*Marshall C. Eakin (Ph.D., UCLA, 1981) teaches Latin American history and courses in the interdisciplinary program in Latin American Studies. His research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Brazil, especially the history of industrialization and nation-building. He also works on the history of science and technology in Latin America. His publications include British Enterprise in Brazil: The St. John d'el Rey Mining Company and the Morro Velho Gold Mine, 1830-1960 (Duke, 1989), Brazil: The Once and Future Country (St. Martin's, 1997) and Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Palgrave, 2001).  He is the co-editor of Envisioning Brazil:  A Guide to Brazilian Studies in the United States, 1945-2003 (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005).  His most recent book is The History of Latin America:  Collision of Cultures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).  A recipient of the Chancellor's Cup for contributions to student-faculty relations, he was also awarded a Chair of Teaching Excellence (1998-2001).  Eakin is currently the Executive Director of  the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA).