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About Myrna Santiago

Researching the history of the 1972 earthquake that destroyed the city of Managua, Nicaragua.

Positions

1998 - Present Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ History
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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Present Program Coordinator, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Women's and Gender Studies
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2010 - 2018 Chair, History Department, Saint Mary's College of California
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2005 - 2009 Director, Women's Studies, Saint Mary's College of California
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Disciplines

Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Scholar Award, 2016-2017 - Saint Mary's College
  • Distinguished Professor Award, 2013-2014 - Mexican Academy of Sciences
  • Professor of the Year, 2013-2014 - Saint Mary's College of California
  • Elinor Melville Book Prize - Conference on Latin American History, 2008, Best Book on Latin American Environmental History: "The Ecology of Oil"
  • Bryce Wood Book Award - Latin American Studies Association, 2007, Outstanding Book on Latin America in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: "The Ecology of Oil"

Courses

  • Latin American History
  • World History
  • Historical Interpretation: The Problem of 1492 (The Conquest)
  • On the Global History of Sexuality
  • Disasters in Latin American History
  • Revolution! Latin America and the Search for the Common Good
  • The Drug Trade in US-Latin America Relations
  • The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua: Problems and Issues
  • Women in Latin American History: Biography, Memoir, and Testimony

Education

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1997 Ph.D. History, University of California - Berkeley
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1992 M.A. History, University of California - Berkeley
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1982 B.A. Latin American Studies, Princeton University
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Contact Information

Office: Galileo Hall 314
Phone: 4606

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Honors, Awards, & Grants (8)

Presentations (2)

Publications (23)