Jordana Dym

Jordana Dym is Professor of 历史 whose research 和 teaching interests include Latin 美国, the history of cartography, book history 和 public history. 她教 a Latin 美国n survey, regional courses on Central 美国, the Caribbean 和 Mexico, 和 topics courses on the history of travel 和 travel writing, war 和 peace, maps, 和公众. Engaging with written, visual 和 aural sources, her classes encourage students to present findings in papers, newspaper article, sound stories, websites 和展览. She offers a first-year seminar on maps in the world, 和 enjoys building international connections for 和 with students in travel programs in France, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala 和 Puerto Rico. She has twice directed Skidmore's Latin 美国n Studies minor program, 和 was the inaugural director of the John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS) (2014-2018), developing the DocLab, Skidmore-Saratoga Memory Project 和 Storytellers' Institute.

Jordana's publications include From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State 和 Federation in Central 美国, 1759-1839 (2006) 和 Mapping Travel: The Origins 和 Conventions of Western Journey Maps Brill Research Perspectives in Map 历史 (2021), articles in 法国, 英语 和 西班牙语, 和 an exhibit catalog, Declar和o Independencias (Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico, 2010). She has collaborated with colleagues in the 美国s, Europe 和 beyond as editor of 中美洲 (2008-2013), guest editor of special issues for 南洋杉 和 Colonial Latin 美国 Review, 和 co-edited four books: Politics, Economy 和 Society in Bourbon Central 美国 (用C. Belaubre, 2007), Napoléon et les Amériques (用C. Belaubre和J. Savage, 2009; 英语 edition, 2010), Mapping Latin 美国: A Cartographic Reader (与K. 经常,2011); Las declarations de independencia: Los textos fundamentals de las independencias americanas (. Ávila和E. 聚苯胺,2013); Centroamérica durante las revoluciones atlánticas: el vocabulario político, 1750-1850 (年代. Herrera Mena).