CURRICULUM VITAE Joseph U. Lenti, Ph.D
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CURRICULUM VITAE Joseph U. Lenti, Ph.D. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-u-lenti-084a0b161 Associate Professor | Department of History | Patterson 111G Eastern Washington University | Cheney, WA 99004 [email protected] | (509) 359-7951 EDUCATION University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Ph.D. in History, Latin America, December 2011. Dissertation (approved, November 7, 2011, with distinction) Major Field I: Latin American History, Modern Period Major Field II: Latin American History, Early Period Outside Field: European History, Modern Period University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM M.A. in History, Latin America, May 2005. Graduated Summa Cum Laude; GPA: 3.96 Northeastern University, Boston, MA B.S., June 2001. Major Field: History Minor Field: Political Science Graduated Summa Cum Laude; GPA: 3.84 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Portuguese (reading proficiency) PUBLICATIONS Works in Progress Lenti, Joseph U. ‘Displaced from their Lands: Histories of Displacement, Invasion, and Survival in Latin America. (Manuscript in progress, expected 2022). Monograph Lenti, Joseph U. Redeeming the Revolution: The State and Organized Labor in Post-Tlatelolco Mexico. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803285590/ Curriculum Vitae of Joseph U. Lenti, 1 Chapters, Articles, Reviews, and Selected Blog/Social Media Postings Lenti, Joseph U., Review of John Tutino’s Mexico City, 1808: Power, Sovereignty, and Silver in an Age of War and Revolution. In Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies (forthcoming, 2020). Lenti, Joseph U. “Invasores: Squatters, Informal Cities, and the Co-Optation of the Urban Poor in Twentieth-Century Mexico.” The Journal of Global South Studies 37:1 (2020): XXX-XXX. Lenti, Joseph U., Review of Susanna Draper’s Mexico 1968: Constellations of Freedom and Democracy. In Labor: Studies in Working Class History (forthcoming, 2020). Lenti, Joseph U. “Revolutionary Land Reform and its End in Mexico”. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mexican History and Culture, First Edition. Ed. William Beezley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Also published online at: http://latinamericanhistory.oxfordre.com/abstract/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore- 9780199366439-e-595?rskey=LmYmLs&result=75 Lenti, Joseph U., Review of Stephen E. Lewis’s Rethinking Mexican Indigenismo: The INI’s Coordinating Center in Highland Chiapas and the Fate of a Utopian Project. In Tribal College Journal (forthcoming, 2020). Lenti, Joseph U. “The AP DBQ: Industrializing and Standardizing Analysis for Today’s History Professional”. Linkedin.com, November 20, 2018. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ap-dbq- industrializing-standardizing-analysis-todays-history-lenti/ Lenti, Joseph U. “Face-to-Face with History: My Visit with Echeverría”, University of Nebraska Press Blog, September 7, 2017. Lenti, Joseph U., Review of Paul Gillingham and Benjamin T. Smith’s (eds.) Dictablanda: Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938-1968. In The Latin Americanist 58:4 (2014): 90-92. Lenti, Joseph U., Review of William Suarez-Potts’s The Making of Law: The Supreme Court and Labor Legislation in Mexico, 1875-1931. In The Journal of Latin American Studies 46:2 (2014): 417-419. Lenti, Joseph U. “Collaboration and Conflict: Organized Labor, Business, and the State in Post- Tlatelolco Mexico.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of New Mexico, 2011. Kiddle, Amelia M. and Lenti, Joseph U. “Co-opting Cardenismo: Luis Echeverría and the Funeral of Lázaro Cárdenas.” In Populism in Twentieth Century Mexico: The Presidencies of Lázaro Cárdenas and Luis Echeverría, Eds. Amelia M. Kiddle and María L.O. Muñoz. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2010. Lenti, Joseph U. “‘A Revolutionary Regime Must Put the Interests of the Majority First’: Class, Collectivism, and Paternalism in Post-Tlatelolco Mexican Tripartite Relations.” The Latin Americanist 54:4 (2010): 163-182. Lenti, Joseph U. “‘Ante la Invasión de la Cultura Americana’: Institutionalizing Mexicanidad on the Northern Frontier, 1930-1934.” NAAAS Conference Proceedings (2006): 972-991. Curriculum Vitae of Joseph U. Lenti, 2 Lenti, Joseph U. “Cultivating the Conscious Being: The Mexican Education Project, 1921 1934.” M.A. thesis, University of New Mexico, 2005. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES Organizer and Presenter, “Desplazamiento: Case Studies of Displacement and Response in Twentieth Century Latin America,” American Historical Association, Seattle, WA, 2021. (accepted but not presented due to COVID-19 cancellation) Commenter, “Diplomacy on the Border: U.S. Intervention in Revolutionary Mexico,” Western History Association, Albuquerque, NM, October, October, 16, 2020. Chair, “Working the West,” Panel session of the annual meeting of Phi Alpha Theta, Pacific Northwest Conference, Pocatello, Idaho, April 13, 2019. Panelist, “Urbanization and Political Change in Post-1968 Mexico,” 66th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, Ciudad Oaxaca, Mexico, March 26, 2019. Presenter, “Invasores: Squatters, Informal Cities, and the Co-optation of the Urban Poor in Latter Twentieth Century Mexico,” The EWU History Workshop, Spokane, WA, March 4, 2019 Presenter, “Acarreados and Political Co-Optation in Marginal Mexico City,” Annual Meeting of the Association of Global South Studies, Albuquerque, NM, November 20, 2018. Panelist, Bi-National Forum on Mexico and the United States in 2018: Opportunities and Challenges, Northwest University, Kirkland, WA, November 1, 2018. Moderator, EWU Research and Creative Works Symposium, Cheney, WA, May 16, 2018. Presenter, “Land Reform Failure and Land Invasions in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico,” Third Annual Conference of the Latin American, Latino/a, and Iberian Studies Association of the PNW, Portland, OR, April 6, 2018. Curriculum Vitae of Joseph U. Lenti, 3 Book Talk, Redimiendo la revolución: el estado y obreros sindicalizados en pos-Tlatelolco México, Centro de Enseñanza Para Extranjeros-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, August 24, 2017. Moderator, EWU Research and Creative Works Symposium, Cheney, WA, May 17, 2017. Commenter, “Latin America in the World,” Panel session of the annual meeting of Phi Alpha Theta, Pacific Northwest Conference, Spokane, Washington, April 8, 2017. Presenter, “Revolutionary Promises and Sub-Urban Realities: Land Invasions and the Co-optation of Urban Marginality in Mexico,” 64th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Salt Lake City, UT, April 6, 2017. Presenter, “Revolutionary Promises and Sub-Urban Realities: Land Invasions and the Co-optation of Urban Marginality in Mexico,” 51st Annual Conference of the Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, Ciudad Campeche, Mexico, March 10, 2017. Panelist, CWU Discussion on Immigration, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, November 10, 2016. Presenter, “The State and the Shantytown: Hyper-Urbanization, Land Invasions, and Government- Squatter Relations in Past and Present Mexico,” 7th Annual Conference of the Midwest World History Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 24, 2016. Presenter, “Invasores: Land Invasions and Government Responses at the end of the Mexican Miracle,” 63rd Annual Conference of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, March 12, 2016. Organizer and Chair, Panel: “Perception, Movement, and the Creation of the ‘Other’ in Latin American History,” 63rd Annual Conference of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, March 11, 2016. Guest Lecturer, “Migration – a Transnational and Local Phenomenon,” Presented to the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, March 7, 2016. Organizer and Chair, Panel: “Failed State Mexico?: The Historical Roots of Regional Instability”; Presenter, “Invasores: Land Invasions and the Threat to Institutional Authority in Cold War-era Mexico”; Presenter, “Serfs in the Shanties: Acarreados in Modern Mexico City”; and, Roundtable Discussant: “Ayotzinapa in Context: Popular Resistance, the Media, Police Impunity, & the Modern Narco-State in Mexico,” EWU Colloquium on Mexico: Societal Challenges & Popular Responses, Cheney, WA, February 10-11, 2016. Follow these links to view the complete proceedings of the above panels: Failed State Mexico?: The Historical Roots … <https://hml.ewu.edu/Play/5891> Urban Subaltern Activism and Reform … <https://hml.ewu.edu/Play/5888> Ayotzinapa in Context: Social Violence … <https://hml.ewu.edu/Play/5893> Curriculum Vitae of Joseph U. Lenti, 4 Presenter, “Invasores: Land Invasions and Government Responses at the end of the Mexican Miracle,” 130th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Atlanta, GA, January 9, 2016. Organizer and Chair, Panel: “‘On the Plaza’ and its Environs: The Urban Setting in Recent Latin American History,” 49th Annual Conference of the Southwest Council on Latin American Studies, San José, Costa Rica, March 14, 2015. Presenter, “Serfs in the Shanties: Acarreados in Modern Mexico,” 49th Annual Conference of the Southwest Council on Latin American Studies, San José, Costa Rica, March 14, 2015. Presenter, “God Between the Waters: Centuries of Evangelization on the Shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala,” Women’s Studies Lecture Series, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, November 4, 2014. Presenter, “La lluvia, el sol, y la Revolución: el nacionalización y comoditización