Teresa A. Meade (born 1948) is an American historian. A specialist in

Latin American history The term ''Latin America'' originated in the 1830s, primarily through Michel Chevalier, who proposed the region could ally with "Latin Europe" against other European cultures. It primarily refers to the French, Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking cou ...

, she was Professor of History and Culture at

Union College Union College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the s ...

Schenectady, New York Schenectady ( ) is a City (New York), city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populo ...

Life

Teresa Ann Meade was born in

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

in 1948. She graduated with a B.A. in history from the

University of Wisconsin-Madison A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

in 1972. She gained her PhD from

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

in 1984, with a thesis on community protest in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

between 1890 and 1917. Meade taught at Union College for many years. In 2000-2001 she was a

Fulbright Lecturer The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people o ...

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. She became Professor of History and Culture, remaining at Union College until her retirement in 2020. She is a member of the ''

Radical History Review ''Radical History Review'' is a scholarly journal published by Duke University Press. The journal describes its position as "at the point where rigorous historical scholarship and active political engagement converge".

'' editorial collective, and has been president of the board of trustees of the ''

Journal of Women's History The ''Journal of Women's History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1989 covering women's history. It explores multiple perspectives of feminism rather than promoting a single unifying form. Articles published in this ...

''.

Works

* (ed. with Mark Walker) ''Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism''. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991. * ''"Civilizing" Rio : reform and resistance in a Brazilian city, 1889-1930''. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. . * (ed. with Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks) ''A companion to global gender history''. Blackwell, 2004. Second ed., 2020. * ''A brief history of Brazil''. 2004. * ''A history of Latin America: 1800 to the Present''. Chichester: Wiley, 2010. 2nd ed., 2016. 3rd ed, 2022, . * ''We Don't Become Refugees by Choice: Mia Truskier, Survival, and Activism from Occupied Poland to California, 1920-2014''. Springer Nature, 2021. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meade, Teresa 1948 births Living people American historians American women historians Historians of Latin America University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Rutgers University alumni Union College (New York) faculty