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I am a PhD student in Cultural Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center focusing on Latin
America, working on issues of US/Latin America relations, border
communities, the military and "the state," transnational identities, and diasporas within Latin
America as well as work on the construction of identity, nationality, and race in Spanish Caribbean cuisine.
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2007. "Transformations in Methods and Approaches to Atlantic History,"
paper presented at Rethinking Boundaries,
New York University, New York (February 2007).
2007. "Cultural Endurance between Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean,"
paper presented at Uncovering Connections VIII:
The Center for Diopian Inquiry and Research on Education as Culture Transmission at
Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, New York (March 2007).
2006. "Fine Dining: Race in Pre-Revolution Cuban Cookbooks"
paper presented at the M id-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association 17 th Annual Conference , Baltimore, Maryland (October 2006).
2006. "Triple Frontera: Tantalizing South-American Temptation or Terrorist Threat?"
paper presented at the Second Latin American and Caribbean Graduate Student Conference ,
University of Maryland, College Park (April 2006).
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Grants and Awards
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CUNY SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT MARCH 2007
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES (FLAS) FELLOWSHIP SUMMER 2007
TO STUDY INTENSIVE GUARANÍ IN PARAGUAY
CUNY Chancellor's Fellowship .......... 2004 to Present
CUNY MAGNET (Minority Access/Graduate Networking) Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Fellowship......... 2005 to Present
GC Doctoral Student Research Grant ......... December 2006
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Education:
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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK New York, NY PhD Anthropology
Expected in June 2010; coursework in cultural anthropology and geography with a focus on Latin America and the Latino Diaspora in the US, the state, transnational identities, political economy, cultural and political effects of border identities.
HARVARD-RADCLIFFE COLLEGE Cambridge, MA BA History 1998
Graduated with honors; coursework in European history, comparative religion, and photography.
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