Men: State Building and Class Compromise in Popular-Front Chile." In The Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin America, edited by Elizabeth Dore and Maxine Molyneux. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. Pp. 262-90.
8. "Por un hogar bien constituido: El Estado y su política familiar en los frentes populares." In Disciplina y desacato: Construcción de identidad en Chile, siglos XIX y XX, edited by Lorena Godoy, Elizabeth Hutchison, Karin Rosemblatt, and M. Soledad Zárate. Santiago: SUR/CEDEM, 1995. Pp. 181-222.
9. "Introducción." In Disciplina y desacato: Construcción de identidad en Chile, siglos XIX y XX. Santiago: SUR/CEDEM, 1995. Coauthored with Lorena Godoy, Elizabeth Hutchison, and Soledad Zárate. Pp. 13-24.
10. "Masculinidad y trabajo: El salario familiar y el Estado de Com­promiso, 1930-1950." Proposiciones 26: Aproximaciones a la familia (Santiago: SUR, 1995): 70-86.

Research Grants and Awards

1. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fellow, 2004-2005
2. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Fellow, 2004-2005 (declined)
3. W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University, Fellow, Fall 2004 (declined)
4. Berkshire Prize for Gendered Compromises, for the best first book by a woman historian in any field, 2000
5. Fulbright Faculty Grant, Santiago, Chile, Fall 2001
6. Rockefeller Fellow, Privatization of Culture Project, New York University, Spring 2001
7. Princeton University Library Fellow, 2001
8. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 2000
9. Appleby-Mosher Travel Grant, Syracuse University, 2001, 2000, 1996
10. Fulbright Grant, Santiago, Chile, 1991-1992
11. Jacob Javits Fellow, U.S. Department of Education, 1989‑1991, 1992-1994
12. Vilas Travel Fellowship for Dissertation Research Abroad, University of Wisconsin, 1991
13. Tinker-Nave Field Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, 1989
14. University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1988‑1989