Assistant Professor of History
Department of Social Science
University of North Texas at Dallas
7300 Houston School Road
Dallas, TX 75241
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
· Ph.D., History, May 2008.
· Dissertation: “Turning Apaches into Spaniards: North America’s Forgotten Indian Reservations, 1786-1831.” Examines patterns of accommodation and conflict along Mexico’s northern frontier between Apaches residing on Spanish-run reservations near presidios and soldiers, settlers, and Native peoples."· Advisor: David Weber, Dedman Professor of History.
· Oral Exams in Southwestern, American Indian, U.S., and Global and Comparative History, Spring 2004.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
· M.A., History, August 2001.
· Thesis: “Transnational Trade Routes and Diplomacy: Comanche Expansion, 1786-1846.” Examines Comanche raiding, trading and diplomacy in New Mexico, Texas, Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Durango."· Advisor: Samuel Truett, Associate Professor of History.
· Comprehensive Exams in History of the American West, Fall 2000.
Dartmouth College,Hanover, NH
· B.A., cum laude, History and Spanish, June 1995.
· Foreign Study Program: Studied Mexican history and literature in Puebla, Mexico, Winter 1995.
Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2007 – 2008
· Bill Clements Dissertation Fellowship
Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Summer 2006
· Jonsson Fellowship for archival research in Spain.
Clements Department of History, Southern Methodist University,2001 – 2006
· Fellowship for tuition and living expenses.
Center for Regional Studies, University of New Mexico, 2000 – 2001
· Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship for work with Spanish documents at the Center for Southwest Research.
Department of History, University of New Mexico, May 2000
· Frederick G. Bohme Memorial Prize for best seminar paper on Southwestern history.
“Mutual Adaptation: Assessing Spanish-run Reservations for Apaches in Practice, 1786-1831,” paper to be presented at the American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 8, 2007.
“Rethinking the establecimientos: Why Apaches Settled on Spanish-run Reservations, 1786-1793.” In peer review, New Mexico Historical Review and forthcoming in Españoles y indígenas en el Gran Norte: conflictos y acercamientos, eds. Salvador Bernabeu and David J. Weber (Madrid: Doce Calles, 2008).
“José Francisco Ruiz” and “Juan Bautista de Anza.” Encyclopedia of U.S./Latino(a) History , eds. Jorge Iber and Ana Luisa Martinez (NY: Facts on File). Forthcoming, 2007.
Review of Jackson, Jack. Indian Agent: Peter Ellis Bean in Mexican Texas. Western Historical Quarterly
37:4 (Winter 2006).
Review of Anderson, Gary Clayton. The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land, 1820-1875.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal 30:4 (Winter 2006).
“Turning Apaches into Spaniards: The Forgotten Indian Reservations of North America, 1786-1821,”
paper presented at the Congreso de Americanistas, Seville, Spain, July 18, 2006.
“The Forgotten Reservations: Apache Adaptation to State Incorporation in the Southwest, 1786-1831,” paper presented at the American Historical Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 8, 2006.
Roundtable: "Working 'On the Margins'? Reflections on the State of Borderlands/Frontier Studies," Conference on Latin American History, Philadelphia, PA, January 6, 2006.
“Turning Apaches into Spaniards: The Forgotten Indian Reservations of the West Texas Frontier,” paper presented at the Texas State Historical Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 3, 2005.
“Peace by Deceit: Rethinking Apache Motivations for Settling on Spanish-run Reservations, 1786-1791,” paper presented at the Western History Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 16, 2004.
“Transnational Raid and Trade Routes: Comanche Expansion from the Rio Grande to Durango, 1821-1846”
paper presented at the Western History Association Conference, San Diego, CA, October 7, 2001.
“Raid to Trade: Ecueracapa and the Spanish-Comanche Peace of 1786,” paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Southwest Regional Conference, University of New Mexico, April 16, 2000.
University of North Texas at Dallas
Assistant Professor of
History and Founding Faculty Member, 2010 to current
Stephen V. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, 2007-2010Austin College, Sherman, TX
History Instructor, 2006
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
History Instructor, Summer 2005
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Teaching Assistant, August 1999 – May 2000
The Knox School, St. James, NY
Spanish and History Teacher, September 1996 – June 1998, September 1996 – June 1998
· Taught second through fifth year Spanish and three sections of U.S. History.
· Advised Spanish Club and served on Academic Review and Disciplinary Committees.
St. John’s High School, Shrewsbury, MA
Spanish Teacher, February 1996 – June 1996
· Taught three first year Spanish classes and AP Spanish Literature.
Fray Angélico Chávez Fellow, August 2000 – May 2001
· Summarized Spanish archival documents from the France V. Scholes Collection.
· Helped develop an electronic finding aid in Spanish for the Collection.
Administrative Assistant, August 1999 – August 2000
· Maintained Chicano Culture and Literature Exchange email listserve, which required corresponding in Spanish.
Volunteer Service
Department of History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Student Representative to the Graduate Committee, August 2004 – May 2005
· Served as a liaison between graduate students and faculty by voicing students’ questions and concerns.
Graduate and Professional Student Association, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Student Research Allocations Committee Reader, Fall 2000
· Read and evaluated graduate student applications for research and travel grants.
Last updated August 2010.