Assistant Professor of History
M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
B.A., Spelman College
Kathryn Dungy is a historian of the Caribbean and Latin America during the nineteenth century. More specifically, her research reflects on the lives of peoples of color and issues of race in Puerto Rico. This expertise is represented in the classes she teaches, which explore Latin American culture from a variety of historical angles, including race, gender, economic conditions, and issues of historiography.
Recent Courses
Modern Caribbean History: Cannons to Cricket
From Bolivar to Chávez and Uribe: The Search For Simón Bolivar’s Gran Colombia
Selected Publications
Dungy, R. (2005). Live and Let Live: Native and immigrant free people
of color in early nineteenth-century Puerto Rico. Caribbean Studies,
33(1), 79-112.