I am a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department of History at The Pennsylvania State University, where I teach History 150-1960s American and History 117- Women in U.S. History. I am a scholar of Twentieth-Century American History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. My research interests include Latinx sporting spaces, gender, race, and migration.
Education
Ph.D. in History, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. (2023)
Dissertation: “Deportistas!: Mexican Women, Sporting Citizenship and Belonging in the Twentieth Century”
Committee: Amira Rose Davis (advisor), Mariana Ortega, Mary E. Mendoza, Andrew Sandoval-Strausz, and Michelle Sikes
M.A. in Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca., 2016
Thesis: “Lifting the Bar: A History of Inclusion, Empowerment and the Rise of Women’s Olympic Weightlifting”
Committee: Matthew P. Llewellyn (advisor), John Gleaves, and Toby Rider
B.A. in History California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca., 2013
Fellowships
History Department Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University, August 2019-present
AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship, 2022
WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, 2022
Graduate Scholar Resident Program Spring 2022, The Humanities Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021
Edwin Erle Sparks Fellowship, Department of History, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021
Alternate, WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, 2021
Awards & Grants
Second Place, The Graduate School Research Expedition, Humanities, and Arts Category, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021
Joe Arbena Latin American Sport History Grant, North American Society for Sport History, 2021
Dissertation Travel Grant, North American Society for Sport History, 2021
External Funding Incentive Award, College of Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021, 2020
Lawrence J. and Gretchen McCabe Graduate Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021, 2020, 2019
Rock Ethics Institute Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021
McCourtney Graduate Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020
Lafferty History Scholarship for the Transition to Remote Teaching and Learning, Pennsylvania State University, 2020
The Pennsylvania State University College of Liberal Arts Teaching and Research Scholarship, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020
North American Society for Sport History Diversity Scholarship, The North American Society for Sport History, 2018
North American Society for Sport History Diversity Scholarship Honorable Mention, The North American Society for Sport History, 2017
International Olympic Academy Summer Seminar, The International Olympic Academy, 2014 (unable to attend)
Ian Buchanan Memorial Scholarship, The International Society for Olympic Historians, 2014