María L.O. Muñoz, Ph.D.
Department: History
Associate Professor of History
Program Director of GO Spanish Language & Culture
Department Head of History
- Education
- PHD, Univ of Arizona
- MA, Univ of Nebraska Lincoln
- BA, Univ of La Verne
Associate Professor of History
Program Director of GO Spanish Language & Culture
Department Head of History
- Contact Information
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Email Addressmunozm@susqu.edu
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Phone Number570-372-4734
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Office LocationSteele Hall - Rm 311

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.

Courses taught:
- ENGL-100 Writing and Thinking
- HIST-180 Latin America, 1492 - 1825
- HIST-181 Latin American History, 1825 - Present
- HIST-390 Violence, Terror, and Race
- HIST-401 Collective Inquiry in History
- HIST-410 Seminar in History
- HIST-501 Independent Study
- HONS-290 Sophomore Essay/Project/Presentation
- HONS-400 Senior Capstone Seminar
- OFFP-CUBA GO Cuba
- OFFP-SPAN Spanish Language & Culture
- OFFR-CUBA GO Cuba
- OFFR-SPAN Spanish Language & Culture
- OFFS-CUBA GO Cuba
- OFFS-SPAN Spanish Language & Culture