![]() ![]() She has presented papers and her work at conferences in the United States and abroad, including the International Conference on Women’s History in Bogotá, Colombia and the inaugural ALARI Conference on Afro-Latin American Studies at Harvard University.Īt BHSEC-Newark, she currently teaches courses on the history of the United States from an Afro-Latinx perspective, the History of Modern Latin America, Year 1 Seminar, and Women’s and Gender Studies courses for 9th graders to Year2 students. She has received grants from the Mellon Foundation, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, and the International Education Fund Grant (Union College-NY) to conduct research in Colombia on oral history and political violence, highlighting the voices of Afro-Colombian women in the Cauca Valley as they fought for peace and community throughout the 20th century. Her writing examines how the working class in Cali, Colombia sustained families and communities by embracing popular democracy despite increased local and national political violence. Her research focuses on popular democracy, Afro-Colombian women, and working-class culture in urban Colombia. She is a historian of modern Latin America with a specialization in Women’s and Gender History. Jazmín Puicón is an Assistant Professor of History at Bard High School Early College in Newark, NJ. ![]() Jazmin Puicon Assistant Professor of HistoryīA, Union College MA, New York University PhD, Rutgers University ![]()
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