Shari Orisich

Shari Orisich is an Associate Professor of History at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, specializing in Latin American history. She focuses on criminal sciences, childhood/youth, urban life in 20th-century Mexico, and historical memory in Cuba, integrating high-impact pedagogies like "Reacting to the Past" in her teaching.

• Education: Ph.D. in History from University of Maryland-College Park
• Program Affiliations: Global Studies, Latin American Studies, African Diaspora Minor, Women's and Gender Studies, Master of Arts in Liberal Arts (MALS)

Research Areas: Dr. Orisich explores interdisciplinary intersections of political violence, visual culture, class identities, and gender/feminism through historical lenses of Mexico and Cuba. Her work bridges governance, citizenship, and transnational dimensions of youth experiences.

Teaching Expertise: She offers courses on comparative genocide and political violence, U.S.-Latin American relations, Women and Power in the Americas, and Central American history.