The Mendicant Church and the Origins of Mexican Catholicism
Franciscan Evangelization of Native Peoples in 16th-Century Mexico
Native Peoples in Colonial Mexico
Courses Taught
HIST 120 – World Civilizations to 1648HIST 484 – Historical Themes
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Verónica Gutiérrez, MFA, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of History and Political Science |
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3134 Email: vgutierrez@apu.edu |
Verónica A. Gutiérrez, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Latin American History. Her areas of expertise include Colonial Mexico, Mesoamerican Cultures, Medieval Castile, Franciscan Spirituality, and the Early Modern Catholic World. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research on Franciscan evangelization of native peoples in 16th-century San Pedro Cholula, Mexico, as well as a grant from Spain’s Ministry of Culture to spend two months at the Archive of the Indies in Sevilla. Gutiérrez has also received funding from the Ford Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Academy of American Franciscan History, and the Latin American Institute at UCLA.
For her article, “Quetzalcoatl’s Enlightened City: A Close Reading of Bernard Picart’s Engraving of Cholollan/Cholula,” she received the Hubert Herring Award from the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies. Her other publications include “Mesoamerican Religions: Colonial Cultures” in the Encyclopedia of Religion and “A Satellite Community in a Spanish City: The Barrio of Santiago Cholultecapan in Colonial Puebla de los Ángeles.” She has presented her work at various national and international conferences and has lectured at the San Gabriel Mission. In addition to teaching history, Gutiérrez has extensive experience in creative writing classrooms and looks forward to blending her specialties as she develops a diverse set of Latin American course offerings at APU.
For her article, “Quetzalcoatl’s Enlightened City: A Close Reading of Bernard Picart’s Engraving of Cholollan/Cholula,” she received the Hubert Herring Award from the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies. Her other publications include “Mesoamerican Religions: Colonial Cultures” in the Encyclopedia of Religion and “A Satellite Community in a Spanish City: The Barrio of Santiago Cholultecapan in Colonial Puebla de los Ángeles.” She has presented her work at various national and international conferences and has lectured at the San Gabriel Mission. In addition to teaching history, Gutiérrez has extensive experience in creative writing classrooms and looks forward to blending her specialties as she develops a diverse set of Latin American course offerings at APU.
Education
Ph.D. – Colonial Mexican History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012C.Phil. – Colonial Latin American History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
M.A. – Latin American History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006
MFA – Creative Nonfiction, Pennsylvania State University, 2004
B.A. – Creative Writing, University of San Francisco, 2000
Department
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- History and Political Science
Expertise
- Early Modern Catholicism
The Mendicant Church and the Origins of Mexican Catholicism - Latin American History
Franciscan Evangelization of Native Peoples in 16th-Century Mexico - Mesoamerican Cultures
Native Peoples in Colonial Mexico
HIST 484 – Historical Themes
Office Hours
M 12:00-1:00pmF 11:45am-1:45pm
Office Location
Ronald Building, (Azusa East Campus) Room 136C, East Campus
