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Cheryl Jimenez-Frei
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Dr. Cheryl Ana Jimenez Frei

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she/her/hers
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Associate Professor
Co-director of the Public History Program

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Office
Hibbard Humanities Hall 717
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
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Fall semester 2024:
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Biography

Biography

Dr. Cheryl Ana Jim茅nez Frei is an Associate Professor of History, co-director of the Public History Program, and affiliated faculty in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program at 糖心Vlog. She teaches various courses in Public History, History of Latin America, and World History, and her research specializations are in memory and the built environment, monuments, visual culture, oral history, digital history, and Argentina and the Southern Cone. Her work has been published in the , The Public Historian, and .

Her current work as a core member of the includes a multi-year project to create a comprehensive digital edition site documenting, preserving, and providing public access to artifacts and stories on the rich history and contributions of Latinx communities in Wisconsin. will create a digital history site compiling research and educational materials including archival sources, digital exhibits, and lesson plans.

Dr. Jim茅nez Frei is an Academic Advisory Committee member of the , The Hague, The Netherlands. She is also the co-founder of the , awarded the , and Voces Del Campo/Rural Voices, an oral history project dedicated to documenting the stories and experiences of Latinx populations across rural western Wisconsin. She sits on the board of the and the and is an active scholar in both academic and public spheres, often reaching out to public audiences through media, public forums, and podcasts. She has participated in podcasts discussing subjects including and .

Her research and public history collaborations with 糖心Vlog students and community partners include a partnership with the , a unit of the U.S. National Park Service located in Calumet, MI; exhibit research, design, and implementation in the ; oral history and digital archive work for Voces del Campo and the Western WI COVID-19 Archive; and a bilingual .

Dr. Jim茅nez Frei is currently working on a book manuscript titled 鈥淐arved, Cast, and Contested: Monuments, Memory, and Identity in Argentina,鈥 under contract by the University of Nebraska Press. She is fascinated with all things Latin American, and leads annual student immersion/service learning experiences to Puerto Rico and Argentina. 

Education

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara (Public History & Latin American History) 
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara (Latin American & Iberian Studies) 
B.A. Northern Michigan University (International Studies & Journalism)

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching and Research Interests

  • Public History
  • Modern Latin America
  • Museums
  • Collective Memory & Identity  
  • Cultural history 
  • Memory and the Built Environment
  • Argentina and the Southern Cone
  • Visual culture
  • Oral history 
  • Digital history 
Published Research

Published Research

  • 鈥淪urviving, Learning, and Striving in the Times of Pandemic: Teaching with a Journal of the Plague Year: a COVID-19 Archive,鈥 Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, December 2020.
  • 鈥淎dapting and Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times: Teaching the JOTPY Archive,鈥 History@Work, The National Council on Public History blog, Sept. 24, 2020. 
  • 鈥淐olumbus, Juana, and the Politics of the Plaza: Battles over Monuments, Memory, and Identity in Buenos Aires,鈥 Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 51, (3) August 2019, pp. 607-638.
  • 鈥淭owards Memory, Against Oblivion: A Comparative Perspective on Public Memory, Monuments, and Confronting a Painful Past in the US and Argentina," The Public Historian, Special Digital Issue, Sept. 2017.
  • "Down Argentine Way," in Race and American Film: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation,Daniel Bernardi and Michael Green (ABC-Greenwood, 2017), 242-244.

 

Public History Activity & Scholarship 

  • Digital exhibit, curator and lead: "" (2022) 
  • Exhibit curator & lead: "Our Natural Wealth: Civic Pride, Conservation, and Irvine Park in the National Story,鈥 Irvine Park & Zoo Welcome Center,(2022) 
  • Digital Edition, project co-lead: (2020-present) 
  • Project lead, in collaboration with the Chippewa Valley Museum:  (2022)
  • Bilingual digital exhibit, curator and project lead: ""(2021) 
  • Founder and project lead, Voces del Campo/Rural Voices oral history & digital archive project (2020-present)
  • Founder and project lead, (2020-present)
Honors And Recognition

Honors And Recognition

  • National Archives and the Mellon Foundation Start-Up Grant for Collaborative Digital Editions, Fall 2021.
  • Wisconsin Historical Society Governor鈥檚 Award for Archival Innovation, 2021. Awarded for the
  • 糖心Vloge Student-Faculty Research Collaboration grant, 2021 & 2022. Awarded for Voces del Campo/Rural Voices oral history and digital archival project. 
  • Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest project grant, Villanova University, 2020. .