Meri Clark

Education

B.A., in History, Reed College (1995)
M.A., in History, Princeton University (1999)
Ph.D., in History, Princeton University (2003)

Background

Meri Clark is Professor of History and Coordinator of the Global Scholars program for the College of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in the history of nineteenth-century Colombia and her scholarly work focuses on education, the state and nation, and intellectual history. She teaches about varied themes in colonial and modern Latin American history, including class, commodities, culture, dictatorship, gender, foreign relations, Latinos, race, and revolution, as well as modern World History.

Prior to joining the faculty of Western New England University in 2005, Professor Clark was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware, where she taught Latin American history. She received her Ph.D. in History from Princeton University and her B.A. in History from Reed College. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia (1995-1996) and studied there in 1993, traveling extensively in Colombia and the region during her years of undergraduate and graduate study. She spent part of her childhood in Australia and South Africa and has traveled widely in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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Scholarly Works

Interests

History of Colombia
Latin America
Early National Period
Gender
Culture

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