Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Professor Conniff directed the Global Studies program and also the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration at San José State University. He promoted international curriculum, faculty and staff development, exchanges with foreign universities, and programs to prepare students to succeed as citizens and professionals in the world at large. Conniff earned degrees at UC-Berkeley and Stanford (Ph.D. 1976) and has published a number of books on modern history, most recently A History of Modern Latin America (wth Lawrence Clayton), Africans in the Americas (with T.J. Davis), and populism in Latin America. He has lived overseas for a dozen years, held several post-doc appointments (including three Fullbright tours), and served in the U.S. Peace Corps. He lectures often in Portuguese and Spanish. Before joining SJSU, he taught history at the University of New Mexico and created Latin American studies programs at Auburn University and the University of South Florida.
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About Michael L. Conniff
Professor Conniff directed the Global Studies program and also the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration at San José State University. He promoted international curriculum, faculty and staff development, exchanges with foreign universities, and programs to prepare students to succeed as citizens and professionals in the world at large. Conniff earned degrees at UC-Berkeley and Stanford (Ph.D. 1976) and has published a number of books on modern history, most recently A History of Modern Latin America (wth Lawrence Clayton), Africans in the Americas (with T.J. Davis), and populism in Latin America. He has lived overseas for a dozen years, held several post-doc appointments (including three Fullbright tours), and served in the U.S. Peace Corps. He lectures often in Portuguese and Spanish. Before joining SJSU, he taught history at the University of New Mexico and created Latin American studies programs at Auburn University and the University of South Florida.
| 2016 - Present | Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University ‐ Emeritus Faculty | |
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| 2002 - 2016 | Professor, San Jose State University ‐ History | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2010 - 2013 | Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies |
| Department of Education | |
| $450,000 | |
| 2010 - 2011 | Congressional Grant to Establish the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration at San José State University |
| Federal Government | |
| $220,000 | |
| 2010 - 2011 | Grant to Survey Immigrants in San Mateo County, CA |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | |
| $100,000 | |
| 2009 - 2010 | Congressional Grant to Establish the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration at San Jose State University |
| Federal Government | |
| $190,000 | |
| 2009 - 2010 | Continuing Education Council Grant to Implement Global Studies Online |
| Continuing Education Council | |
| $50,000 | |
| 2007 - 2010 | FIPSE Grant for Student Exchanges with Brazilian Universities |
| U.S. Department of Education | |
| $204,000 | |
| 2007 - 2008 | Contract for Global Studies Program |
| Distance Defense Language Institute | |
| $1,010,000 | |
| 2005 - 2007 | “Global Studies: Students Discovering the World” |
| U.S. Department of Education | |
| Undergraduate International and Foreign Language Grant | |
| $158,800 | |
| 2001 - 2002 | College Teachers Summer Institute on the Americas of José Martí |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| $180,000 | |
| 1999 | Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance |
| University of South Florida and Tulane University, Office of Naval Research | |
| $1,300,000 | |
| 1996 | Networking Area Studies Programs in Alabama |
| Ford Foundation | |
| $210,000 | |
| 1993 | Guide to Ivey Cultural Approach to World History |
| Ivey Foundation | |
| $4,000 | |
| 1993 | Summer Teachers Institute |
| Alabama Humanities Foundation | |
| Alabama Humanities Foundation Grant for World History | |
| $20,500 | |
| 1991 | Summer Institute on the Columbian Voyage and its Legacies |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Grant | |
| $130,000 | |
| 1990 | Fulbright-Hayes Teaching Award |
| Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | |
| $20,000 | |
| 1989 | Planning Grant for a New Mexico History Day Competition |
| New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| $500 | |
| 1988 | Designing the Latin American Biographical Database |
| University of New Mexico | |
| Planning Grant | |
| $5,166 | |
| 1987 | The Populists of Brazil |
| Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | |
| Fulbright-Hayes Research Award | |
| $18,000 | |
| 1985 | Beveridge Grant |
| American Historical Association | |
| $1,000 | |
| 1985 | Summer Research Grant |
| Mellon Foundation; Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico | |
| $2,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2009 - Present | Director, Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration, San José State University | 2002 - Present | Director, Global Studies Initiative, San José State University | 2009 - 2012 | Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences, San José State University | 2001 - 2002 | Co-director, NEH College Institute on “The Americas of Jose Marti", University of South Florida/Center for Martí Studies | 1997 - 2002 | Founding Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of South Florida | 1998 - 2000 | Co-director, Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, University of South Florida and Tulane University | 1998 | Member, Bolton Prize Committee | 1993 - 1997 | Executive Secretary, Conference on Latin American History | 1991 - 1996 | Co-director, Institute for Latin American Studies, Auburn University | 1991 - 1995 | Co-Director, Institute for Latin American Studies, Auburn University | 1993 - 1994 | Member, Ad Hoc History Department Committee on Salary Compression, Auburn University | 1993 - 1994 | Member, Vice President for Research Search Committee, Auburn University | 1993 | Humanities Advisor, Alabama Humanities Foundation Summer Institute, "Staging World History: Cultures and Boundaries" | 1993 | Co-Director, Summer Teachers Institute, Auburn University and Tuskegee University | 1991 - 1993 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, The Southeastern Conference of Latin American Studies | 1992 | Member, Professional Improvement Leave Review Committee, Auburn University | 1991 | Director, NEH/National History Day Summer Institute on the Columbian Voyage, University of New Mexico | 1989 - 1990 | President, University of New Mexico Fulbright Alumni Association | 1988 | Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Promotion Committee, University of New Mexico | 1984 | Faculty coordinator, Guadalajara Summer School, University of New Mexico |
Honors and Awards
- • Pan American Medallion for career service in history, Pan American Institute for Geography and History, 2009
- • Presidential Recognition Awards, University of New Mexico, 1980
- • Presidential Recognition Awards, University of New Mexico, 1979
Courses
- Quantitative and Computer Methods (Graduate Seminar)
- U.S. Foreign Relations (Graduate Seminar)
- Ibero-American studies (Graduate Seminar)
- Modernization in Latin America (Graduate Seminar)
- The Caribbean and Central America (Graduate Seminar)
- Modern Latin America (Graduate Seminar)
- Brazilian History (Graduate Seminar)
- World History
- Inter-American Relations
- Southern South America
- Mexico since 1821
- Colonial Latin America
- Spain and Portugal in the Americas
- Urban History of Latin America
- Society and Development of Latin America
- Survey of Latin America in the National Period
- Latin America and the World
- Brazil 1500-Present
| 1976 | Ph.D., Stanford University ‐ Latin American History | |
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| 1969 | M.A., Stanford University ‐ Latin American Studies | |
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| 1968 | B.A., University of California - Berkeley ‐ Latin American Studies | |
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Contact Information
Michael L. Conniff, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of History
San José State University
408-924-7196