Ph.D. History – University of Maine, 2011

Dissertation: A ‘Clearcut Line’: Canada and Colombia, 1829-1979 (Nominated, Northeastern Association for Graduate Schools’ Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Arts & Humanities, 2013).

M.P.A. Non Profit Management – University of Maine, 2004

Thesis: Does Underdevelopment Exist Inside Developed Nations? The Case of Maine and Forty-Nine other States

G.C. International Relations & Negotiations – Universidad de Los Andes, 1994

B.A. Political Science (Comparative Politics) – Clark University, 1992

Lecturer in Management

College of Business, Public Policy and Health, Maine Business School, University of Maine (September 2018 – Present)

• Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in management, business ethics, international business, and international marketing.

• Current Undergraduate Courses: Canada and the United States Business Relations; The Canadian Economy: Issues and Policy; Introduction to International Business; Introduction to Business; International Management.

• Current Graduate Courses: Management of Contemporary Organizations; Stakeholder Analysis in a Global Economy.

• Courses Taught: International Marketing; Business and Society; International Travel Course (Cali, Colombia).

Adjunct Assistant Professor

College of Business, Public Policy and Health, University of Maine (August 11 – May 2018)

• Taught undergraduate courses in management, comparative and global business.

• Courses Taught: Canada and the United States Business Relations; International Marketing; Business and Society; Introduction to International Business.

Adjunct Professor

School of Business, Husson University (August 2011 – May 2018)

• Taught graduate courses in management for the M.B.A. program.

• Courses Taught: Business Research Methods (in class and online); Global Strategic Management (in class and online); Managerial Communications (in class and online).

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science, University of Maine (August 2011 – May 2018)

• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in areas of Comparative Politics, International Relations, International Political Economy, and Global Studies.

• Courses Taught (Comparative Politics): Topics in Comparative Politics (Latin America); Topics in Comparative Politics (Western Europe).

• Courses Taught (International Relations): Introduction to International Relations; Introduction to International Affairs; Topics in International Relations: United States and Latin American Relations; Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: Security Issues of International Narcotics Trafficking (cross-listed with School of Policy and International Affairs); Canadian Foreign Policy.

• Courses Taught (International Political Economy): Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: Political Economy of Latin America (cross-listed with School of Policy and International Affairs); Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: The Role of NGOs in International Development (cross-listed with School of Policy and International Affairs); Topics in International Affairs: Global Political Economy.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of History, University of Maine (August 2011 – May 2018)

• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of economic, international relations, trans-national, political, and social history.

• Courses Taught in Canadian History: Canada and the United States, 1783 – Present (Doctoral Seminar); Modern Canadian History (1867 – Present); Introduction to Canadian Studies (in class and online).

• Courses Taught in Latin American History: Introduction to Early Latin American History; Introduction to Modern Latin American History; Modern Latin American History through Film; Nations of Latin America: Modern Colombian History.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

School of Economics, University of Maine (August 2011 – May 2018)

• Taught undergraduate courses in macroeconomics and economic development, and graduate courses in political economy.

• Courses Taught (Economic Theory): Introduction to Macroeconomics.

• Courses Taught (Political Economy): The Canadian Economy: Issues and Policy; Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: Political Economy of Latin America; Topics in International Affairs: Global Political Economy.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine (August 2011 – May 2018)

• Taught graduate courses for the M.A. in Global Policy

• Courses Taught: Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: Political Economy of Latin America; Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: Security Issues of International Narcotics Traffickings; Advanced Topics in Policy and International Affairs: The Role of NGOs in International Development

Honors Preceptor

Honors College, University of Maine (August 2014 – May 2018)

• Taught for the Western Civilizations Sequence, as well as lecturing, advising and mentoring undergraduate students.

• Courses Taught: Civilizations: Past, Present and Future II; Civilizations: Past, Present and Future III; Civilizations: Past, Present and Future IV; Narcotics and the Construction of Western Civilization (tutorial); History of American Capitalism.

• Lectures: Post-Colonialism: Frida Kahlo, Surrealism, and Magical Realism (Spring 2018); Post-Colonialism: Looking at the Western World from the Outside: Isabel Allende, The Stories of Eva Luna (Spring 2017).

Visiting Libra Diversity Professor

Department of History, University of Maine (August 2014 – September 2015)

• Taught undergraduate courses in Canadian and Latin American History (listed previously).

Libra Professor in International Relations

Department of Political Science, University of Maine (August 2013 – September 2014)

• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Comparative Politics, International Relations, and International Political Economy (listed previously).

Presidential Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow

Department of History, University of Maine (August 2012 – September 2013)

• Taught undergraduate courses in History and Political Science (listed previously).

Adjunct Professor

School of Science and Humanities, Husson University (August 2011 – September 2013)

• Taught undergraduate courses in U.S. History and Government.

• Courses Taught: History of U.S. Foreign Policy; U.S. History: Colonization to 1877.

Instructor

Department of Public Administration, University of Maine (August 2009 – September 2011)

• Taught undergraduate courses in public management and public policy.

• Courses Taught: Introduction to Public Policy; Introduction to Public Management.

Teaching Assistant

Department of History, University of Maine (August 2007 – September 2009)

• World History: Prepared and presented lectures, facilitated class discussion, and graded evaluations.

• Introduction to Early Latin American History: Prepared and presented lectures, facilitated class discussion, and graded evaluations.

• Introduction to Modern Latin American History: Prepared and presented lectures, facilitated class discussion, and graded evaluations.

• Betta Gamma Sigma inductee, 2021

• Faculty Mentor Impact Award, University of Maine, 2020

• First Christopher Kobrak Research Fellowship (Canadian Business History Association), 2017 – 2018 (US$10,000)

• Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Research Fellowship, 2017 (US$800)

• Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Research Fellowship, 2015 (US$800)

• Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Stipend Award, University of Maine, 2014 – 2015 (US$ 500)

• Visiting Libra Diversity Professor in Latin American History, University of Maine, 2014 – 2015 (US$15,000)

• Libra Professorship in International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Maine, 2013 – 2014 (US$15,000)

• Nomination, Northeastern Association for Graduate Schools’ Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Arts & Humanities, 2013

• Research Award, King’s University College at Western University, co-investigator Dr. Stephanie Bangarth, 2012 (US$3,500)

• Presidential Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, University of Maine 2012 – 2013 (US$ 15,000)

• Canadian – American Center Fellowship, 2010 – 2011 (US$ 13,000)

• Dunn Dissertation Research Grant, History Department, University of Maine, 2010 (US$500)

• Canadian Embassy Doctoral Student Research Award 2009 – 2010 (US$10,000)

• Canadian – American Center Fellowship, 2009 – 2010 (US$ 13,000)

• Canadian American Center Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship 2008 – 2009 (US$ 15,000)

• Dunn Dissertation Research Grant, University of Maine, 2008 (US$500)

• McBride Research Fellowship, History Department, University of Maine, 2008 (US$1,000)

• Bowen Scholarship in Canadian History, University of Maine, 2007 – 2008

• Center for Teaching Excellence Active Learning Micro Grant, joint proposal with Dr. Wiebke Ipsen, History Department, University of Maine, 2006 – 2007 (US$850)

• Thurgood Marshall Scholarship, University of Maine, 2003 – 2004

• Thurgood Marshall Scholarship, University of Maine, 2002 – 2003

Books

• Opportunism and Goodwill: Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867-1979. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021.

Book Chapters

• “Securing the Expansion of Capitalism in Colombia: Canadair and the Military Regime of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1953-1957)”:345-72. Victoria Basualdo, Hartmut Berghoff, and Marcelo Bucheli eds. Big Business and Dictatorships in Latin America: A Transnational History of Profits and Repression, London: Palgrave Macmillan (2020).

• “Deja-vu from 1854: Free Trade, Protectionism, and the Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty”:47-59. Mark S. Bonham, ed. Trade-Offs: The History of Canada-U.S. Trade Negotiations, Toronto: University of Toronto Press (2019).

• “One Size Fits All? Canadian Development Assistance to Colombia, 1953-1972”:123-43. Greg Donaghy, Dominique Marshall, and David Webster eds. “A Samaritan State” Revisited: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Aid, 1950-2016, Calgary: University of Calgary Press (2019).

• “The Zero-Sum Game of Early Oil Extraction Relations in Colombia: Workers, Tropical Oil, and the Police State, 1918-1938”:37-67. Tourah Atabaki, Kaveh Ehsani and Elisabetta Bini eds. Working for Oil: Comparative Social Histories of Labor in Petroleum, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

• “Demarcando una Estrategia Latinoamericana: Las Iniciativas del Sector Privado Canadiense en Colombia, 1904-1953”:343-66. María Aparecida Lopes y María Cecilia Zuleta eds. Mercados en Común: Estudios sobre Conexiones Transnacionales, Negocios y Diplomacia en lasAméricas (siglo XIX y XX). D.F. México: El Colegio de México, 2016.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

• “Transnational Spatial Dimensions of Colombian-Canadian Relations in the Era of Capitalist Expansionism.” American Review of Canadian Studies 48, no. 2 (2018): 191-208.

• “Constructing Modernity and Progress: The Imperializing Lens of an American Engineer in the Early Twentieth Century.” Iperstoria Special issue: American Constructions of Photography / Photographic Constructions of America (Spring / Summer 2018): 24-39.

• “Canadian Official Development Aid to Latin America: The Struggle over the Humanitarian Agenda, 1963-1977.” Journal of Canadian Studies / Revued’études canadiennes 51, no. 1 (Winter 2017): 217-244.

• “The Role of Canadian Financial Entities in the Development of Colombia’s Financial Markets, 1896-1939.” Ensayos Sobre Política Económica 30, no. 67 (2012): 252-79.

• “One Cinderblock at a Time: Historiography of Canadian-Latin American and Canadian-Colombian Relations.” Desafíos 1, no. 24 (2012): 275-292.

• “Ahora o Nunca: La Misión Ministerial Canadiense a América Latina de 1968 y su Impacto en las Relaciones Bilaterales con Colombia.” Perspectivas Colombo Canadienses 2 (2009): 10–29.

Policy Papers

• ers P“perImagining Maine’s Economy in a Postpandemic World.” Maine Policy Review Volume 30, no. 2 (Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic - 2021): 127-29.

• “Canada and Maine: An Interdependent Relationship of More Than 100 Years.” One Voice Maine: The Official Magazine of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. Maine State Chamber of Commerce. (May 2021): 62-71.

• “Maine – Québec – New Brunswick.” Border Barometer. Border Policy Research Institute: Western Washington University. (April 2021): 73-80.

REVIEW ESSAYS

• “Moving Away from the Amalgamation of the Latino Immigrant Experience in the United States.” Ethnohistory, Review Essay 61, no. 1 (2014): 189-195.

• “New Approaches to the Analysis of Violence in Colombia and the Americas.” Ethnohistory, Review Essay 59, no. 2 (2012): 407-412.

Book Reviews

• Kentucky’s Joseph C.S. Blackburn: Soldier, Statesman and a Friend of All, by Elizabeth Rouse Fielder. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 118, no. 1 (Winter 2020).

• Transforming Provincial Politics: The Political Economy of Canada’s Provinces and Territories in the Neoliberal Era, edited by Bryan M. Evans and Charles W. Smith. American Review of Canadian Studies. (2017).

• The Invaded: How Latin Americans and their Allies Fought and Ended US Occupations, by Alan McPherson. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 113, no.4 (Autumn 2015).

Interviews

• Colin Woodard. “Proposed Tariffs on Canadian Steel Could Backfire on Maine.” Portland Press Herald. March 7, 2018. https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/07/proposed-tariffs-on-canadian-steel-could-backfire-on-maine/.

• The Pulse radio show – WZON – 620 AM Bangor, Maine. Bi-weekly guest discussing connections between local and global issues. 2016-2018. http://www.wzonthepulse.com/about.html.

• “Desarrollo y Calidad de Vida.” TeleAmiga Internacional: Buenas Noticias. October 20, 2016. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0qj-uICuYllMGd4OEFoRHV6VkU/view.

• Lina Beatriz Pinto García. “Missing Evidence and Human Rights: A Shameful Record.” Canada Watch. Fall 2015. https://politicsofevidence.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/cw_fall2015_final.pdf.

• Lina Beatriz Pinto García. “Sin Ciencia, no hay Evidencia, no hay Verdad, no hay Democracia.” Cerosetenta - Universidad de los Andes. Spring 2015. http://cerosetenta.uniandes.edu.co/sin-ciencia-no-hay-evidencia-no-hay-verdad-no-hay-democracia/.

Current Major Research Projects

• The Birth of the Cold War in the Americas: El Bogotazo from a Trans-National Perspective. (book project proposal in progress for Brill Publishers new book series, New Perspectives on the Cold War).

• Neoliberalism and Free Trade: Canadian-Colombian Relations During and After the Cold War (book project).

Invited Papers

• “Deja-vu from 1854: Free Trade, Protectionism, and the Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty.” Canadian Business History Association Annual Conference on the History of Canada-U.S. Trade Negotiations, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. November 2018.

• “One Size Fits All?’: Canadian Assistance to Colombia, 1956-1984.” The History of Canadian Official Development Assistance, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Canada. December 2016.

• “Business-Government Partnerships and Military Regimes: Canada Air and the General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Administration, 1953-1957.” International Conference on Corporations and Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany. September, 2016.

• “The Zero-Sum Game of Early Oil Extraction Relations in Colombia: Workers, Tropical Oil, and the Police State, 1918-1938.” International Conference on the Comparative Social Histories of Labour in the Oil Industry, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands. June, 2013.

• “The Role of Canadian Financial Entities in the Development of Colombia’s Financial Markets, 1896-1939.” Seminario Historia de la Banca Central, Monteria y Bancaria en América Latina, Bogotá, Colombia. October, 2011.

Academic Conferences

• “‘La Troco’: Canadian Oil Extraction Operations in Colombia During the First Half of the Twentieth Century.” Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2019.

• “Incorporating Canada into the Analysis of Latin American and Caribbean Studies: The Case of Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia During the First Half of the Twentieth Century.” Latin American Studies Association, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2019.

• “Globalizing the Americas: Canada’s Business Expansion in Colombia During the First Half of the Twentieth Century.” Business History Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, March 2019.

• “Transnational Spatial Dimensions of Colombian-Canadian Relations in the Era of Capitalist Expansionism.” 37th Mid-Atlantic-New England Council for Canadian Studies (MANECCS) Biennial Conference, Lake Placid, New York, October 2018.

• “Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, El Bogotazo, and the Development of the Organization of American States, 1946-48.” American Historical Association (AHA), Washington, D.C., January 2018.

• “El Bogotazo and its Aftermath from a Transnational Perspective.” Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), Guelph, Canada, June 2017.

• “Diversity as an Empowerment Tool: Views from a Puerto Rican and a Colombian at the University of Maine.” National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). Seattle, Washington. October 2016.

• “Del Desarrollo Sostenible a la Dependencia: La Misión del Banco Mundial a Colombia del Año 1950 y su Exportación del Modelo Neoliberal a la Región.” Quinto Congreso Latinoamericano de Historia Económica (CLADHE V), Sao Paulo, Brasil, July 2016.

• “Canada, the Jamaican Entrepôt, and the South American Caribbean Coast, 1687-1819.” 23rd Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Las Vegas, Nevada. October, 2015.

• “Deconstructing America-Centric Views through Transnational History: Canada and the Western Hemisphere in the Twentieth Century.” V Encuentro de Jóvenes Historiadores. Barcelona, Spain. July 2015.

• “From Informal Trade to Free Trade: History of Canadian-Colombian Relations, 1809-2002.” 22nd Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Tampa, Florida. November, 2013.

• “Transnationalizing the Northeastern Borderland: Moving from the Regional to the Hemispheric Analysis.” 22nd Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Tampa, Florida. November, 2013.

• “Building a Latin American Strategy Under Truman’s Point Four Program: Canada’s Private and Public Initiatives in Colombia, 1950-1968.” Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Historia Económica (CLADHE III), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. October, 2012.

• “American Opportunism and Canadian Compliance: The Assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and the Promotion of the Truman Doctrine.” Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), Kelowna, Canada. May, 2012.

• “Canadian Diplomatic Outreach to Latin America: Canadian-Colombian Diplomatic Relations, 1949-1953.” 21 st Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Ottawa, Canada. November, 2011.

• “The Agony of a Humanitarian Agenda: Canadian Development Aid Policy to Latin America, 1963-1990.” Presented at “Canada in a Unipolar World: New Directions for Canadian Foreign Policy” conference, Lake Placid, NY. October, 2011.

• “Redefining Regional Agendas; No Place for the OAS in the Middle Power Role.” The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), Quebec, Canada. May, 2010.

• “Neoliberal Solutions to Rural Economic Development: Canada’s Development Aid to Colombia, 1968-1984.” 20th Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), San Diego, CA. November, 2009.

• “Canada’s Involvement in Latin America: Canadair Limited, the Sale of F-86 Jet Fighters, and the Rojas Pinilla Administration.” 10th Annual University of Maine-University of New Brunswick History Graduate Student Conference, Orono, ME. October, 2008.

• “1968 Ministerial Mission to Latin America: Helping the Americans Sell Neoliberal Ideologies in the Hemisphere.” The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), Vancouver, Canada. May, 2008.

• “Plantando la Semilla Neoliberal: Relaciones entre Colombia y Canadá; el Impacto de la Misión Ministerial Canadiense de 1968.” VI Seminario Interuniversitario de Estudios Canadienses en América Latina, Universidad Federal de Bahia, Bahia, Brazil. September, 2008.

• “Discovery Voyage 1968: Initial Steps Toward Greater Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere.” 9th Annual University of Maine – University of New Brunswick International History Graduate Student Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. October, 2007.

Invited Seminars, Lectures & Workshops

• “2021 Border Barometer Report.” Border Webinar Reunited States: Onward and Upward. New England Canada Business Council. January 28, 2022.

• “Prior Consent Policy, Interculturality, Territoriality and the Impact of Globalization.” Universidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Humanidades, September 2021.

• “Techno Ethics and Eco Ethics in the Current Global Crisis.” Universidad Santo Tomás, Regional Tunja, October 2021.

• “Oportunismo y Buena Voluntad: La Expansión Empresarial Canadiense en Colombia, 1867-1979.” Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, June 2021.

• “The Global-Local Impact of COVID-19 in Maine.” Seminar, Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resilience and Recovery, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Portland, ME., June 2020.

• “Peace in Colombia?: The Historical Problems of Transitioning from Policy Definition to Implementation.” Socialist and Marxist Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME., November 2016.

• “The ‘Glocal’ Impact in the Contemporary Analysis of Economic Development: The Case of the Periphery in Colombia.” Invited keynote speaker at the Octavo Congreso Internacional: Desarrollo Económico y Calidad de Vida, Universidad La Gran Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, October 19, 2016.

• “The Americas from a Transnational Perspective.” Centro Hispano (CHISPA) Lecture Series, Bangor, Maine, October 1, 2015.

• “From Subsidiary to Foreign Direct Investor: History of Canadian Gold Mining in Colombia, 1919-2011.” Workshop on Contemporary Extractivism: Natural Resource Governance and Opportunities for Change, Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), York University, Toronto, Canada, April 2015.

• “Canadian Imperialism: The History of the Extractive Industry in Colombia.” Invited lecturer at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada, November 2014.

• “Canada’s ‘Goodwill’ Revised: Mining, Capitalism, and Imperialism.” Socialist and Marxist Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME., November 2013.

• “Canadian-Colombian Relations: The Impact of External Aid Policy in the Building of Bilateral Relations, 1968-1974.” Alice R. Stewart Canadian Studies Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME. September 2009.

• “The Outcome of Cold War Policy in Latin America: What Happens When Disempowered Citizens Make Use of their Democratic Rights.” Socialist and Marxist Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME. May 2009.

• “Moving Away from the Amalgamation of Latin America.” Hispanic Heritage Lectures, Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME. February 2009.

• “Canadian-Colombian Relations: Building Bridges Under U.S. Hemispheric Hegemony, 1968-1984.” Alice R. Stewart Canadian Studies Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME. September 2008.

• “Empowering Venezuela Domestically and Internationally Under Chavez: A New Alternative for Peaceful Conflict Resolution in the Hemisphere or the Decline of American Hegemony in the Region.” University of Maine, Socialist and Marxist Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME. May 2008.

• “Canadian – Latin American Relations: Policy a la Trudeau.” History Department’s Graduate Student Symposium, University of Maine, Orono, ME. October 2007.

• “Opportunism in American Foreign Policy: The Assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, April 9, 1948.” University of Maine, Socialist and Marxist Lecture Series, Orono, ME. April 2006.

• “The Negative Impacts of Free Trade Agreements.” University of Maine, Women in the Curriculum Luncheon Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME. October 2005.

• “CAFTA: Another Bad Deal for the Masses.” University of Maine, Socialist and Marxist Lecture Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME. May 2004.

• “Ocean Technology in New England and Atlantic Canada: Promoting a Network of Collaboration.” University of Maine, April 2016.

• Dr. Pablo Cáceres Corrales, “The Contribution to Organized Crime and Narcotics Trafficking to the Global Economy.” University of Maine, March 2016.

• Dr. Cynthia Enloe. “Where are Women in Violent Conflicts? Finding out Will Make us Smarter!” University of Maine, October 2014.

• “Canadian History at the University of Maine: New Thematic and Interdisciplinary Approaches.” 22nd Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Tampa, Florida, November 2013.

• “Teaching Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries.” University of Maine Humanities Initiative. Orono, Maine. May 2013.

Honors College

• Jazlyn Dumas. 2021. “The Importance of a Checkmark: An Investigation Into the Perceptions of Social Media Verification and Its Effects on Consumer Trust.”

• Andrew Hutchins. 2021. “The New Age of Aerospace: How Can Maine Leverage Its Assets and Engage in New Space.”

• Meredith Stephens. 2020. “Emotional Engagement of Consumers: A Case Study Between Peloton and ClassPass and their Differences in Branding Initiatives on the Facebook Platform.”

• Bryce Nitchman. 2020. “The Impact of Climate Change: An In-Depth Analysis of Warming Ocean Water Temperatures and the Effects on Maine’s Lobstering Industry and Subsequent Effect on the State Economy.”

• Melissa Garand. 2019. “Immigration in the Context of Religion with Case Studies of France and Hungary.”

• Taylor Tyrrell. 2018. “Identifying Individual Motivations of Nonprofit Volunteers in the Human Services Field with the Study of the National Red Cross Organization.”

• Sarah Dean. 2017. “Invisible Women: Sex Trafficking in the Context of Post-Soviet Moldova.”

• Blaise Collett. 2015. “Cuban Agriculture: Past and Present and the Emergence of Small Scale Urban Farming in Havana, Cuba.”

• Gareth Warr. 2015 “A Historical Analysis of Cuba’s Agroecosystem.”

• Brianna Duhamie. 2014. “The Role of Culture and Social Displacement: Afro Reggae in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro.”

• Jenna Bowley. 2013. “Robin Hood or Villain: The Social Construction of Pablo Escobar.”

University of Maine

• MaFaculty Representative, Honorary Degree Committee, University of Maine, 2020 – Present.

• Faculty Representative, University Teaching Council, University of Maine, 2020 – Present.

• Planning Committee, Canada-US Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, University of Maine, 2019 – Present.

• Executive Committee Member, Canadian American Center, University of Maine, 2018 – Present.

• Advisory Committee, Center for Undergraduate Research, University of Maine, 2018 – Present.

• Board of Directors, Wilson Center, University of Maine, 2015 – 2017.

• Grant Committee member, Wilson Center, University of Maine, Fall 2015.

• History Department faculty liaison for the State of Maine Bridge Year Program, 2014 – 2016.

• Selection committee member for the Trustee International Tuition Scholarship, 2014.

• Marxist Lecture Series organizing committee member, 2012 – 2013.

• Disciplinary committee member, 2009 – 2010.

Organizations

• Councilor, Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies, 2018 – Present.

• Contributing Editor of Points, the blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society (ADHS), 2019 – Present.

• Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine

  Director

  2015 – 2016

• Bank of America

  Branch Management

  2005 – 2006

• Peace Through Inter American Community Action (PICA)

  Director

  2004 – 2005

• Stanford Financial Group

  International Marketing and Sales

  Houston, Texas, 1998 – 2000

• Banco Real

  International Corporate Banking

  Bogotá, Colombia, 1996 – 1998

• Ministry of Transportation

  Policy Analyst

  Bogotá, Colombia, 1994 – 1996

• National Planning Department

  Policy Analyst

  Bogotá, Colombia, 1993 – 1994

• International Association of Business and Society (IABS)

• Business History Conference (BHC)

• American Historical Association (AHA)

• Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)

• Canadian Business History Association (CBHA)

• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

• Asociación de Colombianistas

• Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies (MANECCS)

• English

• Spanish

• French (able to read)

• Portuguese (able to read)

• Italian (able to read)