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Ricardo Caton

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Latin American History


Graduate Student
B.A., University of the Pacific; Ph.D. UCSB 2012

Office: HSSB 3222
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Advisor: Gabriela Soto Laveaga

Dissertation Title

  • “Defensores de la Patria”: Mexico’s Soldiers and the Path to the U.S.-Mexican War

Teaching Fields

  • Colonial Latin America
  • National Latin America
  • United States
  • World History

Teaching Assistantships

  • History 8: Introduction to the History of Latin America.
  • History 2A: World History, Prehistory - 1000.
  • History 2C: World History, 1700 - Present.
  • History 4A: Western Civilization, Prehistory - 1050.
  • History 4B: Western Civilization, 1050 - 1715.
  • History 4C: Western Civilization, 1715 - Present.
  • History 56: Introduction to Mexican History.
  • CHT ST 1A: Introduction to Chicana/o Studies.

Awards

  • UCSB Regents Special Fellowship
  • UCSB Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship
  • Philip W. and Maria Powell Prize