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Michael Conniff

Michael Lee Conniff (born 1942) was a historian of Latin America, who specialized on modern Brazil and Panama. Between 2002 and 2012 he also created and directed the Global Studies program and afterward served as professor of history at San Jose State University, California. He went to half-time teaching in 2012 and retired in 2016. He had longstanding interests in populism and Africans in Latin America. In 1962 Conniff joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as a volunteer for urban community development. He continued working in community development as a contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Panama (1966-1967). Conniff earned his BA in Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1968, followed by an MA in the same field at Stanford in 1969. Conniff spent 1971–75 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he conducted research for his doctorate in Brazilian history at Stanford. He also worked as a consultant for social science and urban programs at the Ford Foundation office there and taught classes at the Pontifical Catholic University. In 1975 Conniff moved with his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he began as lecturer in history (1975-1976) at the University of New Mexico and finished his doctorate in Latin American History at Stanford.…

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Michael Lee Conniff (born 1942) was a historian of Latin America, who specialized on modern Brazil and Panama. Between 2002 and 2012 he also created and directed the Global Studies program and afterward served as professor of history at San Jose State University, California. He went to half-time teaching in 2012 and retired in 2016. He had longstanding interests in populism and Africans in Latin America. In 1962 Conniff joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as a volunteer for urban community development. He continued working in community development as a contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Panama (1966-1967). Conniff earned his BA in Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1968, followed by an MA in the same field at Stanford in 1969. Conniff spent 1971–75 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he conducted research for his doctorate in Brazilian history at Stanford. He also worked as a consultant for social science and urban programs at the Ford Foundation office there and taught classes at the Pontifical Catholic University. In 1975 Conniff moved with his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he began as lecturer in history (1975-1976) at the University of New Mexico and finished his doctorate in Latin American History at Stanford.…

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1942 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 2025-06-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 1925 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. publication date: 1904 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. publication date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. publication date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  7. publication date: 2019 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1942". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "2025-06-23". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "1925". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the publication date is "1904". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the publication date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the publication date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. The record states that the publication date is "2019". What evidence would count against this claim?
  9. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  10. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336972453

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.