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John McKiernan-Gonzalez was born in
Queens, NY. He attended kindergarten in Ethiopia, elementary
in Colombia and Mexico, middle school in Alabama and high
school in Mexico and New Mexico. He majored in Art History
and Latin American Studies in Oberlin College as hestruggled
to finish a pre-med track. After two years with the Cook County
Department of Public Health, he enrolled in the Ph.D program
in history at the University of Michigan. After achieving
candidacy, his work as a graduate student fellow and 1998
Latino Initiative team member inspired a wider and more generous
view of Latino cultures and American publics.
He completed his Ph.D, FEVERED MEASURES:
RACE, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND COMMUNITY FORMATION ON THE
TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER, 1880-1923 in April 2002. He teaches Latino
studies, medical history and U.S. history at the University
of South Florida. His research focus continues to be race,
disease and community formation; he has added collaborative
history with local middle school students to his research
commitments.
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