Dr. Marco Macias
Associate Professor of HistoryPh.D., University of Arizona, 2018
Contact Information
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
Rarick Hall 370
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5875
m_macias2@fhsu.edu
Fields of Study
Cultural historian with expertise in Latin American an emphasis on Modern Mexico.
Education
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2018
M.A., University of Arizona, 2008
B.A., University of Arizona, 2005
Teaching Experience:
Fort Hays State University (Fall 2018 to present)
Pima Community College (Spring 2018)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
University of Arizona - instructor, teaching assistant, grader (2011 - 2017)
Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Nogales Sonora (2008-2009)
Publications:
Encyclopedia Entries
“Bullfighting,” in Eric Zolov ed. all., Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo, ABC-CLIO, 2015.
Publication: Book
Visualizing Villa: Myth and the Production of a 20th Century Revolutionary under contract with University of Nebraska Press.
Museum Exhibits
“Chasing Villa,” Museum Exhibit at Arizona Historical Society Museum, 2016.
Papers Presented:
“De un lado para otro” Presented at XXX Simposio de Antropología e Historia, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. February 24, 2005.
“Percepciones de periódicos estadounidenses y mexicanos referentes a la huelga de 1906 en Cananea Sonora” Presented at XXXI Simposio de Antropología e Historia, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. February 23, 2006.
Jessica A. Schluederberg, Jerry Underwood, and Marco A. Macias. Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity to Hydrolimatic Change in Cochise County AZ and North Eastern Sonora Mexico. Poster Presentation. Association of American Geographers. Chicago Illinois, March 9, 2006.
Dr. Dolores Bahti, Marco A. Macias, and Roberto Mendoza-Farías. Experiences in Education: Enhancing Learning and the Undergraduate Experience. Virtual Presentation. Valencia Spain. International Technology, Education and Development Conference, March 2012.
“Iconografía revolucionaria y manifestaciones culturales tras las elecciones del 2012 en Mexico” Presented at XXXVIII Simposio de Antropología e Historia, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. February 20, 2013.
“La Revolución Mexicana televisada y mediatizad por Televisa” Presented at XXXVIII Simposio de Antropología e Historia, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. February 21, 2013.
“Mexico’s Rivers of Yesterday: An Aesthetic Documentary about the Balsas River” Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 6th, 2013.
“The Effects of Influenza and Yellow Fever in Mexico: 1918-1923” Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Durango, Colorado, April 5th, 2014.
“Theaters of Social Memory in Francisco Villa and Comic Books: 1960-2000” Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Tucson, Arizona, April, 2015.
“Pancho Villa Documentary” Digital Roundtable Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Tucson, Arizona, April, 2015.
“Francisco Villa’s presence in Tucson, the controversy over Villa’s statue at Veinte de Agosto Park,” Presented at Academic Discussion Panel hosted by Centros de Estudios Universitarios UNAM, The History Department at University of Arizona, and the Mexican Consulate: Pancho Villa: Hero, Popular Symbol, and Commercial Product, Commemorating a hundred years from the Columbus Raid, Tucson, Arizona, March 2016.
"Mexican Masculinity within the context of Itinerario de una pasión: los amores de mi general [Francisco Villa]" Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Santa Fe New, Mexico, April 2016.
“La Expedición Punitiva vista a través de la caricatura política norteamericana,” Presented at 1916: En la Memoria de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora, Ciudad de México, October 7, 2016.
“Mythmaking in Times of Revolution: examining the origins of Francisco “Pancho” Villa’s Mythos 1910-1923” Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2017.
“Musical Folk Hero: the legacy of Francisco “Pancho” Villa’s myth in corridos; 1910-2010,” Presented at Latin American Studies Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 2018.
“Politics of Remembrance: how Francisco Villa became a pillar of the Revolution, 1938-1976,” Presented at XV Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México, Guadalajara, México, October 2018.
“Simiente de rebeldía, percepciones de periódicos estadounidenses referentes al movimiento magonista: 1900-1922,” Presented at IV Jornadas Culturales, Magonismo en la Fronteras, MUREF, Ciudad Juárez, México, November 2018.
“Transnational Visions of cultural patrimony, a Pancho Villa state park and equestrian statue in the United States,” Presented at Binational Research Symposium: Shared Cultural Heritage: Memory, Spaces, Experiences, and Boundaries, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February, 2019. Simposio Internacional Patrimonio Cultural Compartido: Memoria, Espacios, Experiencias y Fronteras, El Colegio de San Luis, San Luis Potosí, México, June, 2019.
“Visiones transfronterizas: La estatua y el parque de Pancho Villa en Tucson como muestras de patrimonio cultural de los Estados Unidos,” Presented at XLIV Simposio de Antropología e Historia, Hermosillo, Sonora, México, March 2019.
Chair “Perspectives on Colonialism,” at Kansas Association of Historians, Manhattan, Kansas, March 2019.
Chair “Political Tricksters, Exotics and Zombies in Latin American Literature,” at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 2019.
“LatinX Studies Certificate/Degree Programs and LatinX Student Recruitment Addressing the Changing Demographics in Kansas,” Co-presented with Nicole English and Christopher Olds, Michael Tilford Conference, Lawrence, KS, October 4, 2019.
“Violence erupting in Latin America,” American Democracy Project: New York Times Talk, Forsyth Library, Hays, KS, February 5, 2020.
“Años de la patria: Re-Imagining Revolutionary Pancho Villa in the 1960s,” Presented at SECOLAS (Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies), Austin, TX, March 2020.
“El quehacer periodístico en la creación del mito de Francisco Villa, 1910-1923,” Presented at VI Jornadas Culturales, El quehacer periodístico durante la Revolución Mexicana, MUREF, Online, November 2020.
“Demographics, Destiny & Durability: FHSU as a Striving Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI),” Co-presented with Nicole English and Christopher Olds, FHSU Spring Professional Development Day, Online, January 2021.
“Greasers, Revolutionaries, and Narcos: The Portrayal of Mexican Men in American Cinema during the Twentieth Century,” Presented at SWPACA (Southwest Popular American Cultural Association), Online, February 2021.
“A musical approximation to corridos of the 1916 Punitive Expedition,” Presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Online, March 2021.
“Building a Theoretical Argument for Rhythms of Resistance: viewing performance, music & dance as resistance, resilience & political speech,” co-presented by Nicole D. English, and Christopher Olds, SACAD (John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day), Online, April 1, 2021.
“The Cinematic Spectacle of Pancho Villa’s posthumous career,” Presented at AIMA (Association of Moving Image Archivist), Online, April 15, 2021.
“Under a fiery Mexican landscape: The Boy Scouts in revolutionary Chihuahua,” Presented at SECOLAS (Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies), Online, April 16, 2021.