MA STUDENTS

COLIN A.

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Colin spent the summer taking Portuguese through the UChicago Summer Language Institute.

Colin's academic interests include the nautral sciences (especially geology and meteorology), political science, history, and geography. He hopes to use a combination of these to explore themes of conflict and disaster mitigation in the Andes.

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester. Next on the list: The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

Colin skies, scuba dives, and juggles balls (only 3).

CHARLES L.

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Charles interned as a historian for the North Carolina labor movement.

Diplomatic and political history of 20th Century Cuba

Charles' last was Bill Bryson's A Short History of Everything, because he wanted to read some about the beauty of science! His next is either a book on meditation by the Dalai Lama or Henry Kissinger's Does America Need a Foreign Policy?

He plays folk and blues guitar and banjo and greatly looks forward to living in the same town as the Old Town School of Folk Music and the famous blues scene. 

JACK M.

BA \ Bowdoin College: History

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Jack lived in Texas for a year and half, working on the Mexican border as a paralegal at a legal service provider for undocumented immigrant children held in US Government custody. Jack also prepared for the LSAT and spent his spare time exploring the coastline and mountains of California.

Migration from Mexico and Central America. Jack also hopes to study Modern Mexican history (Independence—present) and the nature of US-Mexican relations from the perspective of both the humanities and social sciences.

"Light in August" by William Faulkner. Jack plans to read one of Milan Kundera's works next.

Jack is an avid photographer—he's trying to wrap up the finshing touches on a project of photos he took of the US-Mexico border in Texas and Arizona. He also loves all things outdoors.

ÁMBER  M.

BA \ Universidad Complutense de Madrid: International Relations

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Ámber spent the summer preparing to leave for the US, reading, and enjoying the summer.

Postcolonial studies and decoloniality, inequality, critical theory, intersectionality and racism, indigeneity(/ies) and indigenous’ resistances to the state, social movements, human rights, urban studies, ethnographical methods of research, and contemporary theories of the state.

This bridge called my back. Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by C. Moraga and G. Anzaldúa. Next on the list: Intelectuales indígenas en Ecuador, Bolívia y Chile

JORGE T.

BA \ University of Wisconsin—Madison: History, Politcal Science 

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Jorge spent his time biking, traveling to the Sierra Maestra, attending music festivals, watching Game of Thrones, and reading about the Mexican and Cuban revolutions.

Postcolonialism, revolutionary movements in Mexico and Cuba, and indigeneity.

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's Decolonizing the Mind. He might read Gramsci's Prison Notebooks next or articles on race in Mexico.

CESAR Z. 

BA \ University of California, Riverside: History

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Cesar spent his time reading. He also spent a couple of weeks in San Francisco visiting his sister and exploring the town. 

Cesar plans to study post-revolutionary Mexico, primarily the decade of 1930- 1940. He also hopes to explore transnational history and its effect on Mexico. 

Cesar has, of late, been revisiting the works of J.D. Salinger—Catcher in the Rye, as well as his short stories.

Cesar enjoys music, fantasy football (soccer), and comic books.