ALEXIS BALDACCI - Department of History - University of Florida

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[email protected] 815·931·8883

Education 2011–present University of Florida, Modern Latin American History, Ph.D. (in progress) Committee: Lillian Guerra (advisor ), Alejandro de la Fuente (Harvard University), Jeffrey Needell, Ida Altman, Matthew Jacobs 2011–2013 2007–2011

University of Florida, Modern Latin American History, M.A. and Certificate in Latin American Studies Illinois State University-Normal, History and English, B.A. Thesis: “The Complexities of Silence: Control of Information and Complaisance in Argentina’s Dirty War” Universidad de Granada, Semester Abroad 1

2010

Teaching Experience 2012–present University of Florida, History Department, Grader  Introduction to Latin American History  The History of Cuba and Puerto Rico 2010–2011 University High School (Normal, IL), Private Tutor

Language Proficiencies Spanish

reading, writing, speaking (fluent)

Research I nterests    

Twentieth-Century Caribbean Material Culture Everyday experiences of the Cuban Revolution Citizen responses to authoritarian states

Research Experience 2011–present Archival Experience  Special Collections, University of Florida, Gainesville, ongoing  Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, July 2013  Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Havana, Cuba, October 2012  Oscar and Ruth Lewis Papers, Cuba Collection and Buena Ventura Materials, University of Illinois Archives, Champaign, IL, October 2011, July 2012, and June 2013 2011–2012

UF History Department, Research Assistant  Assist Dr. Lillian Guerra with library and archival research in the Braga Brothers Collection (1860-1984), Neill Macaulay Papers, and Al Burt Papers (1948-2009) at the University of Florida Special Collections and the

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Oscar and Ruth Lewis Papers (1944-1976) at the University of Illinois Archives. 2011

McLean County Museum of History, Education Intern, Normal, IL  Complete the “McLean County during World War II” Loan Kit to be made available to local Junior High and High School instructors  Undertake archival, periodical, and library research to identify appropriate inclusions in the kit  Produce activities and documents to accompany the loan kit and facilitate understanding of the material

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2009

Illinois State University History Department, Research Assistant, Normal, IL  Assist Dr. Patrice Olsen in completing specialized research concerning memory and the commemoration of human rights abuses  Compile and present individually-completed research to faculty

2006-2007

Rouskey and Baldacci, Legal Assistant, Joliet, IL  Conduct general computer research through Westlaw  Assist in organizing cases for litigation

Academic Service 2012–2013 2013

History Graduate Society (HGS), University of Florida, Secretary event planning and coordination; special projects; fundraising coordinator Annual Phi Alpha Theta Conference, University of Florida, Panel Chair

Awards and Honors 2011–2016 2013 2013 2013 2007–2011 2007–2011 2007–2011 2011 2011 2011 2009

Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Florida Cuban Heritage Collection Pre-Prospectus Fellowship, University of Miami Center for Latin American Studies Field Research Grant, University of Florida History Graduate Society Research Grant, University of Florida Presidential Scholarship, Illinois State University Dean’s List (all semesters), Illinois State University College of Arts and Science Scholar with Distinction, Illinois State University Honors Program Lucy Lucille Tasher Award for Outstanding Student in History Maurice Scharton Scholarship in Composition-Rhetoric William Morgan Poetry Award Sophomore Honors Scholar, Illinois State University

Conference and Panel Presentations

American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, “’A veces no hay nada ’: Food Polit ics in Revolut ionar y Cuba, 1959 -1970,” W ashington, D.C. Januar y 2014. Cuban Research Institute, Florida International Uni versit y, 9 t h Annual Conference on Cuban and Cuban American Studies, “Cocina al Minuto: A Polit ical and Econom ic Analysis of Cuban Cuisine , ” Miami, FL. May 23, 2013.

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Publications “Two Meditations on Age.” Euphemism. Issue 5, Vol. 1. Fall 2009.

References Lillian Guerra Professor of History Department of History University of Florida P.O. Box 117320 Gainesville, FL 32611-7320 [email protected] Jeffrey D. Needell Professor of History Department of History University of Florida P.O. Box 117320 Gainesville, FL 32611-7320 [email protected]

Ida Altman Professor of History Department of History University of Florida P.O. Box 117320 Gainesville, FL 32611-7320 [email protected]