Hi everyone! My name is Trevin and I am a Junior Archaeology major from Chicago, Illinois. I am most active in the Catholic Newman Group, but also participate in the fencing and chess clubs. While my major is Archaeology, I am also passionate about History, especially the Classics, and hope to one day go on an archaeological excavation on an ancient Roman site.

In Colonial Latin America, I would most like to learn about the Spanish and Portuguese administrations in the Americas. How were they able to control such a vast area so far from their homelands for hundreds of years? What degree of autonomy was granted to local administrations? Was European dominance total, or were the natives and colonists never fully pacified? I hope to find answers to these questions and others through this course.