Shawn Smallman - bio

Shawn Smallman oversees the nationally acclaimed University Studies program, University Honors, the military GOLD program, the Center for Academic Excellence, and is a professor of International Studies. He is the institutional accreditation liaison officer and has expertise in institutional assessment and learning outcomes. He received his PhD. in history from Yale University. He has published numerous articles on military corruption and political terror in Latin America, as well as undergraduate education and energy security. His first book, Fear and Memory in the Brazilian Army and Society, 1889-1954, received many positive reviews. His second book, A History of AIDS in Latin America, was recently published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Vice Provost Smallman's areas of interest are the global AIDS epidemic, human rights issues, modern Canada, the Windigo, indigenous language preservation, modern Brazil, the Amazon Rainforest, and U.S.- Latin American Relations.