B.Th. (Canadian Mennonite), B.A. (Manitoba), M.Div (Princeton Theological), Ph.D. (Arizona State)<\/p>\n
Professor -History\/Gender & Women’s Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n My research focuses on women and gender in Latin America with a particular emphasis on Guatemala and Central America. I am intrigued by people\u2019s attempts to radically transform their societies and why and when these efforts succeed. I am particularly interested in the role of gender and political power and how these ideas are used to sustain or transform socio-political systems. \u00a0I co-directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on suffrage in the Americas at Carthage College, Wisconsin in July 2018. I am currently working on several articles on the transnational organizations that Guatemalan women joined between 1944 -1954.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I am also the Principal Investigator for a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant with the Anisininew people at Island Lake, Manitoba designed to gather the archival materials of the community to begin the creation of a public archive. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I am a member of the Hispanic Association of Manitoba, Inc (HAMI) where we focus on a variety of socio-political activities designed to improve the lives of Spanish speaking immigrants in southwest Manitoba. I am finishing a monograph of collected testimonios from Latin American women migrants in Brandon, Manitoba. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n At Brandon University, I teach courses with a geographic focus on the global south. I also teach courses with thematic emphases on imperialism, decolonization, Indigenous histories, revolution and gender. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRadical Epistemic Justice and Two-Eyed Seeing:\u201d Teaching Indigenous History, for a special issue of Radical History Review <\/em>titled \u201cRadical Histories of Decolonization Proposal,\u201d (2025).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cReading Between the Lines: <\/span>Anti-fascism within the Urban Ladina Community,\u201d \u00a0Latin American anti-fascist movements edited by Jorge Nallim and Sandra McGee Deutsch (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBreaking the Silence: Communism, transnationalism and women in the Alianza Femenina Guatemalteca<\/em>, 1947-1954,\u201d in a forthcoming book on Communism and Transnationalism in Latin America, co-edited by Margaret Power and Marc Becker (University of Illinois Press, 2022).<\/p>\n \u201cSharing a Vision of Shalom: MCC Guatemala as a Vehicle of Transformation,\u201d Journal of Mennonite Studies<\/em>Volume 40, Number 1, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n Imagining a Place for Themselves: Ladina Social Activism and Feminism in Guatemala City, 1871-1954<\/em> (University of New Mexico Press, 2020). Winner of the Judy Ewell Award for Best Publication on Women\u2019s History<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong> from \u00a0the <\/span>Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies 2021 and the 2021 Book Prize from the <\/strong><\/span>Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cCultural Integration and Literacy Project\u201d SSHRC Partnership Engage Gran<\/span>t, 2024. $24,927.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Recovering the Past, Creating the Future,” SSHRC Insight Grant, 2021.\u00a0$49,154.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Treaty 5 Documentary, contributor, forthcoming.<\/p>\n \u201cAn inter-sectional Approach to Peace: the Alianza Femenina Guatemalteca and the Cold War,\u201d Peace History Conference<\/em>, November 7, 2025.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cEpistemic Justice: Research Collaborations with the Community at Island Lake,\u201d 58th<\/sup> Algonquin Conference<\/em>, October 17, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTreaty 5 and the Era of Treaty-Making,\u201d Treaty 5 Summit, September 17-20, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cVoices in the Wind: Latina Testimonios from the Prairies,\u201d Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies<\/em>, Ottawa, April 9-12, 2025.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA Tale of Two Treaties: A reflection on the 1874 Mennonite Migration within Canada\u2019s Treaty-Making Era,\u201d \u201cSubjects, Settlers, Citizens: the 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context<\/em> Journal of Mennonite Studies, October 4-6, 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cTataskweyak and the Treaty 5 Adhesion,\u201d TRC Day September 30, 2024 via zoom with the Tataskweyak community.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUntangling the Treaty 5 Adhesion with Documentary Evidence,\u201d Treaty 5 Summit, August 6-8, 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Food sovereignty Summit: Nation to Nation Dialogue, Anishininew Okimawin Tribal Council, Winnipeg, June 18-20, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>First Gathering of the Anisininew Peoples-Our Lands, Our Culture, Our Language, Winnipeg, February 13-15, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cViviendo en el mundo que imaginamos: los ideales feministas de la Alianza femenina guatemalteca,\u201d Coloquio: Centenario de la liga feminista costarricense y del partido nacional feminista de Panam\u00e1, November 1, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLeyendo entre lineas: antifascismo dentro de la comunidad ladina en la ciudad de Guatemala, 1930-1945,\u201d IIWorkshop virtual internacional Mujeres entre guerra y paz: mediadoras, intelectuales ya gentes culturales, October 5-6, 2023.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIsland Lake: Stories from the Written Records,\u201d Treaty5 Summit, Chemawawin, Manitoba, August 8-10, 2023.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEscribir a las mujeres en la historia: maestras y periodistas guatemaltecas a mediados del siglo XIX, V Encuentros Mujeres Diversas Entre la Colonia y el Bicentenario de la Independencia en Centroam\u00e9rica: edici\u00f3n internacional especial, 27 y 28 de Octubre 2021 (zoom)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" B.Th. 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