Lisa Edwards is an Associate Professor in the History Department at UMass Lowell.

Lisa M. Edwards, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
History
Phone
978-934-4164
Office
Dugan Hall - 106
Email
Lisa_Edwards@uml.edu

Expertise

Latin America

Research Interests

Latin America

History of education; Chilean history; Latin America, colonial and modern

Education

  • Ph D: Latin American History, (2002), Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
    Supporting Area: European History
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: In Science and Virtue: The Education of Latin American Clergy, 1858-1967
  • MA: Latin American History, (1998), Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: The Catholic Elite in Chile, 1860-1930
  • BA: History, (1995), University of California San Diego - San Diego, CA
    Supporting Area: Chilean Studies

Selected Awards and Honors

  • History Department Teaching Award (2009), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of History

Selected Publications

  • Edwards, L.M. (2013). Review of John R. Chavez, Beyond Nations: Evolving Homelands in the North Atlantic World, 1400-2000. (10:1). World History Connected
  • Edwards, L.M. (2012). Enterprise in Latin America: Teaching About Commodities in Latin America in a World History Context. World History Bulletin, 28(2) 11 - 13.
  • Edwards, L.M. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History. World History Bulletin, 28(2) 80.
  • Edwards, L.M. (2010). Paths to Progress in Modern Latin America. World History Connected, 7(3) 9.
  • Edwards, L.M. (2009). Latin American seminary reform: Modernization and the preservation of the catholic church. Catholic Historical Review, 95(2) 261-282.

Selected Presentations

  • Parents, Children, and the Priesthood - Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Annual Conference, March 2012 - Park City, Utah
  • Demanding Democracy: Contested Elections in Chile, 1869-1891 - Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Annual Conference, April 2011 - Santa Fe, NM
  • Building "Good Government": Charles H. Allen & the Establishment of American Civilian Government in Puerto Rico, June 2010 - San Diego, CA
  • Chilean Conservatives and the Catholic Church, 1857-1901, April 2008 - Miami, FL
  • The Conservative Party and the Catholic Church Address Modernization: Common Strategies in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Chile, November 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
  • Shared Leaders, Shared Goals, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
  • Latin American Seminaries. The Preservation of the Institutional Church and Modern Changes - VII Iberoamerican Congress of the History of Latin American Education, 2005 - Quito, Ecuador
  • Transatlantic Religious Practices: Latin American Pilgrimages to Europe - Saints and Pilgrims Around the Atlantic Conference, 2004 - Charleston, South Carolina
  • A Relevant Education: Preparing the Clergy for the Social Mission of the Church in Latin America, 2002 - Portland, Oregon
  • Dimensions of Identity: The Colegio P'o Latino Americano, 2001 - Boston, MA