Curriculum Vitae

Theron Corse

Contact Information: Dept. of History, Geography, and Political Science, 黑料科, John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Education:

PhD, Latin American History, Vanderbilt University, 1995. Concentrations: Southern Cone and Twentieth Century. Dissertation title: 鈥淧rojecting Per贸n: The Constructed Image of Juan Per贸n, 1945鈥�1949.鈥� Director: Dr. Simon Collier听听听听听听听听

M.A., Latin American History, Vanderbilt University, 1992. Concentrations: Central America and Twentieth Century. Master鈥檚 Thesis: 鈥溾�楾he Problems of the Guatemalan鈥檚 are the Guatemalans鈥� and No One Else鈥檚鈥�: Nationalism and the Guatemalan Press, 1952鈥�1954.鈥� Director: Dr. Marshall Eakin听听听听听听听听

Academic Year in Spain, 1988-1989. (A U.S.鈥慴ased program associated with the Universidad de Sevilla. Studied Spanish, History, and Political Science.) 听听听听听听听听

B.A. University of Georgia (Athens), 1988. Concentrations: Latin America, Subfield in Europe. Senior Thesis: 鈥淕ood Intentions: John Lind鈥檚 Failed Mission to Mexico.鈥澨�

Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984-1986. (Studied for a B.A. in Applied Mathematics)

Teaching and Adminstrative Experience:

2009-present: Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies, 黑料科

2009-present: Adjoint Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University

2007-present: Associate Professor, Latin American History, 黑料科

2002-2007: Assistant Professor, Latin American History, 黑料科

Summer 2005-2009: Acting Department Head, History, Geography and Political Science, 黑料科.

Summer 2005; Summer 2006: Adjunct Instructor, Latin American History, Vanderbilt University.

1995鈥�2002: Assistant Professor (tenured), Latin American History, Fayetteville State University.

1990鈥�1993: Graduate Resident, Vanderbilt McTyeire International House.

Publishing and Editorial Experience:

Protestants, Revolution, and the Cuba-U.S. Bond (University of Press of Florida, 2007)

Study Guide to Accompany World Civilization: The Global Experience 5e (New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006)

Study Guide to Accompany World Civilization: The Global Experience 4e (New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004)

Book Review 鈥� Jason Yaremko. U.S. Protestant Missions in Cuba: From Independence to Castro (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000). Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 33:3 (2004), 499.

Book Review 鈥� Margarite Fern谩ndez Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora (New York: PALGRAVE, 2001). Hispanic American Historical Review, 83:1 (February, 2003)

鈥淎merican Baptists and the Protestant Experience in Cuba, 1959-1969,鈥� American Baptist Quarterly, 20:1 (March, 2001), 27-59.

鈥淧resbyterians in the Revolution: An American Missionary Church and the Challenge of Castro鈥檚 Cuba, 1959-1970,鈥� Cuban Studies 31 (2000), 1-33.

鈥淏uilding Hegemony: Per贸n, Gramsci and Political Strategy in the Age of the Masses,鈥� MACLAS Latin American Essays 12 (1998), 107-118.

The Technique (Georgia Tech), 1984鈥�1986; The Red and Black (UGA), 1986鈥�1988; The Vanderbilt Hustler, 1989鈥�1995. Reporter, Columnist, News Editor, Graphics/Layout Editor.

Teaching Areas:

  • Caribbean History
  • Central American History
  • Historical Novel in Latin America
  • Historiography and Historical Methodology
  • Latin American Survey
  • Mexican History Survey
  • Military Regimes of the ABC Countries
  • Race and Identity in Latin America
  • Reform and Revolution in Latin America
  • Religion and Revolution in Latin America
  • Renaissance and Reformation
  • Science and Technology
  • Southern Cone ( Argentina , Chile , Uruguay)
  • The Mexican Revolution: History, Art, Music and Film
  • Women in Latin America
  • World and Western Civilization

Archival Employment:

Assistant Archivist, Historical Collection, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, 1993鈥�1994.

Presentations:

鈥淐hanging Protestant Identity and the Cuban Revolution.鈥� Montreal, American Academy of Religion, 2009.

Chair, 鈥淩econsidering New Approaches to Aviation History in Latin America,鈥� SHA 2009

Chair, 鈥淟atin America.鈥漀ashville, International Studies Association South, 2009

鈥淎 Modest Exception, Cuban Religious Identity and the Nature of U.S. Power,鈥� New Orleans, Southern Historical Association, 2006.

Chair. 鈥淪tepping Into Many Pasts: UT Martin Students Follow the Count of Monte Cristo.鈥� Tennessee Conference of Historians, 2006, Nashville, TN.

鈥淧ilgrims in a Strange Land: The Religious Trip Report as Travel Literature in Communist Cuba.鈥� Southeastern Council for Latin American Studies, 2006, Charlotte, NC.

Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee. Southeastern Council for Latin American Studies, 2005, Nashville.

Chair. 鈥淧olitics, Culture, and Identity in the Mid-Twentieth Century Caribbean: Three Perspectives on Transition.鈥� Houston, Southern Historical Association, 2003.

鈥淧rojecting the Per贸ns,鈥� Dallas, Latin Americans Studies Association, 2003.

鈥淩eligion and Civil Society in Communist Cuba,鈥� Fayetteville, NC, North Carolina Association of Historians, 2002.

听 鈥淯nintended Consequences: Cuban Protestants and the Politics of the Embargo,鈥� New Orleans, Southern Historical Association, November, 2001.

听 鈥淏ad Timing: The Fate of Three 1950s-era Missionary Programs in Castro鈥檚 Cuba,鈥� Chapel Hill, North Carolina Religious Studies Association, October, 2000.

鈥淎 Strange Conspiracy: Dean Rusk and the Protestants Evade the Cuban Embargo,鈥� Myrtle Beach, SECOLAS, March 2000.

鈥淎merican Baptists and the Protestant Experience in Cuba , 1959-1969,鈥� North Carolina Religious Studies Association, Wake Forest University , 1999.

鈥淧resbyterians in the Revolution: An American Missionary Church in Cuba, 1959-1970.鈥� MACLAS, Ursinus College , March 1999.

鈥淧resbyterians in the Revolution: An American Missionary Church Confronts Castro鈥檚 Cuba.鈥� SECOLAS, Lafayette , LA , March 1999.

Discussant. 鈥淓xternal Shocks, Local Reactions: Argentine Responses to War and Depression, 1914-1952.鈥� ATWS, Durham , October 1998.

鈥淧resbyterians in the Revolution: The Experience of a Mission Church in Cuba, 1959-1970.鈥� NCRSA, Fayetteville , NC , October 1998.

鈥淩evolutionary Spirits: Afro鈥慍uban Religion in Castro's Cuba.鈥� SECOLAS, Savannah , April 1998.

鈥淏uilding Hegemony: Per贸n, Gramsci and Political Strategy in the Age of the Masses.鈥� MACLAS, Trenton, 1998. 听听

鈥淩epression and Opportunity: Afro鈥慍uban Religion and the Cuban Communist State.鈥� North Carolina Religious Studies Association, 1997, Western NC Univ. 听听听听听听

鈥淎fro鈥慍uban Religion and the Communist State 鈥� A Preliminary Report.鈥� MACLAS 1997, 听 Annapolis. 听听听听听听 听听听

鈥淓l pueblo and the plebiscite: Peronist Authority and the Idea of Citizenship, 1945鈥�1955.鈥� LASA 1997, Guadaljara. 听听听听听听听听听

鈥淧ueblo, trabajador, descamisado: The Place of the People in Peronist Iconography.鈥� LASA, Washington D.C., 1995. 听听听听听听听听听听

Chair. 鈥淧olitics and Political Culture in the Southern Cone.鈥� LASA, Washington D.C. , 1995.

Honors and Awards:

NEH Extending the Reach Faculty Research Award - $24,000 (2001-2002)

Lynn E. May Jr. Study Grant, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives (2000)

North Carolina Faculty Development Award (1995 and 1996)

Leeland Sage Fellowship (1993鈥�1994)

Vanderbilt Dissertation Enhancement Award (1993)

Vanderbilt University Graduate Fellow (1989鈥�1993)

Dean鈥檚 List eight quarters (1984鈥�1988)

Georgia Tech Merit Scholar (1984)

Professional Service:

Secretary, Latin American and Caribbean Section, Southern Historical Association, 1998-present.

Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee. Southeastern Council for Latin American Studies, 2005, Nashville.

Membership Committee, Southern Historical Association, 2000-2003.

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