GRETCHEN
KRISTINE PIERCE, Ph.D.
CURRICULUM
VITAE
History/Philosophy
Department
Shippensburg University
1871 Old
Main Drive, DHC 214
Shippensburg, PA 17257
(717) 477-1729
EDUCATION
Ph.D., History, University of Arizona
Major Field,
Minor Field, Art History
Dissertation Title, “Sobering the Revolution: Mexico
M.A., Latin
American Studies, University
of Arizona
Major Field, History
Minor Field, Art History
Thesis Title, “The Stamp of the
Revolution: The Mexican Revolution through Postage Stamps, 1910-1968”
B.A., Interdisciplinary Humanities,
Graduate of the
Certificate in Latin American Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Thesis Title, “Feministas Visuales: The History of Mexican Feminism as Portrayed in the Lives and Works of the Photographers Tina Modotti and Lola Álvarez Bravo”
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Professor, Shippensburg University, Department of History, Aug. 2009-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, Department of History, Aug. 2008-May 2009
Adjunct Instructor,
Teaching Associate,
Teaching Assistant,
Teaching and Research
Assistant,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Stand-Alone Courses (Assistant
Professor)
HIST 349, Latin American History, Shippensburg University, Fall 2009
HIST 105, World History I, Shippensburg University, Fall 2009
Stand-Alone Courses (Visiting Assistant
Professor)
HIST 498, Topics in Latin American History: Women in Latin America, Northern Illinois University, Spring 2009
HIST 382, Modern Latin American
History, Northern
HIST 381, Colonial Latin American History, Northern Illinois University, Fall 2008
ILAS 100, Latin American
Civilizations,
Stand-Alone Courses (Adjunct Instructor)
Stand-Alone Courses (Teaching Associate)
Discussion Leader (Teaching
Associate/Teaching Assistant)
INDV 103, Modern
TRAD 102, Western Civilization I,
Teaching/Research Assistant in Course
Development
GEOG 210, Political and Cultural Geography of Globalization, GEOG 373, Political Geography, University of Arizona, Fall 2000-Spring 2001, (developed and then taught material in twelve discussion sections [total] and two lectures, material prepared for a future course on globalization in Latin America and the Middle East).
RESEARCH GRANTS
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship: United States Department of Education (Sept. 2004-July 2005)
Michael Sweetow Fellowship: University of Arizona History Department (May 2006)
Ramenofsky Graduate Fellowship: University of Arizona History Department (May 2006)
Sybil Ellingwood Pierce Fellowship in Southwest History: University of Arizona History Department (April 2004)
Hewlitt-Tinker Summer Research Grants: University of Arizona Center for Latin American Studies (May 2003; May 2001)
AWARDS/HONORS
Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award,
PUBLICATIONS
“Pulqueros and ‘familias de pobreza notoria’: Popular Resistance to Mexico’s Anti-Alcohol Campaigns, 1910-1940,” in Social and Cultural History of Alcohol in Latin America, edited by Áurea Toxqui and Gretchen Pierce (to be submitted to University of Nebraska Press).
Social and Cultural History of Alcohol in Latin America, edited by Áurea Toxqui and Gretchen Pierce (to be submitted to University of Nebraska Press).
“Plutarco Elías Calles,” in Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia,
edited by David Fahey and Jon Miller (ABC-CLIO).
“Fighting Bacteria, the Bible, and the Bottle: Projects to Create New Men, Women, and Children, 1910-1940,” in A Companion to Mexican History and Culture, edited by William H. Beezley (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2010).
“Parades, Epistles, and Prohibitive Legislation: Mexico’s National Anti-Alcohol Campaign and the Process of State-Building, 1934-1940,” Social History of Alcohol and Drugs 23, no. 2 (Spring 2009).
CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED
“‘Temperancia: Por la Patria. Por la Raza’:
“‘Se prohibe la cerveza y en cambio se tolera la venta de vino’: Popular Temperance Leagues and State-Building in Sonora, Mexico, 1934-1940,” Alcohol and Drugs History Society Session at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Jan. 2007
“Political Uses of Alcohol: The State and the Lower Classes
in Colonial and Modern
“Sober Revolutionaries: Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in the National and Sonoran Anti-Alcohol Campaigns, 1910-1940,” Conference on Latin American History Session at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Jan. 2006
“Men Behaving Badly: The Reconstruction of Working-Class
Masculinity and
“From Crusading Women to Alcohol Monopolies,
“The Stamp of the Revolution: Memory of the Mexican Revolution in Postage Stamps,” Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Conference, Feb. 2003
“Many
“Literary/Historical Representations,” Tri-University and Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Feb. 2003 (Panel Commentator)
“Pleasure Patrols: Anti-Alcohol Campaigns in Revolutionary
“Forbidden Fruit: Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Fetishistic Photographs,” Nueva Academia de San Juan de Letrán at the Oaxaca Summer Institute, July 2001
PUBLIC/GUEST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
“In Our Own Backyard: Terror and Violence in Guatemala,” Indiana University Northwest, Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, Human Rights Awareness Week, March 2009
“The History of Guatemala, Part I: The Ancient Maya and Colonial Guatemala,” and “The History of Guatemala, Part II: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Guatemala,” Chicago-Guatemala Partnership, Delegation Orientation, Jan. and Feb. 2007
“Fascism in
“‘Nunca Más’: The Rise and Fall of Military Dictatorships in
“Interactive Learning Techniques,” Department of History’s
Graduate Assistant Training Orientation,
“The Death of the Revolution and the Mexican Miracle:
Social, Economic, and Political Changes since 1940,” INDV 103, Modern
“The Failures of the Revolution, 1917-1940,”
“‘Los de Abajo’ or ‘How the Other Half Lived’:
“The Link from Past to Future: Hand Imagery in Mexican
Revolutionary Art,”
“Liberation Theology and Evangelical Protestantism in
“Arte y política en mesoamérica
pre-colombiana,” Honors and AP Spanish classes,
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Alcohol and Drugs History Society, 2006-present
Conference on Latin American History, 2005-present
American Historical Association, 2004-present
Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, 2002-2007
SERVICE
Professional
Service
History Club,
Designed Initial Website, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Conference, May 2004
Historical
Advisor on the U.S.-Mexican War, National History Day Project,
“The
History Graduate Association,
Community Service
Chicago-Guatemala Partnership, Oct. 2006-2009
Know Your Rights Club, University of Arizona, Dec. 2000-May 2002
Campaña Conozca Sus Derechos, Aug.-Dec. 2000 (Intern)
Docent at the
LANGUAGES
English (native)
Spanish (fluent)
Portuguese (competent)
REFERENCES
Professor William H. Beezley, former advisor, University of Arizona, 520-621-7107, beezley@email.arizona.edu
Associate Professor Bert J. Barickman, former committee member, University of Arizona, 520-621-3474, bjb@email.arizona.edu
Associate Professor Kevin M. Gosner, former committee member, University of Arizona, 520-621-1168, kgosner@email.arizona.edu
Associate Professor Diana Chen Lin, Department Chair, History and Philosophy, Indiana University Northwest, 219-980-6981, dchenlin@iun.edu
Associate Professor Roberta Wollons, former Department Chair, Indiana University Northwest, (current Department Chair, History, University of Massachusetts, Boston), 617-287-6860, roberta.wollons@umb.edu
Professor Michael Gonzales, Department Chair, Latino and Latin American Studies, Northern Illinois University, 815-753-1532, gonzales@niu.edu
Associate Professor Beatrix Hoffman, Department Chair, History, Northern Illinois University, 815-753-0858, beatrix@niu.edu