Faculty Profile

Sandra Mendiola Garcia

Title
Associate Professor
Department
History
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Rutgers University, 2008. 
Major: History
Degree Specialization: Latin American History
Dissertation Title: 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 Title: El papel de Vicente Lombardo Toledano en la construcción del estado Mexicano





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
HIST 4173.001, Latin American Food History, Spring 2024 Syllabus
HIST 5900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2024 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    HIST 5130.001, Studies in World History: Latin American or Asian, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.709, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2023 
                    

                    HIST 5900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2023 
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5130.001, Studies in World History: Latin American or Asian, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    HIST 4174.001, Revolutions in Twentieth Century Latin America, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5130.001, Studies in World History: Latin American or Asian, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4263.001, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4190.001, Mexico, 1810 Present, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4171.001, Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5130.001, Studies in World History: Latin American or Asian, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4263.001, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4263.201, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4172.001, Modern Latin America : 1810 present, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2019 
                    

                    HIST 4190.001, Mexico, 1810 Present, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    HIST 4263.002, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4171.001, Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4172.001, Modern Latin America : 1810 present, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4190.001, Mexico, 1810 Present, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    HIST 6900.704, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2017 
                    

                    HIST 4172.001, Modern Latin America : 1810 present, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 6940.723, Individual Research, Fall 2016 
                    

                    HIST 4190.001, Mexico, 1810 Present, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5150.001, Seminar in World History : Latin American or Asian, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4263.003, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4171.001, Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4172.001, Modern Latin America : 1810 present, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    HIST 6940.808, Individual Research, Summer 5W2 2015 
                    

                    HIST 4190.001, Mexico, 1810 Present, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.720, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    HIST 6900.706, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    HIST 4263.001, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4172.001, Modern Latin America : 1810 present, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    HIST 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    HIST 6940.736, Individual Research, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 4171.001, Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 6900.736, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 5110.001, Studies in United States History, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4190.001, Mexico, 1810 Present, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4900.730, Special Problems, Fall 2013 
                    

                    HIST 6940.736, Individual Research, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 4172.001, Modern Latin America : 1810 present, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.736, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 4263.002, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 4171.001, Latin America : The Colonial Experience, 1492 1821, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2012 
                    

                    HIST 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2012 

          


          
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  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 Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Mendiola Garcia, S. C. (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
Mendiola Garcia, S. C. (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



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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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. (January 2017 – July 2017).
Mendiola Garcia, S. C. (Principal), "Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta, Other, $1000 Funded. (October 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. (August 2023 – July 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. (August 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. (September 1, 2023 – May 31, 2027).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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