Curric. Vitae

Curric. Vitae

DAVID CAREY, JR.

133 Coyle Street, # 2 · Portland, ME 04103 · (207) 773-6316 · dcarey@usm.maine.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Latin American Studies, Tulane University, August 1999.
Dissertation: "The Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspective."
Chair: Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr., Ph.D.
Concentrations: History, Economic Development, Political Science.
Passed oral and written preliminary examinations with distinction, December 1996.

M.A. Latin American Studies, Tulane University, May 1995.
Master’s thesis: "A Time of Transition in Guatemala: Indigenous Perceptions and Reality from Ubico to the October Revolution."

B.A. Political Science, University of Notre Dame, May 1990.
Concentration: Public Service.
Dean’s list, 1986-90.
Outstanding College Students of America, 1987.
Top Student-Athlete Award, Varsity Lacrosse, 1990.
Tulane University Kaqchikel Language and Culture Summer Program, Antigua, Guatemala, 1994-96.
IDEAL, Spanish Language and Culture Training, Cuernavaca, Mexico, August-November 1990.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS:
University of Southern Maine Faculty Senate Research Award, 2001.
Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Grant for Guatemala, 1997.
Fulbright US Student Program Research Grant for Guatemala, 1997.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 1995.
Tinker Foundation Grant, 1994.
Academic Fellowship, Tulane University, 1993-99.
Tulane Graduate School Travel Grant for Research Presentation, 1998.
Southwest Labor Studies Association Scholarship, 2000.

EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor of History. University of Southern Maine, 2000-
Teacher. Caminos, Pathways Learning Center. San Francisco, CA, 1999-2000.
Taught computer skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access) and small business development in Spanish to Central American immigrant women.
Instructor. Tulane University, 1995-99.
Taught seven semesters of Introduction to Latin America. Designed course syllabi.
Determined all assignments. Administered and graded all papers, presentations, and examinations.
Resident Director and Program Coordinator. Summer in Mexico Study Abroad Program, Tulane University and Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico City, 1996-97.
Coordinated all applications, decided on admissions, and administered finances for the program.
Resided in Mexico City for the duration of the program as advisor to the program participants and as administrative contact with Universidad Iberoamericana Foreign Studies Program staff.
Organized cultural and educational excursions for the program participants. Processed grade and credit transfers.

Volunteer. Holy Cross Associates, Los Andes, Chile, 1990-92.
Worked with itinerant farm workers in rural Chile. Established and directed construction projects.
Taught and coached at local boarding school.

PUBLICATIONS:
"Who’s Using Who?: A Comparison of Military Conscription in Guatemala and Senegal in the First Half of the Twentieth Century." In Comparative Social Research forthcoming.

Our Elders Teach Us: Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, forthcoming.

Consulting Editor to Mexico issue of Faces: People, Places and Cultures. December, 2000.

"Indigenismo and Guatemalan History in the Twentieth Century." In Inter-American Review of Bibliography, volume XLVIII, no. 2, 1998: 379-408.

Tenenbaum, Barbara A., ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996).

Contributed nine entries that depicted significant personalities and events of Latin American history including: "Cuba: War of Independence," "Esquipulas II," and "Julian Castro."

PAPERS PRESENTED:

"They Named Me Rufina: The Maya-Kaqchikel Perspective of a Caudillo." The Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, November 8-11, 2000.

"A Dictator Viewed from Below: The Maya-Kaqchikel Perspective of General Ubico." American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch Annual Meeting, Park City, UT, August 3-6, 2000.

"National Forces or Local Survival?: The Maya-Kaqchikel Perspective of Coastal Migration." Southwest Labor Studies Association Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 4-6, 2000.

"Whose Rights are These Anyway?: The Maya-Kaqchikel Perspective of Human Rights." National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference, Boston, MA, March 23-5, 2000.

"Local Icons in Oral History." American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, Mashantucket, CN, October 20-23, 1999.

"The Kaqchikel Historical Perspective." Cultural Encounters Conference, Tulane University, March 21, 1999.

"Comparative Oral History and Collective Identity in Two Kaqchikel Towns." American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 11-14, 1998.

GUEST LECTURES

"Mayan Oral Histories as Insight to Contemporary Guatemala: The Case of Jorge Ubico and Efraín Rios Montt." Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, November 14, 2000.

"Los Kennedy." Grandes Familias de la Historia Conferencia (Great Families of History Series), Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 7, 1998.

LANGUAGES:

Spanish—Full oral and written proficiency.

Kaqchikel—Full oral and written proficiency.