Curriculum Vitae – Rebecca Tally

rebecca.tally@cornell.edu

Education

Cornell University, Ph.D., History, 2004-present

Major Field: Modern Latin America with Mary Roldán

Minor Fields: Comparative Agrarian History with Raymond Craib; History of Science, Race, and Gender with Suman Seth

Dissertation Topic: Agricultural modernization and state formation in twentieth century Colombia

New York University, M.A., Latin American Studies, 2004

Concentrations: Latin American history, international development, philanthropy

Thesis Advisors: Sinclair Thomson (First Reader); Markus Schulz (Second Reader)

Thesis: “Between Land Reforms: Agricultural Modernization and the Rockefeller Foundation in Colombia, 1949 – 1962”

Youngstown State University, B.A., Speech Communication, 1992

Major: Speech Communication; Minor: Political Science

Employment

2001-2004 Grantwriter/Fundraising Consultant, Professionals for Non-Profits, New York City

2002-2003 Grantwriter, American Woman’s Development Corporation, New York City

2000-2001 Grantwriter, Fundraiser, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, New York City

1999-2001 Grantwriter, Development Associate, Sanctuary for Families, New York City

1997-1999 Assistant to First Vice President of Private Banking, Bank Hapoalim, New York City

1996-1997 ESL Instructor, Roosevelt Language Center (own business), New York City

1994-1995 Grantwriter, Mujeres en Acción Sindical, Mexico City, Mexico

1994-1995 ESL Instructor, Instituto Nacional de Ortopedia, Mexico City, Mexico

1993-1994 Grantwriter, Casa Ajuso, Mexico City, Mexico

1992-1995 ESL Instructor, Tenorio Gardner S.A, Mexico City, Mexico

Grants & Fellowships

2007-2008 Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Fellowship

2007 Cornell University Latin American Studies Program Research Travel Grant

2007 Cornell University Graduate School Research Travel Grant

2006 Walter LaFeber Research Fund Travel Grant

2006 Tinker Foundation Travel Grant (declined)

2005-2006 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic Year Fellowship

2005 Tinker Foundation Travel Grant

2005 University of New Mexico Library Research Travel Grant

2004-2005 Cornell University, Sage Academic Year Fellowship

2003-2004 New York University, Graduate Assistantship

Teaching Experience

2006 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Professor Duane Corpis, History Department, Cornell University, HIST 151, “Introduction to Western Civilization I, including a class lecture on November 28 titled, “1492 Reconsidered”

Publications

2007 “Historia de Colombia Siglo XX, 1930, Reforma Agraria, Formación de Estado y Tenencia de la Tierra,” in El Futuro del Café en Colombia, Maria del Pilar Fernandez & Francisco-Enrique Cabrera, coordinators, Bogotá: Federacafe, October 2007 (forthcoming)

2004 “No Question of Politics Ever Arose: Science, Violence and Agriculture in Colombia, 1949-1969,” Anamesa, An Interdisciplinary Journal: The Violence Issue, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2004), 62-83

Conference Papers/ Workshop & Seminar Presentations

2007 “Social Justice, Paternalism, and State Formation among Colombia’s Coffee Growers, 1958-1972,” Workshop on the Future of Coffee in Colombia, University of Miami, FL, April 23

2007 “El Catastro Nacional: State Formation in Colombia Reconsidered,” Conference on Latin American History, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 5

2006 “A Young and Dynamic Country: Soil Science and Conservation in Colombia, circa 1950,” New York State Latin American History Workshop, Cornell University, October 15

2006 “The Global, the National, and the Very, Very Local: Soil Science and Conservation in Colombia, circa 1950,” Science Studies Research Group, Cornell, September 25

2006 “Afro-Colombian Civil Rights and the First Congress of Black Culture in the Americas,” Latin American Studies Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University, February 25

2005 “Gender and Civil Rights Movements among African-Descendent Populations on Colombia’s Pacific Coast,” Gender in Global Perspective Workshop Series, Gender and Global Change Program, Cornell University, October 27

2005 “Territory Rights in the Chocó: History and Representation among Afro-Colombians on the Pacific Coast,” Third Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 7

2005 “Colonization, Parcelization, and Miracle Seeds: Competing Views of Agricultural Modernization in Mid-Twentieth Century Colombia,” Campus Lecture at the University of New Mexico, June 15

2005 “El Hermano Juan, Marlene, and Efraín González: Study of la Violencia in Colombia through Testimonial Literature,” Latin American Studies Program Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University, March 4

2004 “Fulcrums and Philanthropy: Collaboration between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture,” Latin American Studies Program Weekly Seminar Series, Cornell University, September 28

2004 “Between Land Reforms: Agricultural Modernization and the Rockefeller Foundation in Colombia, 1949-1962,” Agricultural History Symposium, Cornell, September 11

Other Professional Activities

2004-06 Conference Organizer, Latin American Studies Program Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University

2005 Chair, Advisory Board, Anamesa: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a graduate student publication at New York University

2004 Co-Editor, Anamesa: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a graduate student publication at New York University (Treasurer, September 2003 – August 2004)

Professional Associations

Conference on Latin American History

Latin American Studies Association

American Historical Association

Languages

Spanish (near native fluency in spoken, written, and aural comprehension)

Portuguese (aural and reading comprehension)

References

The following individuals have written reference letters for me

Raymond Craib, Ph.D., History Department, Cornell University

Greg Grandin, Ph.D., History Department, New York University

Mary Roldán, Ph.D., History Department, Cornell University

Suman Seth, Ph.D., Science and Technology Studies Department, Cornell University

Sinclair Thomson, Ph.D., History Department, New York University

George Yúdice, Ph.D., Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University

Other references

Duane Corpis, Ph.D., History Department, Cornell University

John D. Henderson, Ph.D., Anthropology Department, Cornell University