History
Matthew Ford
Lecturer
Office:
Email: mford02@mail.fresnostate.edu
Office Phone:
Education:
Ph.D. - Stony Brook University (2023)
Fall 2026
| Course | Days/Times |
|---|---|
| HIST 12 - American History from 1877 | M/W/F 4:00pm - 4:50pm |
Spring 2027
| Course | Days/Times |
|---|---|
| HIST 8 - Republics of Latin America | T/Th 9:30am - 10:45am |
| HIST 12 - American History from 1877 | M/W/F 1:00pm - 1:50pm |
- Commodities and Capitalism
- Indigeneity
- Race and ethnicity
- Frontiers
- Amazonia
“The Rubber Economy in Ecuadorian Amazonia,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History (December 2023)
“Liberalismo en la Selva: La vorágine del caucho, el trabajo indígena y la transformación del Oriente Ecuatoriano,” en Alberto Harambour and Margarita Serje (eds.), La era del imperio y las fronteras de la civilización en América del Sur (Bogotá y Santiago: Ediciones UniAndes y Editorial Pehuén, 2023).
- Winner of 2023 Best Essay Award from Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Estudios Ecuatorianos section
“Indelible Divides and the Creation of Myths: Visions of the Ecuadorian Amazon,” A Contracorriente: una revista de estudios latinoamericanos vol. 18, no. 2 (February 2021): 63-91
“I ain't gonna work on Merritt's farm no more: A Brief History of Central California’s Forgotten Empire,” Public Seminar: Journal of Ideas, Politics, and Culture published by The New School For Social Research (October 2019)
“The Other Slavery at the Heart of America: Andrés Reséndez, Indian Enslavement, and Looking South to Amazonia,” Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies vol. 1, no. 2 (December 2017): 62-75
“Management at California State University is Living Large While Faculty Struggle,” Jacobin Magazine. August 26, 2023.
Undergraduate:
- HIST 162: Modern South America
- HIST 8: Republics of Latin America
- CLAS 114: US-Mexico Relations from independence to 1910
- CLAS 115: US-Mexico Relations since 1910