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Errol Jones

Errol Jones portrait

Professor Jones continues to work with graduate students interested in the history of Latinos in the United States and in Idaho.

Errol D. Jones earned the Ph.D. in 1971 from Texas Christian University specializing in Latin American history. From 1971 to 1976 Jones taught at the Universidad de las Amerícas in Mexico. Winner of a Latin American Teaching Fellowship for Brazil from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, he taught and did research at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil until 1979 when he became Director of the Utah History Fair at Utah State University.

In 1982 Professor Jones joined the History Department at Boise State University where he teaches Latin American history. His 1992 resource book, Latin American Military History (with David LaFrance), was selected by the American Library Association as one of the best annotated bibliographies for that year. Currently Jones is writing on the history of electrical power in Mexico as well as doing research on the history of Hispanics in Idaho.

Phone: 208/426-1255
Email: edjones@boisestate.edu

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