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About Jordan Lieser

Jordan Lieser is a scholar and educator with research interest and teaching experience in the fields of Modern Latin America history, U.S.-Latin American Relations and Interventions, Chicano Studies, Mexican-American Immigration, World History, Public History and Central Californian History. Teaching experience additionally in American history, East Asian history, Sports history, and Western Civilization.

Positions

2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Dominican University of California ‐ Department of History
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2014 - 2015 Part-time Faculty, University of San Francisco
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2014 - 2015 Part-time Faculty, William Jessup University
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2012 - 2015 Part-time Faculty, Dominican University of California
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2012 - 2013 Online Instructor, West Virginia University
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2012 - 2013 Visiting Research Scholar, Stanford University ‐ Bill Lane Center for the Study of the Hemispherical West
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2008 - 2012 Graduate Instructor, West Virginia University
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June 2011 - August 2011 Visiting Researcher, University of Texas at Austin ‐ Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
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2011 Part-time Faculty, Waynesburg College
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2007 - 2008 Graduate Assistant, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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2006 Adjunct Faculty, Cuesta College
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

  • National Dean’s List, 2007
  • Two-time Employee of the Year, San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation Department, 2005, 2007
  • Golden Key International Honor Society Member, West Virginia University Chapter
  • Two-time Chitwood Graduate Fellowship Winner, West Virginia University, 2008-09, 2010-11
  • Dr. Wesley M. Bagby III Scholarship, West Virginia University , 2011
  • Robert and Wynona Wilkins Scholarship Award, 2015

Courses

  • Women in the World
  • 20th Century Sports as Political and Social Discourse
  • History of U.S. Immigration
  • Empires and Colonization
  • Cold War in the Developing World
  • Southwest Borderlands
  • Drugs and Drug Wars
  • Neo-Colonization
  • Modern Latin America
  • Mexico: Aztecs to the Present
  • Latin American History Survey
  • Latin America: Past and Present
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Women in Latin America

Education

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2008 - 2014 Ph.D., West Virginia University ‐ History
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June 2009 - August 2009 Non-degree Certificate, Intercultura Language and Cultural School
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2005 - 2008 M.A., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ‐ History
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2001 - 2005 B.A., Cum Laude, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ‐ History
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Contact Information

Jordan Lieser
Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901

415.485.3236

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