Dr. Nicola Foote

FGCU Professor and Dean

Nicola Foote is Associate Dean for University-Wide Programs and Faculty Engagement and Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History at Florida Gulf Coast University Gulf Coast University. She is the author or editor of five books, including most recently Civilians and War in World History (Routledge, 2017) and The Modern Latin America Sourcebook (Oxford University Press, 2018). Her research and pedagogical work has been supported by grants and fellowships from The National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation, among others. She has held a variety of leadership roles on the FGCU campus, including Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, and Interim Director of the Honors Program.  Her work on the Galapagos Islands began in 2011. She is the Director of an Oral History Project entitled Experiences of Migration to the Galapagos Islands, as well as co-PI on a collaborative research project entitled Science and Society in the Galapagos Islands. The Humane Society of the United States is currently funding her collaborative research (with evolutionary biologist Charles Gunnels) on Historical Zoology in the Galapagos Islands. She has also taken FGCU students to the Galapagos Islands via two Study Abroad trips.