Assistant Professor of History (2005)
B.A., McPherson College, 1989; M.A., Temple University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2004
Teaching and Research Interests: Latin America, Mexico
Upper Division Courses:
- HIST 3537 Colonial Latin America
- HIST 3538 Modern Latin America
Website:
Contact Information:
1146 Forest Building
PO Box 8054
Department of History
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054
Tel.: (912) 478-0393
Fax: (912) 478-0377
E-mail: laurashelton@georgiasouthern.edu
Publications:
- “Like a Servant or Like a Son? Circulating
Children in Northwestern Mexico, 1790-1850,” in Odina E. Gonzales and Bianca Premo, eds., Raising an Empire in Early Modern Iberia and Colonial Latin America (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Pres, 2007).
- Creating the Republican Family: Law, Community and
Gender in the Sonoran Borderlands, 1800-1850 (Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, forthcoming 2009).
- “Death,
Debt, and Inheritance: The Circulation of Petty Credit in Northwestern
Mexico, 1800-1850,” in New Mexico Historical Review (forthcoming).
Professional Activities, Awards, and Honors:
- Georgia Southern University
Center for Excellence in
Teaching Faculty Development Summer Award, Summer 2008
- Georgia Southern University
Writing Center
Award, Most Creative Student Writing Assignment, Fall,
2006
- Georgia Southern University NEH Summer Grants Candidate, Campus
Nominee, 2005-2006
- Fulbright-García Robles
Fellowship, 2001-2002
- University of Arizona Rockfellow Scholarship, 1999-2000
- American Historical
Association
- Latin American Studies
Association
- Conference on Latin American
History
Current Research:
- Book Manuscript: Creating the Republican Family: Law, Community and
Gender in the Sonoran Borderlands, 1800-1850, under contract with The University of Arizona Press.
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