Biography
In addition to writing some two dozen peer-reviewed articles and essays, Dr. Carey is the author of (2023), (2017), (2013)鈥攚hich was the co-recipient of the Latin American Studies Association鈥檚 2015 Bryce Wood Book Award鈥� (2006), Ojer taq tzijob鈥櫭 kichin ri Kaqchikela鈥� Winaqi鈥� (A History of the Kaqchikel People) (2004), and Our Elders Teach Us: Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives (2001). He also has edited three books: (with Gema Santamar铆a), (University Press of Florida, 2012) and (with Robert Atkinson) (State University of New York Press, 2009). His teaching and research interests include immigration, gender, ethnicity, indigenous peoples, environmental change, medicine and health, crime and punishment, and oral history. Among other entities, Fulbright, American Philosophical Association, and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation have supported his research and scholarship. In an effort to give back to the communities that have so generously welcomed and collaborated with him, Dr. Carey continues to serve as an expert witness for Guatemalans asylum seekers.
Courses Taught
- HS 108D The Making of the Modern World: Latin America
- HS 390D Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 395 Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
- HS 442 Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 490 Environmental History in Latin America
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Ojer taq tzijob鈥櫭 kichin ri Kaqchikela鈥� Winaqi鈥� (A History of the Kaqchikel People) |
Areas of Specialization
- Latin American History, Pre-colonial to the Present
- Indigenous Peoples
- Gender
- Oral History
News
- Dr. Carey was presented the Nachbahr award from the Center for the Humanities. The Nachbahr Award is awarded each year to an individual with outstanding achievement in scholarship or creative work.
- Dr. Carey was interviewed by Loyola Magazine on "How to collect and record oral histories".
- David Carey, Jr., Ph.D., named a Guggenheim Fellow. For more information on this Fellow, please see this article.
- Dr. Carey's Recently Cowrote a new book .
- Another new book was published,
- NECLAS PRIZE CITATIONS 2015 - Winner: David Carey Jr., 鈥淒runks and Dictators: Inebriation鈥檚 Gendered, Ethnic ad Class Components in Guatemala, 1898-1944.鈥� In Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History. Eds. Gretchen Pierce and 脕urea Toxqui. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2014. 131-157.
- to read the recent Loyola Today article written by Jenna Anne Chan, '15 about David Carey, Jr. entitled "Uncovering Hidden Voices of the Past."
- Congratulations to Professor David Carey Jr., who is the co-recipient of the Latin American Studies Association鈥檚 2015 Bryce Wood Book Award for his book (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013)! LASA is the most important professional organization for scholars of Latin America in the United States. The book award is given each year to an outstanding book on Latin America in the social sciences and humanities that was published in English in the United States.