Anna Rose Alexander , PhD Faculty Profile

Anna   Rose  Alexander , PhD

Associate Professor

Department of History

I am a first-generation student and an award-winning teacher specializing in public history, Latin American history, and urban and environmental histories. I initially became interested in Latin America while earning a B.A. from CSU, Chico and later went on to receive a M.A. in Latin American Studies and Ph.D. in History from the University of Arizona. 
In 2016 the University of Pittsburgh Press published my first book entitled . I am currently working on a second book about a petroleum explosion that occurred outside of Mexico City in 1984 in San Juan Ixhautepec (San Juanico). 
I am a proud co-editor of  (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) that blends my love of teaching and scholarship. I teach courses about the public history, Latin America, the history of sustainability. 

Urban environmental history, particularly fires and disaster, in Mexico City and Latin America.

  • Ph.D. History- University of Arizona (2012)
  • M.A. Latin American Studies- University of Arizona (2008)
  • B.A. History- AV狼, Chico (2006)

Not teaching this semester.

Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations, 5th edition, edited by James A. Wood and Anna Rose Alexander (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019)

“One Fire, Two Songs: Óscar Chávez and El Tri Sing about the 1984 San Juanico Fire,” The Latin Americanist (December 2020): 377-392.

“The Problem of Fire and the American City,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History (September 2020),

“My First-Generation Journey to History Professor,” in You Are Not Alone: Recipes to Obtain Success by Students for Students, edited by Lettie Ramirez (El Monte, CA: Velázquez Press, 2019). Awarded the International Latino Book Award.

“Careers for History Majors: Study the Past, Find your Future,” in You Are Not Alone: Recipes to Obtain Success by Students for Students, edited by Lettie Ramirez (El Monte, CA: Velázquez Press, 2019). Awarded the International Latino Book Award.

Amelia M. Kiddle y Anna Rose Alexander, “Historias de América Latina,” ISTOR año XVII, núm 67 (invierno de 2016): 3-12.

“Safety by Design: Engineers and Entrepreneurs Invent Fire Safety in Mexico City, 1860-1910.” Urban History 41, no. 3 (August 2014): 435-455.

“Incendiary Legislation: Fire Protection and Risk in Porfirian Puebla.” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 29, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 175-199.

Faculty Excellence Award, College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences, AV狼, East Bay (2021)

Award of Distinction in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Georgia Southern University (2015)