Country road in the Vinales valley, Cuba.
The Program
Masters Projects
Following is a list of all the masters projects completed by students, going back to the first graduating class in 2004.
In Search of Benny: A Personal Journey After "El Barbaro del Ritmo," The Celebrated Musical Genius of 20th Century Cuban Popular Music
by Tameka S. Peay (M.A.H. 2008)
La Agricultura en Puerto Rico: Asunto de Seguridad Nacional (50 min. documentary)
by Juan Manuel Pagan Teitelbaum (M.A.H. 2008)
Memorias y Olvidos: Bosquejo de una Cuba Personal
by Rosario E. Malaver (M.A.H. 2008)
"Play Ball" Beisbol en el Caribe Hispano: Un Juego y Nueva Metafora para la Identidad Caribena
by Patricia Jarnot (M.A.H. 2008)
The United States Versus Nature: Sanitation and Hygiene Reform at the Turn of the Twentieth Century in Cuba
by Stephanie Marie Bucalo (M.A.H. 2008)
Identidades Desplazadas en la Novela Historica Caribena: Mujer en Traje de Batalla, de Antonio Benitez Rojo
by Haydee Arango Milian (M.A.H. 2008)
Situacion Social de los Homosexuales en Cuba Despues de la Revolucion de 1959
by Melissa A. Ventura (M.A.H. 2007)
Sexual Objectification in Cuban Art
by Amanda M. Phelps (M.A.H. 2007)
In-Disciplinas Criticas: Las Orquideas Son Hermosas Plantas Parasitarias
by Reynier Perez Hernandez (M.A.H. 2007)
The Quest For a Definitive Solution: Racial Politics in Cuba
by Sugey C. Palomares (M.A.H. 2007)
A Defiant Cuba: How Current Policy is Missing the Point
by Kyle J. Mittlefehldt (M.A.H. 2007)
Contemporary Cuban Women Writers: Redefining Experience and Reclaiming Self
by Meghan D. Hern Steed (M.A.H. 2007)
La Critica de Arte Cubano en el Pensamiento Cultural Caribeno de Alejo Carpentier
by Denisse Rondon Gutierrez (M.A.H. 2006)
Police Brutality and Death Squads in Brazil
by Yaser S. Robles (M.A.H. 2006)
The Dynamics of the Salsa Genre: A Comparative Study of the Music of Cuba and Puerto Rico
by Miguel A. Torres-Castro (M.A.H. 2005)
The Parrandas Remedianas as a Cultural Machine: The Persistence of Cuban Regional Tradition in the Age of Cultural Commodification
by Rebecca Leigh Stevens (M.A.H. 2005)
The Complex Process of Identity Formation Among Women in the Caribbean: A Look at Undergraduate Women at the University of the West Indies
by Robin L. Smith (M.A.H. 2005)
US Refugee Policy and Caribbean Boat People: A Case Study of Cuban and Haitian Refugees
by Marielle R. Mecca (M.A.H. 2005)
Faces of Cuba in the Yucatan
by Michelle J. Csonka (M.A.H. 2005)
Entre Luz y Sol: A Documentary
on the Social Effects of Tourism in Cuba (1990 - 2005)
by Clorinda Andrade (M.A.H. 2005)
A Bronze Icon: The Recurring Stereotype of the Mulata Body
by Elizabeth Muñoz (M.A.H. 2004)
The Symbol of Cubaness: The Character
of the Jicotea in the Works of Lydia Cabrera
by Marisa Lopes (M.A.H. 2004)
Estudios Caribenos: Reconstruccion
de una Memoria Fugitiva
by Nahun Lagos (M.A.H. 2004)
Voice of Continuity: The Role
of Eshu in Three Caribbean Texts (Portuguese, Spanish, and English)
by Jacob Dyer-Spiegel (M.A.H. 2004)