April Yoder

Dr. April Yoder is an Associate Professor of History at the University of New Haven's College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Latin American history with emphasis on sports as political expression. Her research examines how baseball reflected democratic aspirations in the Dominican Republic post-Trujillo dictatorship.

Key contributions include:

• Analyzing baseball's role in democratic transitions
• Documenting sport policy under authoritarian regimes
• Biographical work on Caribbean athletes

Her scholarship has been recognized with the Dominican/Haitian Section Paper Award from LASA. Current projects include the monograph Pitching Democracy: Baseball and Politics in the Dominican Republic since the Era of Trujillo and development of study abroad programs focused on Caribbean sports history.