About
David Tamayo is a historian of modern Latin America. His scholarship integrates the histories of the middle classes and Latin America's interconnectedness with the world.
As an immigrant from Tijuana, Mexico, and a community college student, Dr. Tamayo is committed to supporting students of color and those from non-traditional backgrounds, including first-generation, low-income, and non-native English speakers. In the past, he has taught ESL to adults and has participated in mentoring programs for underserved high school students in Southern California. At the University of Michigan, he looks to build on these past experiences and contribute to the institution's mission of promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion.
Fields of Study
- Latin America, especially Mexico, 19th-20th centuries
- The histories of the Latin American Right and the middle classes
- Transnational history
- Borderlands history
Courses
- HIST 202: Doing History
- HIST 328: In the Shadow of the Revolution: Mexico Since 1910
- HIST 363: History of Modern Mexico
- HIST 898: Job Skills Colloquium
Current Project
- Service Clubs, the Mexican Middle Classes, and the Making of the PRI's Golden Age (in-progress book manuscript).
Publications
- "'Clubismo' in Post-Revolutionary Mexico: An Overview of the Emergence of Service and Social Clubs in Puebla and Tijuana, 1920-1960," in Mexico in Focus: Political, Environmental and Social Issues, ed. José Galindo Rodríguez, (Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publisher’s, Inc, 2015), 217–36. Spanish edition: "'Clubismo' en el México posrevolucionario: un análisis sobre la emergencia de los clubes sociales y de servicio en Puebla y en Tijuana, 1920-1960," in México contemporáneo: Aspectos económicos, políticos y sociales, (Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana, 2018).
