About / CV
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Chaz has undertaken research funded funded by the Ministry of Culture and Education of Spain, the Conference on Latin American History, the Bilinski Foundation, the Academy of American Franciscan History, the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, and the Harvard University Atlantic History Seminar, among others. He held visiting affiliations with the University of Toronto and York University during a sabbatical in the 2023-2024 academic year. He has contributed commentary to, and had his research discussed by major news media outlets.
He regularly presents research papers at venues such as the American Historical Association, Southern Historical Association, American Society for Environmental History, Omohundro Institute, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, and specialty conferences at King's College London, Universidade de Lisboa, Duke University, Rice University, Carnegie Mellon University, UCLA, Vanderbilt University, Washington University of St. Louis, University of Utah, and beyond. He has also recently given presentations for events and seminars at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Toronto, Alfred University, University of Massachusetts Boston, Louisville Public Library, Marshall University, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and Mississippi College. He is currently Editor for H-Atlantic and regularly peer reviews for journals and presses.
In 2024 he was President of the Latin American and Caribbean Section of the SHA, and for 2025-2027 he will serve as a member of the Executive Council of the Southern Historical Association.