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New
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Joanne
Sanchez, Ph.D.
Professor of History |
| St. Edward's
University
New Collage
3001 South Congress Avenue
CM
Austin, TX 78704 |
Office Location:
202 Holy Cross Hall
Phone: (512) 448-8710 |
EDUCATION:
B.A., Nazareth College, 1971
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1973
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1979 |
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Joanne Rao Sanchez is a Professor of History in the New College Program, where she has taught since 1980. Originally from Syracuse, New York, her bachelor’s degree is from Nazareth College of Rochester in Social Studies and Secondary Education. She received her doctorate in European and Latin American histories from the University of Notre Dame. Her dissertation was a study of the Reign of Terror in Angers, France. Dr. Sanchez served as Secretary-Treasurer of the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association from 1994-1999, as Vice President in 2003, and President in 2004; she is a winner of the association’s "Enno Kraehe Distinguished Service Award." She was elected to serve on the Southern Historical Association’s Executive Council from 2008-2010. She has served as a consultant for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1984. In addition, she is on the advisory board for the "U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project," and has conducted several interviews with World War II veterans, war nurses, and U.S.O. entertainers. At St. Edward’s, she served on the Teacher Education Council for twenty-two years and is the faculty advisor for Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society for adult students. She teaches a wide variety of courses including: "Introduction to Critical Inquiry," "Moral Issues in Society," "The 20th Century: Triumphs and Tragedies," History of Mexican-Americans," "Mexico from the Aztecs to the Revolution," "Modern Revolutions," " Russian and Soviet History," "Women in European History," and a graduate course, "Women and World War II." Dr. Sanchez has written numerous articles and book reviews. Her most current article, “Latinas of World War II: From Familial Shelter to Expanding Horizons, ” will be published by UT Press as a chapter in an anthology. She was chosen the New College Teacher of the Year in 1998. In 2000, she was presented with the "Vision and Excellence Award" at the 25th anniversary celebration of the New College Program.
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