Jaime Pensado
Title
Assistant Professor; Fellow, Institute for Latino Studies; Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Graduate Program Field
Latin American History
Specialization
Modern Latin America
Education
B.A. and M.A. California State University, Los Angeles
Ph.D. University of Chicago (2008)
Research and Teaching Interests
Professor Pensado’s teaching interests include modern Mexican history, U.S. Operations in Central America, the Sixties in Latin America, Latin America through Film, the Cold War in Latin America, Revolutions, and Student Movements.
Profile
Jaime Pensado grew up in Mexico City. He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fourteen where he received his B.A and M.A. Pensado earned his Ph.D in 2008. He taught at Lehigh University before coming to Notre Dame in Fall 2008. Pensado’s main interests include modern Mexican history with a particular emphasis in student politics, youth culture, and the Cold War.
Current project
Pensado is currently working on revisions of his book manuscript. His book will examine the role competing powerbrokers played to quell growing student unrest and mediate youth conflict in postrevolutionary Mexico vis-à-vis the employment of agent provocateurs and student intermediaries. In addition, his work will examine the impact of the Cuban Revolution on leftist and ultraconservative student politics in Mexico during the long sixties.
Contact Information
Office: Decio 469
Phone: 574-631-1538
Email: jpensado@nd.edu
Mailing Address:
219 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556