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Alvis Dunn
Assistant Professor of History
adunn@guilford.edu
(336) 316-2287
Ph.D. 1999, UNC Chapel Hill
M.A. 1990, UNC Chapel Hill
M.A. 1985, Appalachian State University
B.A. 1980, UNC Chapel Hill
Research Interests
- the colonial history of Central America, particularly Guatemala
- the American South and North Carolina
Courses Taught
- History Research Seminar
- The Changing Face of the South: A Demographic History of North Carolina
- Colonial Latin America
- Modern Latin America
- Independence in Colonial America
- Latin American History through Film
Campus and Community Involvement
- Co-coordinator Historical Perspectives
- Guilford College Writing Program
Notable Works
- Research Assistant with Leon Fink on The Maya of Morganton: Work and Community in the Nuevo New South (Temple, 2003), Forthcoming, in La Epoca Colonial en Guatemala: Estudios de Historia Social y Cultural
- “‘Los mira con otros ojos’: el gobernador de indios Manuel Silverio, el aguardiente y las identidades étnicas en Quetzaltenango, 1780–1785,” (University of San Carlos, Guatemala)
- Also forthcoming, in Distilling the Influence of Alcohol: Guatemala and Booze since Late Colonial Times, “‘A sponge soaking up all the money’: Alcohol, Taverns, Vinaterias and the Bourbon Reforms in mid-Eighteenth Century Santiago de los Caballeros, Guatemala,” (University of Florida)
