Clarisa Mondejar's Resume 2010

Clarisa Mondéjar
12050 Via Hacienda, El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone: 619-818-0142
clari.mondejar@gmail.com

Objective:
Ph.D in History: Focusing on Cuban and Latin American History.

Education:
Ph.D candidate, History- Cuba and Latin America, UNC Chapel Hill, 2007- present
Dissertation Topic: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Daily Life in Havana, 1895-1898. M.A., Latin American Studies, University at Miami, May 2007 Concentrations: Immigration, Diaspora, Cuban Race Relations, Cuban Transition Master’s Thesis: An Analysis of US Print Media’s Coverage of the “Cuban Transition": The Clinton Years to the Present. B.A, Latin American History and Spanish Language and Literature, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004 Minor in Psychology Bachelor’s Thesis: An Analysis of Transnational Identity through Cristina Garcia’s “Dreaming in Cuban”.
Academic Work and Research Experience:
University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collections Fellow: Summer and Fall 2010
Teacher’s Assistant for the UNC-Chapel Hill History Department 6 semesters, 2007-2009
Classes taught: US History after 1865, Atlantic Slave Trade, Native American History, Peace War and Defense, Colonial Latin American Society, 1492-1750, Latin America in the Post-independence Period.
Research Assistant for Dr. Steve Stein
Research Topic: Modernizing and Development of the Argentine Wine Industry during the past 30 years. University of Miami 2006-2007
Research Assistant for Dr. Rebecca Biron
Research Topic: Representation of writer Elena Garro in Mexican electronic and print media.
University of Miami 2005-2006
Academic Adviser and Coordinator for Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Responsibilities: Advising minority students about college scholarships and funding opportunities.
Miami, Florida 2006-2007

Grants and Fellowships:
• University of Miami, Cuban Heritage Collection, University Fellow Summer and Fall 2010
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, 2010
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Mellon Travel Grant for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Tuition Remission and Teaching Fellowship, 2007- 2012.
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Tinker Research Grant: Enabled me to study archives in Cuba
• University of Miami Tuition Remission for Academic Achievement Scholarship, Full Tuition: 2005-2007
• Awarded University of Miami’s Latin American Studies Department Research Fellowship: 2005-2007
• University of Chicago Academic Achievement Tuition Grant, $26,000 + per year: 2000-2004
• University of Chicago FLAG Grant for Studies Abroad $2000, Summer 2003

Papers accepted, presented, and published:
Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami, Online newspaper—Pregones— “Fluttering love: the language of the fan in Havana, 1895-1898,” Published November 2010.
Cuban Heritage Collection Lecture Series, University of Miami, September 2010: “Daily life in Havana: Love and crime during wartime.”
LASA Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2009: “Consumption and the formation of Cubanidad: Cuban consumerism, 1891-1903.”
NCGS History Conference, Raleigh, NC, February 2010. “Ordinary life during extraordinary times: Entertainment and Recreation in Havana, 1895-1898.”
SECOLAS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, April 2010. “Conspicuous consumption and leisure: Imitating “modernity” in Havana, 1895-1898.”

Awards and Honors:
Awarded Valiant Viking Award for Exceptional School Service: June 2000, Coca-Cola Scholar/ Finalist Scholarship Winner: June 2000, Ford Motor Company Scholar: June 2000, Gates Millennium Scholar: June 2000, 1999 Exceptional Opinion Editorial in Regional California State Journalism Competition (3 awarded in CA)