CURRICULUM VITAE
Gary Van Valen
Phone: (678) 839-6036 Email: gvanvale@westga.edu

Education

University of New Mexico, Ph.D., History, 2003. Major fields, Colonial and Modern Latin America. Minor field, Early Modern Europe. Dissertation: "The Ventriloquist Messiah and his Followers: Mojo Indian Responses to the Rubber Boom in Eastern Bolivia, 1860-1930." 

University of South Carolina, M.A., History, 1995. Major field, Latin America. Minor field, Modern Europe. Thesis: “Anglo-American Perceptions of a Cofradía: The Penitentes of New Mexico, 1880-1940.”

Montclair State College, New Jersey, B.A., History, 1988, graduated magna cum laude.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor of History, University of West Georgia, beginning in 2006.

Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Roanoke College, 2004-2006. Taught History of Latin America, Research Seminar in Latin American/Caribbean History, Special Studies: The Amazon, History of the Caribbean, U.S.-Latin American Relations, World History II, Humanities I, and Humanities II.

Adjunct Instructor, University of New Mexico-Valencia, 2004. Taught Western Civilization I.

Teaching Associate, University of New Mexico, 1999 and 2002. Taught History of New Mexico.

Teaching Assistant, University of South Carolina, 1994 and 1995. Taught discussion groups in Latin American Civilization.

Other assistantships and readerships: Mexican Revolution (UNM, 1998), History of New Mexico (UNM, 1998), Western Civilization (UNM, 1997), Islamic Civilization (USC, 1993), American History (USC, 1993).

Publications: Essays in Edited Volumes

“Un país vulcanizado: Transformations of the Mojo Mission Culture from 1767 to 1887,” forthcoming in Black Robes in the New World: Essays on Jesuit Missions in South America, the North Mexican Frontier, and New France, edited by Robert H. Jackson.

Publications: Encylopedia Articles, Book Reviews, and Conference Papers

“From Mobility to Immobility: Indigenous Participation in the Bolivian Rubber Boom, 1860-1920,” forthcoming in MACLAS Latin American Essays.

Review of An Arab’s Journey to Colonial Spanish America, by Caesar E. Farah, Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 2005.

"Guayocho, Andrés." In Josep M. Barnadas, ed. Diccionario histórico de Bolivia. Sucre, Bolivia: Grupo de Estudios Históricos, 2002.

Review of Anasazi America, by David E. Stuart. New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 77, No. 4, Fall 2002.

Review of Great Towns and Regional Polities in the Prehistoric American Southwest and Southeast, edited by Jill E. Neitzel. New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, April 2001.

Review of The Chaco Meridian, by Stephen H. Lekson. New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 75, No. 2, April 2000.

"Anglo Perceptions of a Cofradía: The Penitentes of New Mexico, 1880-1940." SECOLAS Annals, Vol. 27, March 1996.

Presentations

“Democracy in South America,” with Howard Warshawsky, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, November 29, 2005.

“Incorporating Latin America into World History,” Southeast World History Association in Lexington, Virginia, October 14, 2005.

“Mojos y Chiquitos: Economía e ideología en los siglos XVII-XIX,” with María José Diez and Manuel Plaza, Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia, Sucre, June 10, 2005.

“From Mobility to Immobility: Indigenous Participation in the Bolivian Rubber Boom, 1860-1920,” Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies in Richmond, Virginia, April 8, 2005.

"An Orientation to the Archivo General de Indias Collection,” UNM Center for Southwest Research, April 16, 2003.

“Using the Archivo General de Indias Collection to Study Colonial Mexican and New Mexican History,” UNM Center for Southwest Research, April 5, 2002.

"The Ventriloquist Messiah of Bolivia: A Study of the Revolt of Andrés Guayocho, 1887," Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies in Missoula, Montana, April 24, 1998.

"The Penitentes: Anglo-American Perceptions of a Hispanic Lay Brotherhood in New Mexico, 1880-1940," University of South Carolina, March 16, 1995.

"Anglo-American Perceptions of a Cofradía: The Penitentes of New Mexico,” South Eastern Council of Latin American Studies in Chapel Hill, NC, March 11, 1995,

Awards, Fellowships, Internships, and Research Assistantships

Starter Grant, Roanoke College, 2005.

Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship, UNM, 2001-2003. (Worked with colonial Spanish documents)

Latin American and Iberian Institute Dissertation Fellowship, UNM, 1999-2001.

Research travel grants at USC and UNM, 1995, 1998, and 1999.

Inventarios de Campina Grande Project, USC 1993-1994. (Worked with Brazilian archival material)

State of New Jersey Distressed Cities Program Internship, 1988.

McLean Scholarship, Montclair State College, 1987.

Jaffe Award, Montclair State College, 1986 and 1988.

Organizations

Southeast World History Association , 2005.

Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies, 2005.

Bolivian Studies Association, 2004.

American Historical Association, 2002.

Phi Alpha Theta, 1986-1988 (chapter president at Montclair State College, 1987-1988).

Languages and Special Skills

Spanish (fluent)

Portuguese (reading)

Paleography (16th through 19th century scripts)

Powerpoint