Matt Childs

Assistant Professor of History

Matt Childs received his BA in history from Central Michigan University (1992), MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA (1994), and Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at Austin (2001). He joined the History Department at FSU in the Fall of 2001. He has published articles in The Journal of Latin American Studies, The Americas, The Historian, The History Workshop Journal, and the Latin American Research Review. He has co-edited with Toyin Falola The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World (2005) that examines the enslavement, middle passage, New World experiences, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. His single authored book The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery (2006) examines a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion that erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. Childs has received research grants from the Social Science Research Council, the Ford Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Fulbright-Hays Program to conduct research in Cuba Spain, and Great Britain. His primary research and teaching interests are Latin American and Caribbean social and cultural history with a particular emphasis on slavery and race relations.

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				Matt Childs Assistant Professor of History Matt Childs received his BA in history from Central Michigan University (1992), MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA (1994), and Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at Austin (2001). He joined the History Department at FSU in the Fall of 2001. He has published articles in The Journal of Latin American Studies, The Americas, The Historian, The History Workshop Journal, and the Latin American Research Review. He has co-edited with Toyin Falola The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World (2005) that examines the enslavement, middle passage, New World experiences, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. His single authored book The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery (2006) examines a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion that erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. Childs has received research grants from the Social Science Research Council, the Ford Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Fulbright-Hays Program to conduct research in Cuba Spain, and Great Britain. His primary research and teaching interests are Latin American and Caribbean social and cultural history with a particular emphasis on slavery and race relations.