Tia Malkin-Fontecchio

Contact History

History

Address:
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Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069

Jean Bauer
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Dr. Robert Kodosky
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Brenda Gaydosh
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Jonathan Friedman
Director, Holocaust-Genocide Studies
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Tia

Tia Malkin-Fontecchio

Assistant Professor of History
727 Wayne
610-436-2654
TMalkin-Fontecchio@wcupa.edu

Courses Taught

HIS 100: Global History Since 1900
HIS 315: Colonial Latin America
HIS 316: Modern Latin America
HIS 317: History of Mexico
HIS 407: History of Brazil
HIS 300: Varieties of History
HIS 400: Seminar in History

About Me

Before she joined the WCU Department of History, Dr. Malkin-Fontecchio was an Assistant Professor at Lebanon Valley College. Tia Malkin-Fontecchio received her BA in Latin American Studies and Latin American Language and Literature from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994. She received her MA and PhD in Latin American history from Brown University in 1996 and 2003 respectively. She has lived in Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. Her research interests include educational reform and inequality in Brazil, as well as state authoritarianism. Dr. Malkin-Fontecchio's current research focuses on historical film.