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6604 HUMANITIES SOCSCI
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Patch, Robert W

Professor & Chair of History

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

History


Biography

Rob Patch is originally from Ohio, and has also lived in Kentucky, Illinois, New Jersey, Mexico City, Yucatan, Texas, Madrid and Seville. He studied as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and received the Ph.D. from Princeton University. Before joining the faculty at UCR in 1988, he taught at Princeton University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan. Patch is interested in the origins of revolution and underdevelopment in Latin America. He specializes in the history of Indians during the period of colonialism, and the development of social, economic, and political structures. His research focuses on the history of Mexico and Central America. He has also been the recipient of a Doherty Fellowship, which led to lengthy residence in Mexico, and spent 1984-1986 in Spain as a Fulbright Fellow.

Former Institution

Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Degrees

PhD History 1979

Princeton University

BA History 1971

University of Illinois

Awards

James Alexander Robertson Memorial Prize, American Historical Association (1985)
Fulbright Fellowship (1984)
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Post-Graduate Fellowship in Latin American Studies (1973)


Research Area

Latin American history with an emphasis on Mexico and Central America.

Publications

Patch is the author of several articles and a book, Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan (Stanford University Press, 1993).