Courses Taught: LAH 3100 Colonial and Revolutionary Latin America, LAH 3200 Latin America Since Independence, LAH 4470 Cuba and Central America, LAH 4430 Mexico, AMH 4441 Spanish Borderlands and AMH 6447 Spanish Borderlands.

Specialties: Spanish Caribbean, Spanish Borderlands, 18th Century Atlantic World

Current Research Interests: Colonial Catholic Church, Colonial Pensacola

Brief Vitae
Education: Ph.D., History, Louisiana State University, 1997; M.A., Latin American Studies, 1990; B.S., Marketing, Nicholls State University, 1986.

Awards and Honors:

• Teaching Incentive Program Award, 2003
• President, Gulf South Historical Association, 1998-99, 2004-05
• Program Committee, 72nd Meeting of the Southern Historical Association, New Orleans 2006
• University of West Florida Leadership Enhancement and Development Class, 2005-06

Affiliations:

• Gulf South Historical Association
• Latin American and Caribbean Section of Southern Historical Association

Notable Articles/Publications:
“A Cuban Convent in the Age of Enlightened Reform: The Observant Franciscan Community of Santa Clara of Havana, 1768-1808.” The Americas 57:3 (January 2001): 309-327.

“The Effort to Redefine the Role of Convents in Late Eighteenth Century Havana.” Colonial Latin American Historical Review 10.1 (Fall 2001): 127-145.