Academic Background: B.A., UCLA; Ph.D. in History, UCLA.
Research Interests: Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican ethnohistory, and Nahuatl studies.
Appointments: Professor of History, UCLA; Robert N. Burr Endowed History Department Chair.
Publications: Author of The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca (Stanford University Press, 2001).
Additional Contributions: Director, UCLA Latin American Institute.