Nicola Foote, Ph.D.

Professor of History and Interim Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University

Nicola Foote is Professor of History and Interim Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University where she has taught since 2005. She is a specialist in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean. Her books include Immigration and National Identities in Latin America (University Press of Florida, 2014); The Caribbean History Reader (Routledge, 2012) and Military Struggle and Identity Formation in Latin America: Race, Nation and Community in the Liberal Era (University Press of Florida, 2010). She teaches a range of classes in Latin American and Caribbean studies, including US-Latin American Relations.