Teresa A. Meade | |
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Born | 1948 |
Nationality | American |
Education | PhD, Rutgers University |
Known for | Historian of Latin America |
Teresa A. Meade (born 1948) is an American historian. A specialist in Latin American history, she was Professor of History and Culture at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Teresa Ann Meade was born in Iowa in 1948. [1] She graduated with a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1972. She gained her PhD from Rutgers University in 1984, [2] with a thesis on community protest in Rio de Janeiro between 1890 and 1917. [3]
Meade taught at Union College for many years. In 2000-2001 she was a Fulbright Lecturer in Tokyo. [4] She became Professor of History and Culture, remaining at Union College until her retirement in 2020.[ when? ]
She is a member of the Radical History Review editorial collective, [5] and has been president of the board of trustees of the Journal of Women's History . [6]