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Sandra C. Mendiola Garcia

Title: Associate Professor

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Rutgers University, 2008
    Major: History
    Specialization: Latin American History
    Dissertation: Street Vendors, Marketeers, and Politics in Twentieth Century Puebla
  • MA, University of Toronto, 2000
    Major: History
  • BA, Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, 1998
    Major: International Relations
    Dissertation: El papel de Vicente Lombardo Toledano en la construcción del estado Mexicano

Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 4173.001Latin American Food HistorySpring 2025
HIST 4174.001Revolutions in Twentieth Century Latin AmericaSpring 2025
HIST 5173.001Food, Labor and Politics in the AmericasFall 2024
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentFall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

HIST 4173.001Latin American Food HistorySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2024
HIST 5130.001Studies in World History: Latin American or AsianFall 2023 SPOT
HIST 5900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2023
HIST 5900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2023
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5130.001Studies in World History: Latin American or AsianFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5950.707Master's ThesisSpring 2022
HIST 4174.001Revolutions in Twentieth Century Latin AmericaSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5130.001Studies in World History: Latin American or AsianSpring 2022 SPOT
HIST 4263.001Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistorySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4171.001Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5130.001Studies in World History: Latin American or AsianSpring 2021 SPOT
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4263.001Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4263.201Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4172.001Modern Latin America : 1810 presentSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2019
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.714Special ProblemsFall 2018
HIST 4263.002Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistoryFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4171.001Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4172.001Modern Latin America : 1810 presentSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6900.714Special ProblemsFall 2017
HIST 6900.704Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2017
HIST 4172.001Modern Latin America : 1810 presentSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 1060.001World History from the Sixteenth CenturySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.723Individual ResearchFall 2016
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5150.001Seminar in World History : Latin American or AsianSpring 2016 SPOT
HIST 4263.003Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistorySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 1060.001World History from the Sixteenth CenturySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4171.001Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4172.001Modern Latin America : 1810 presentFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.714Special ProblemsFall 2015
HIST 6940.808Individual ResearchSummer 5W2 2015
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentSpring 2015 Syllabus
HIST 5900.720Special ProblemsSpring 2015
HIST 6900.706Special ProblemsSpring 2015
HIST 4263.001Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistorySpring 2015 Syllabus
HIST 1060.001World History from the Sixteenth CenturySpring 2015 Syllabus
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2014 Syllabus
HIST 4172.001Modern Latin America : 1810 presentFall 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5900.714Special ProblemsFall 2014
HIST 6900.714Special ProblemsFall 2014
HIST 6940.736Individual ResearchSpring 2014
HIST 4171.001Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821Spring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 6900.736Special ProblemsSpring 2014
HIST 5110.001Studies in United States HistorySpring 2014
HIST 1060.001World History from the Sixteenth CenturySpring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 4190.001Mexico, 1810 PresentFall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 4900.730Special ProblemsFall 2013
HIST 6940.736Individual ResearchSpring 2013
HIST 4172.001Modern Latin America : 1810 presentSpring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 5900.736Special ProblemsSpring 2013
HIST 4263.002Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American HistorySpring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 1060.001World History from the Sixteenth CenturySpring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 4180.001Colonial Mexico and the Spanish SouthwestFall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 4171.001Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821Fall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 5900.714Special ProblemsFall 2012
HIST 6900.714Special ProblemsFall 2012
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • --. (2017). Street Democracy: Vendors, Violence, and Public Space in Late Twentieth-Century Mexico. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803275034/

    • Book Chapter

  • Meredith Abarca and Consuelo Salas, Eds.. (2016). Food Gentrification in Downtown Puebla, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Latin@s’ Presence in the Food Industry: Changing How We Think about Food. Fayetteville, AR, University of Arkansas Press.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (2021). Silver Miners’ Labor Activism in Pachuca and Real del Monte, 1979-1989. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History.

    • Journal Article

  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (2021). Baring it all for Activism: The 1985 Naked Protest in Mexico. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 40 (3)
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (2020). Chiles, Markets, and the Liveliness of the City. Gastronomica. STREET MARKETS, STREET FOOD: MOBILITY AND DIVERSITY OUT IN THE OPEN. 20 (1)
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (2013). "Vendors, Mothers, and Revolutionaries: Street Vendors and Union Activism in 1970s Puebla, Mexico". Oral History Forum d'histoire orale. 33 1-26. http://www.oralhistoryforum.ca/index.php/ohf/article/viewFile/463/542

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Mendiola, S.C. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $3068 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award (SCA)," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Principal), "Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Research Grant," sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta, Other, $1000 Funded. ( - 2016).
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Principal), "A Dirty War Against Street Vendors," sponsored by UNT Research Initiation Grant, State, $7500 Funded. (2013 - 2013).

    • Grant - Service

  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Co-Principal), Nunez-Janes, M.E. (Co-Principal), "La Colectiva," sponsored by Office of the Provost Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Mendiola, S.C., "La Colectiva," sponsored by Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Co-Principal), , Combes, B.H. (Co-Principal), "La Colectiva," sponsored by Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Principal), "Women Historians' Mentoring Group," sponsored by Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Principal), "La Colectiva: Women of Color Mentoring Group," sponsored by Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2013 - 2014).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Wise, M.D. (Principal), Mendiola Garcia, S.C. (Co-Principal), Hutson, N.M. (Co-Principal), "Milpa Agricultural Placemaking Project at the University of North Texas," sponsored by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Federal, $400000 Funded. (2023 - 2027).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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