Rate My Professor Rhonda Gonzales

Gonzales' research specializations include African and African Diaspora history, with a focus on East Africa and the early Atlantic slave trade to Mexico. Her major publication is Societies, Religion, and History: Central-East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 B.C.E. to 1800 C.E., published by Columbia University Press in 2009 as part of the American Historical Association's Gutenberg-e project. She has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on grants totaling more than $11 million to support student success, research, and justice initiatives. Her honors include a fellowship from the American Council on Education, membership in the UT System Chancellor’s Network for Women’s Leadership, and participation in the HACU Leadership Academy. An advocate for the advancement of women and staff professionals, particularly women of color in the history profession, Gonzales demonstrates substantial impact through her administrative leadership, grant-funded projects, and commitment to equity in higher education. Currently, she is Professor of History at the University of Denver, where she served as Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from 2021 to 2024.