Brief Curriculum Vitae

Michael L. Conniff                                                                                      
tel. 408-924-7196

Director, Global Studies, and Professor of History                                          
fax 408-924-7203

San José State University                                                                      Michael.Conniff@sjsu.edu

San Jose CA 95192-0135                                                                                http://gs.sjsu.edu

Advanced Education

BA, 1968, University of California, Berkeley, Latin American Studies

MA, 1969, Stanford University, Latin American Studies

Ph.D., 1976, Stanford University, Latin American History

Previous Employment

Consultant for social science and urban programs, 1973-4, Ford Foundation, Rio de Janeiro

• Assistant Professor, 1974-5, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
• Lecturer II, 1975-6; Assistant Professor, 1976-1981; Associate Professor, 1981-6; Professor, 1986-90, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
• Professor, 1990-7, Auburn University, Auburn A
• Founding Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Professor of History, 1997-2002, University of South Florida, Tampa FL

• Other

• Peace Corps volunteer, urban community development, 1962-4, Guayaquil, Ecuador
•  Advisor, community development, 1966-67, U.S. Agency for International Development, Panama
• Founder and co-director, Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Tampa, 1998-2000

Professional honors and awards

• Fellow, Scholar Diplomat Seminar, Inter-American Affairs, March 1977, U.S. Department of State
• Presidential Recognition Awards, 1979, 1980, University of New Mexico
• Fulbright Research and Teaching awards, Panama (1981) and Brazil (1987, 1990)

Books

Urban Politics in Brazil: The Rise of Populism, 1925-1945. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. Portuguese edition by Relume Dumará Editora of Rio de Janeiro, 2006.

Latin American Populism in Comparative Perspective. Editor and contributor. University of New Mexico Press, 1982.

Black Labor on a White Canal: Panama, 1904-1981. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985.

Modern Brazil: Elites and Masses in Comparative Perspective. With Frank D. McCann, editors and contributors.University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Revised paperback ed., 1991.

Panama and the United States: the Forced Alliance. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. Revised ed., 2001.

Africans in the Americas: A History of the Black Diaspora. With Thomas J. Davis, editors and contributors. St. Martin's Press, 1994. Reprint ed. by Blackburn Press, 2003.

A History of Modern Latin America. Co-author with Lawrence Clayton. Ft. Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Revised ed. by Thompson Learning, 2005.  

 Populism in Latin America. Editor and contributor. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 1999. Electronic ed available.

Major External Funding (*=Principal investigator or co-PI)

1991 Summer Institute on the Columbian Voyage and its Legacies

National Endowment for the Humanities grant for National History Day             $130,000*

1993 Summer Teachers Institute, jointly with Tuskegee University

Alabama Humanities Foundation grant for world history                                       $20,500*

1996 Networking Area Studies Programs in Alabama

Ford Foundation                                                                                                           $210,000

1999 Grant for the Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance,

University of South Florida and Tulane University. Office of Naval Research       $1,300,000*

2001-2 College Teachers Summer Institute on the Americas of José Martí

National Endowment for the Humanities                                                                        $180,000*

2005-07 Title VIA grant for “Global Studies: Students Discovering the World”

U.S. Department of Education                                                                          $158,100*

2007-08 Contract for Global Studies Program by Distance

Defense Language Institute, Monterey CA                                                                  $1,010,000*

Administration, curricular development

Acting Director, summer 1978, Division of Inter-American Affairs, University of New Mexico

Director, Ibero-American Ph.D. program, 1982-6, University of New Mexico

Faculty coordinator, Brazilian Summer Institutes, 1983, 1986, University of New Mexico

Faculty coordinator, Guadalajara summer school, 1984, University of New Mexico

Co-director, Institute for Latin American Studies, 1991-1995, Auburn University

Co-director, Summer Teachers Institute, Auburn and Tuskegee Universities, 1993.

Humanities Advisor and Host Faculty for AHF summer institute, “Staging World History:

Cultures and Boundaries,” July-August 1993.

Co-core faculty member, Teachers Institute on Caribbean Culture and History, University of Alabama/Alabama Humanities Foundation, July 8-26, 1996.

Founder and Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of South Florida, 1997-2002

Co-director, Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, University of South Florida and Tulane University, 1998-2000.

Director, Global Studies Initiative, San Jose State University, 2002-