Javier Castillo
Advisor: Emma Amador
Research interests
19th- and 20th-Century U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean. Local History of Puerto Ricans in Hartford, CT; Springfield, MA; and Holyoke, MA.
Education
Honors BA History, George Washington University (Magna Cum Laude).
Specialization: Transnational Histories of the Americas.
Undergraduate Award for Best Honors Thesis in U.S. History: “The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party’s Radical Anti-Imperialist Reaction to U.S. Colonialism and Self-Determination in Puerto Rico’s Democratization.”
Undergraduate Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Brady
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