Hello! I’m Catalina. I’m a chican@ from Atlanta, Georgia. I am a first year Posse Scholar. My first language is Spanish with English following close behind. I have two elder sister and two elder brothers. My family has two dogs, two birds, a rabbit, and I have a cat, Bumblebee, that I love and miss so much. I’m so excited to finally being able to learn about topics that I am actually interested in!

I’m taking Colonia History because I was never able to learn in depth about Pre-Colombian Latin America and only a Euro-centric whitewashed version of Latin American history. This is my culture that I am going to be learning about and I could not be more ecstatic. I will finally be able to have knowledge about my history and have a better connection with my roots.

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.

Hello! My name is Jack and I’m a senior and a double major in English and History. My geographical focus is Trans-Atlantic history, and my favorite kind of literature leans towards more post modern. I usually focus on imperial powers and how they affect smaller nations, so I took this course with the intent of leaning more about the effects that the British and Spanish had on the local cultures and their erasure.

I want to learn more about the local governments and cultures that came to oppose the ruling empires in the region. I spent my Junior I.S. for history last year researching piracy in the Caribbean so I’m excited to go back and look at how the region changed after studying it in an early 1700s time frame.

Hello! My name is Sofia and I am a freshman from Athens, Ohio. I am very undecided about my major at the moment but I am considering history and Spanish. I also still don’t know my career goals but I can tell you that I’m pretty darn good at the classic rock edition of Trivial Pursuit.

I am interested in learning about Latin America because I had an amazing Spanish teacher in high school but most of her experience was in Spain. Therefore, I am excited to learn more about Latin America in order to have a more balanced perspective. Additionally, I have spent a significant amount of time in Mexico so I am especially interested in this area.

Hello! My name is Emily and I am a sophomore. I am a declared History major with a minor in education and will add Spanish as another major this year. My goal right now is to become an ESL teacher and continue to learn throughout my life. I hold a position on campus as an ELL peer tutor. I am involved in many of the music ensembles the college offers as a percussionist, so you can often see me around campus wearing a kilt!

In general, I am excited to learn about anything and everything about Colonial Latin American History! Specifically, I enjoy looking at the role gender plays and the family and personal lives of those in Colonial Latin America.

Hi all, I’m Ben. I’m a senior history and political science double major. My focus in political science is on US national politics. I’m from Carmel, Indiana, a suburb to the north of Indianapolis.

I’ve taken a few classes on Latin American history at Wooster already, but I’m always excited to learn more. Those classes mostly focused on Latin America either during its struggle for independence or afterwards so I want to learn more about Latin America in the colonial era. I am especially interested in learning about the early interactions between the indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Europeans and Africans that settled in the region.