María L.O. Muñoz, Ph.D.

I am an associate professor of history and earned my doctoral degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson., my M.A. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and my B.A. from the University of La Verne in Southern California.

I am a historian of constructions of race and the "other," political identities, violence, social movements, indigenous mobilizations and concepts of self-determination and liberation.

I am the author of Stand Up and Fight: Participatory Indigenismo, Populism and Mobilization in Mexico, 1970-1984 (University of Arizona Press, 2016) and co-editor of Populism in 20th Century Mexico: The Presidencies of Lázaro Cárdenas and Luis Echeverría (University of Arizona Press, 2010).

I am currently working on a book-length project examining the intersections of a global human rights discourse, the Dirty Wars, indigenous activism, state-sponsored violence and demands for indigenous self-determination in Latin America during the 1960s to the 1990s.

I teach colonial and modern Latin American history surveys as well as advanced courses on the history of race, violence, terror and revolutions. I have taught several courses in the Honors Program, including HONS 200: Thought and Civilizations, HONS 290: Sophomore Essay Project/Presentation, and HONS 400: honors Colloquium.

In addition, I have served as program director for GO Spanish Language and Culture (and Morocco), GO Cuba, GO Puerto Rico and GO New Orleans

I am currently the chair of the History Department.