Biographical Information

• Professor, specializing in Southeast Asian history, history of U.S. foreign relations, and Chicano history
• B.A. 1966, Yale
• M.Phil 1971, Yale
• Ph.D 1975, Yale
• With the U of O since 1983

Major Publications

• Inventing a Hero: The Posthumous Re-Creation of Andres Bonifacio(Wisconsin, 1996)
• Battle for Batangas: A Philippine Province at War(Yale University Press, 1991)
• A Past Recovered: Essays on Philippine History and Historiography(New Day, 1987)
• Social Engineering in the Philippines: The Aims, Execution, and Impact of American Colonial Policy, 1900-1913(Greenwood Press, 1980)

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

• Senior Fellowship, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden
• Social Social Research Council Faculty Grant
• Fulbright-Hays Lectureship
• Australian National University Research Fellowship
• Louis Knott Koontz Prize for Most Deserving Article, Pacific Historical Review
• Carnegie Fellowship
• Oregon Committee of the Humanities Grant

Current Research and Writing

• North from Weslaco: Sonny Montes and the Chicano Colonial Experience.
• Recent Teaching
• Vietnam and the United States
• Philippine History
• Cold War