Expertise

Latin American Studies, US Politics and Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Development

Biography

 received my PhD in History from Temple University, where I have taught in the History, Latin American Studies, and Intellectual Heritage Departments. My first book (The Ends of Modernization: Nicaragua and the United States in the Cold War Era)  was published in 2021 by Cornell University Press as part of the series The United States in the World.

Selected Publications

• David J. Lee, The Ends of Modernization: Nicaragua and the United States in the Cold War Era (Cornell, 2021)

Courses Taught

• Intellectual Heritage 1
• History of Contemporary Mexico
• Latino Identity in the United States
• Race and Poverty in the Americas
• Latin American Literature and Film
• American Revolutions
• U.S. Media History