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The Exoticism of Maya Women: Foreign Obsession and Repulsion, 1820-1900

The British Are Coming! A contraband cloth tsunami flows over Maya handicrafts and homespun in The Kingdom of Guatemala, 1760-1820

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Chiero is a native of New England, graduated with honors with a B.A. in Linguistics/History & M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane, and Ph.D. in History from TCU after a Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Award from the U.S. Dept. of Education. She taught previously as a tenure-track assistant professor while ABD at Blackburn College before joining Augusta University in 2007.

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Examining the historical context of Mexico 1968/Brazil 2016

Cherio selected to participate in HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute

Associate Professor of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

Dr. Heather Abdelnur, associate professor of history, explains what life is really like for the hundreds of thousands of people living in Rio's mountaintop favelas. Her key takeaway? People living in extreme poverty are still people.

Understanding life in the favelas of Rio

Dr. Heather Abdelnur, associate professor of history, analyzes the historical context of Mexico hosting the Summer Olympics in 1968 and Brazil hosting it in 2016. Abdelnur has an interdisciplinary background in history, anthropology and Latin American studies.

Augusta University Explains Mexico 1968/Brazil2016

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