Jaime E. Rodriguez

Dr. Jaime E. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Core Global History in the Division of Health and Human Services at the Collins College of Professional Studies, St. John’s University. He teaches the Core Curriculum history course “The Emergence of Global Society” and specializes in urban history, particularly the transformation of Monterrey, Mexico in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. His roles include Senior Research Fellow at The Vincentian Center for Church and Society and former visiting/adjunct positions at Barnard College, NYU, and Rutgers University-Newark.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Latin American History (2004), Columbia University
• M.Phil. (1995), Columbia University
• M.A. in Latin American and Iberian Studies (1991), University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.A. in History and French (1989), Walla Walla College

Research Focus: Urbanization in Mexico, U.S.-Latin American relations, migration, and global historical frameworks. Active presenter at conferences like American Historical Association and Latin American Studies Association meetings.

Affiliations: Board member for Oxford Bibliographies in Latin American Studies, affiliated with Vincentian Center for Church and Society.