About Me

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