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Carmen Whalen

Professor of History

B.A. (1985) Hampshire College
M.A. (1989) Rutgers University
Ph.D. (1994) Rutgers University

Contact
NAB 102
Phone: 413.597.2224
Carmen.T.Whalen@williams.edu
Office Hours:
Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and by appointment



Courses Taught
LATS 105: Latina/o Identities: Constructions, Contestations, and Expressions
HIST 286: Latina/o History From 1846 to the Present
HIST 386: Latinas in the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households
HIST 387: Community Building and Social Movements in Latino/a History
HIST 471: Comparative Latina/o Migrations

Selected Publications
Books:
The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005), edited with Víctor Vázquez Hernández

From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia: Puerto Rican Workers and Postwar Economics (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001)

Articles and Essays:
Puerto Ricans, A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage, ed. Elliott R. Barkan (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 446-463.

Sweatshops Here and There: The Garment Industry, Latinas, and Labor Migrations, International Labor and Working-Class History, 61 (Spring 2002): 45-68.

Displaced Labor Migrants or the Underclass: African Americans and Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia's Economy, The Collaborative City: Opportunities and Challenges for Blacks and Latinos in U.S. Cities, ed. John J. Betancur and Douglas C. Gills (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000), 115-136.

Labor Migrants or Submissive Wives: Competing Narratives of Puerto Rican Women in the Post-World War II Era, Puerto Rican Women's History: New Perspectives, ed. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and Linda Delgado (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998), 206-226.

Bridging Homeland and Barrio Politics: The Young Lords in Philadelphia, The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora, ed. Andrés Torres and José Velázquez (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998), 107-123.

Research Interests
U.S. 1945 to the present; Latina/o Studies; Labor, Migration, and Women's History

Theses Advised
Margaret diZerega '02, "It Took a Movement: Domestic Violence and Its Impacts on Lesbians and Latinas" (Women and Gender Studies)
Jasmine Mitchell '03, "The Mulata as a Paradigm of National Identity in United States and Cuban Film" (American Studies)



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