Associate Professor of History
- B.A. (1985) Hampshire College
- M.A. (1989) Rutgers University
- Ph.D. (1994) Rutgers University
- Carmen.T.Whalen@williams.edu
- Stetson 410
- 413.597.2224
- Office Hours
- Courses
- LATS 105: Latina/o Identities: Constructions, Contestations, and Expressions
- HIST 286: Latina/o History From 1846 to the Present
- HIST 386: Latinas in the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households
- HIST 387: Community Building and Social Movements in Latino/a History
- HIST 471: Comparative Latina/o Migrations
- Research
- U.S. 1945 to the present; Latina/o Studies; Labor, Migration, and Women's History
- Thesis Students
- Margaret diZerega '02, "It Took a Movement: Domestic Violence and Its Impacts on Lesbians and Latinas" (Women and Gender Studies)
- Jasmine Mitchell '03, "The Mulata as a Paradigm of National Identity in United States and Cuban Film" (American Studies)
- Selected Publications
- Books:
- The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005), edited with Víctor Vázquez Hernández
- From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia: Puerto Rican Workers and Postwar Economics (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001)
- Articles and Essays:
- “Puerto Ricans,” A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage, ed. Elliott R. Barkan (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 446-463.
- “Sweatshops Here and There: The Garment Industry, Latinas, and Labor Migrations,” International Labor and Working-Class History, 61 (Spring 2002): 45-68.
- “Displaced Labor Migrants or the Underclass’: African Americans and Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia's Economy,” The Collaborative City: Opportunities and Challenges for Blacks and Latinos in U.S. Cities, ed. John J. Betancur and Douglas C. Gills (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000), 115-136.
- “Labor Migrants or ‘Submissive Wives’: Competing Narratives of Puerto Rican Women in the Post-World War II Era,” Puerto Rican Women's History: New Perspectives, ed. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and Linda Delgado (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998), 206-226.
- “Bridging Homeland and Barrio Politics: The Young Lords in Philadelphia,” The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora, ed. Andrés Torres and José Velázquez (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998), 107-123.