History

Tia Malkin-Fontecchio

History

Address:
404 Wayne Hall
West Chester, PA 19382

Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069

Carole Marciano
Departmental Secretary
Office: Wayne 404
Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069
CMarciano@wcupa.edu

Dr. Wayne Hanley
Departmental Chairperson
Office: Wayne 406
Phone: 610-436-2201
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WHanley@wcupa.edu

Dr. Karin Gedge
Social Studies Coordinator
Office: Wayne 416
Phone: 610-436-2971
KGedge@wcupa.edu

Brenda Gaydosh
Acting Graduate Coordinator
Office: Wayne 421
Phone: 610-436-0734
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Jonathan Friedman
Director, Holocaust-Genocide Studies
Office: Main 409
Phone: 610-436-2972
JFriedman@wcupa.edu

Tia Malkin-Fontecchio

Assistant Professor of History
430 Wayne Hall
610-436-2654
TMalkinFon@wcupa.edu

Courses Taught

HIS 100: Global History Since 1900
HIS 315: Colonial Latin America
HIS 316: Modern Latin America
HIS 317: History of Mexico
HIS 407: History of Brazil
HIS 300: Varieties of History
HIS 400: Seminar in History

About Me

Before she joined the WCU Department of History, Dr. Malkin-Fontecchio was an Assistant Professor at Lebanon Valley College. Tia Malkin-Fontecchio received her BA in Latin American Studies and Latin American Language and Literature from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994. She received her MA and PhD in Latin American history from Brown University in 1996 and 2003 respectively. She has lived in Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. Her research interests include educational reform and inequality in Brazil, as well as state authoritarianism. Dr. Malkin-Fontecchio's current research focuses on historical film.