Dr. Michael J. Alarid, Assistant Professor of Borderlands History

CURRICULUM VITAE November 2014

Dr. Michael J. Alarid, Assistant Professor of Borderlands History

Department of History

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

4505 Maryland Parkway Box 455020

Las Vegas, NV 89154-5020

614.746.4177;

EDUCATION

1999 B.A. History, University of Oregon; 2001 M.A. American Studies, University of Dallas;

2012 Ph.D. History, The Ohio State University (Caudillo Justice: Intercultural Conflict and Social Change in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1837-1853)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2014- Assistant Professor of Borderlands History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2013-2014 Post-Doctoral Scholar, History Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2012-2013 Adjunct Scholar in Residence, History Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2011 Part-Time Instructor, History Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2005-2010 Independent Instructor, Department of History, The Ohio State University

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Race, Class, and Colonialism; 19th Century America; Homicide; Punishment; Borderlands Studies; New Mexico Territory and the Southwest.

COURSES

Early American History; Modern American History; Introduction to Latino Studies; Latinos in the West; The American West to 1849; Colonial Latin America; Modern Latin America; A History of American Violence; War in the Americas: A History of Colonialism (capstone); 19th Century America (capstone); Historiography of the American West (graduate course).

SCHOLARSHIP

Book Manuscripts in Progress

2012- Alarid, Michael J., Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Southwest, 1837-1863.

Academic Publications

2010 Alarid, Michael J., “They Came From the East: Importing Homicide, Violence, and Misperceptions of Soft Justice into Early Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1847-53.” In All Trails Lead to Santa Fe: An Anthology, Santa Fe: Sunstone Press.

Book Reviews

2010 Alarid, Michael J., “A Man Between Two Worlds: The Struggles and Scholarship of Fray

Angélico Chàvez.” A book review of The Life and Writing of Fray Angélico Chàvez, by Ellen McCracken, on H-net New Mexico.

Non-peer Reviewed

2011 Alarid, Michael J., “Guns in the Church: Memories of Resistance to Regime Change and Reformation in the New Santa Fe Diocese,” in, ¿QUÉ PASA, OSU?, Folklore Series, Volume XVIII, Number II.

2010 Alarid, Michael J., “Answering the Call: An Examination of the Mexican-American Population in Lorain, Ohio and their Contributions to World War II,” in, ¿QUÉ PASA, OSU?, History Series, Volume XVII, Numbers I-II.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND RESEARCH FUNDING

Fellowships

2009 Office of the State Historian Scholars Fellowship, Office of the State Historian, New Mexico State Records Center and Archive

2001-2002 University Enrichment Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University

2001 University Summer Research Fellowship, Department of History, The Ohio State University

Grants

2010 Graduate Research Small Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University

2010 Gerald L. Davis Fund Travel Award, American Folklore Society

2008 Gerald L. Davis Fund Travel Award, American Folklore Society

2007 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS), The Ohio State Graduate School

2007 Gerald L. Davis Fund Travel Award, American Folklore Society

2007 Graduate Research Small Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University

Research Funding

2010 Retrieving the American Past Award, Department of History, The Ohio State University

2009 Bradley R. Kastan Award, Department of History, The Ohio State University

2008 Henry H. Simms Award, Department of History, The Ohio State University

2008 Bradley R. Kastan Award, Department of History, The Ohio State University

2007 Henry H. Simms Award, Department of History, The Ohio State University

CONFERENCES AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Conferences

2014 Murder at the Fandango: Capitalism and the Commodification of the Fandango in New Mexico, 1826-1855, Presenter / Chair, American Folklore Society 2014 Annual Meeting, Santa Fe.

2011 A New Mexico? Continuity Among the Caudillo Elites in Santa Fe During the Early American Territorial Period. Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.

2010 Murder and Violence in a Moment of Change: An Examination of Homicide and Violence in the First Years of Territorial New Mexico, 1847-53. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, Columbus.

2010 New Hispanic Americans: Hispanic Immigration and the LGBTQ Community. Presenter / Moderator, Qualia Conference, Columbus.

2008 Guns in the Church: Memories of Resistance to Regime Change and Reformation in the New Santa Fe Diocese, American Folklore Society 2008 Annual Meeting, Louisville.

2008 “Risk and Retribution in Early Santa Fe: Violence, Homicide, and Excessive Punishment in Early Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1847-53,” Ohio Academy of History Conference, Dayton.

2007 “Reconnecting Durango y Santa Fe: The Continued Influence of Durango on New Mexican Culture through the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, 1850-1862,” 54th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Santa Fe.

Invited Presentations

2013 The Quantitative Approach to History: The Use of Numbers in Research and Writing. Fall 2013 Guest Lecture: History 702, Dr. Elizabeth Nelson at University of Nevada, Las Vegas History Department.

2013 Strength in Numbers: Hispano Power in New Mexico During the Age of Manifest Destiny. Spring 2013 Workshop: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. West at University of Nevada, Las Vegas History Department.

2010 Understanding Crime by Numbers: Quantitative Methods and the Craft of History. Public Lecture at The Fray Angelico Chavez Library, Santa Fe.

2009 The Age of Caudillos in New Mexico. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Office of the State Historian Lecture Series, Santa Fe.

2007 Crime and Punishment in Early Santa Fe. Brown Bags and Brain Power Public Lecture at The Fray Angelico Chavez Library, Santa Fe.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE

Professional Associations

2008, 2012-13 American Historical Association

2011 Southwestern Historical Association

2007-10, 2014 American Folklore Society

2008 Ohio Academy of History

2007 Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies

Professional Service

2014 Organizer, Fall 2014 History Department Lecture: Importing Disaster: The Japanese Atomic Energy Commission and the Formation of a Nuclear Policy, 1956-58; Speaker: Dr. Craig Nelson, The Ohio State University.

2014 Organizer, Spring 2014 History Department Faculty Enrichment Event: Migration and Movement: Middle Eastern Refugees and Expatriates in the Far Corners of the World; Speakers: Dr. Isa Blumi, Associate Professor of History at Georgia State University, and Dr. Steven Hyland, Assistant Professor of History at Wingate University.

2013 Co-Organizer, Presenter, Spring 2013 Workshop: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. West at University of Nevada, Las Vegas History Department.

2009-2011 Managing Editor, ¿Que Pasa, OSU?. The Ohio State University.

2009 Discussant, Latino in America: An Open Forum. Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc, Columbus.

1

Alarid CV