I am a Latin American Historian at Truman State University who studies Indigenous and peasant movements in twentieth-century Ecuador. My teaching interests primarily focus on interdisciplinary and historical studies of Latin America, including a study of agrarian societies, ethnicity, popular movements, and revolutions. Check out my Majors Day video.
Sweet Power: Sugar, Empires, and Slaves in the Caribbean
Study Abroad in the Caribbean
14 May - 4 June 2008
Curaçao, Barbados
Voices of Milan, a project of Marc Becker’s Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar (JINS) on Race, Class, and Gender in Latin America during the fall 2007 semester to interview both recent and long-term residents of Milan, Missouri, to examine issues and concerns facing the community.
- Current Courses (Spring 2008)
- During the Spring semester I am teaching Latin American History During
the National Period, Women in Latin American History, and Latin American History at the Movies .
- Future Courses
- Here are the courses I am scheduled to teach next year.
- Latin American Resources
- This is a collection of resources on Latin America to assist in the
study of Latin American history.
- Student Web Pages
- Web pages my students have made for my classes.
- Teaching Experience
- I have previously taught Latin American and United States history
survey courses as well as upper-division Latin American history courses
at Truman State University, the University of Kansas, Illinios State
University, and Gettysburg College.
- History at Truman State University
- History's web page at Truman State University
- Teaching Philosophy
- I am a teacher-scholar who seeks to encourage students to reflect
critically on the material we study in class.
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- The Truman State University chapter of the American Association of
University Professors seeks to advance academic freedom and shared governance;
to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education;
and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
- Historians Against the War (HAW)
As historians, teachers, and scholars, we oppose the expansion of
United States empire and the doctrine of pre-emptive war that have
led to the occupation of Iraq. We deplore the secrecy, deception, and
distortion of history involved in the administration's conduct of a
war that violates international law, intensifies attacks on civil liberties,
and reaches toward domination of the Middle East and its resources.
Believing that both the Iraqi people and the American people have the
right to determine their own political and economic futures (with appropriate
outside assistance), we call for the restoration of cherished freedoms
in the United States and for an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
- Marc Becker as featured in David Horowitz's book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.