Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Spanish Harlem, New York City, Dr. Chinea holds a Ph.D. degree from the
University of
Minnesota , where he specialized in colonial Latin American history. He was been awarded fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Society for Irish Latin American Studies. Recognized in the 1996 edition of Who’s Who in the Midwest, he is the recipient at
Wayne
State
University of a President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (1999) and a Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award (2006). His articles and book reviews have appeared in Caribbean Studies, Revista Mexicana del Caribe,
Mesoamerica , Journal of Latin American Studies, Colonial Latin American Historical Review, New West Indian Guide, The Americas, Ethnic Studies Review, and the Journal of Caribbean History. A book, Race and Labor in the Hispanic Caribbean: The West Indian Worker Experience in
Puerto Rico , 1800-1850, was published in 2005 by the University Press of Florida. He currently serves as a contributing editor for the Handbook of Latin American Studies and the 2005-07 Secretary of the Caribbean Studies Committee, Conference on Latin American History.
Dr. Chinea’s favorite nonacademic activities include conga drumming, traveling, walking outdoors, watching film comedies, salsa dancing, and cooking ethnic dishes.
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