Arturo Sebastian Gonzalez

Education

• University of Miami, August 2022 – Present
  PhD History
  Dissertation: “Bribes, Spies, and Cuban Consulates: Influence of the Cuban Republican Governments in Émigré Colonies, 1902-1961”
• University of Florida, August 2018 – May 2021
  B.A. History, Summa Cum Laude
  Thesis: “Cables from Cuba: Cross-Strait Solidarity and Politics in Ybor City, 1898-1961”

Publications

• Gonzalez, Arturo S. “Teaching to Toil: Plantation Labor as a Moral Obligation in Post-Emancipation Antigua.” Alpata: A Journal of History 17 (Fall 2021): 108-123.

Conference Presentations

• Gonzalez, Arturo. “Rise of an American Empire.” Guest Lecture, HIS 102: US History After 1877, University of Miami, 14 February 2024.
• ---. “Consulates and Conflict:Cuban Institutional Transnationalism during the 1924 Veterans' Rebellion.” Paper presented at Department of History Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Miami. 6 December 2023.
• ---. “Everyday Tasks and Hidden Agendas: Cuban Consulates’ Florida Operations.” Paper presented at Florida and 20th Century International Events panel, Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting and Symposium, Orlando, FL. 20 October 2023.
• ---. “Cables from Cuba: Cross-Strait Solidarity and Politics in Ybor City, 1898-1961.” Paper presented at the Race and Society panel, History Honors Conference, University of Florida. 10 April 2021.
• ---. “Cables from Cuba: Cross-Strait Solidarity and Politics in Ybor City, 1898-1961.” Paper presented at the Virtual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida. 25 March 2021.
• ---. “Cables from Cuba: Trans-Atlantic Connections and the End of Cross-Racial Unity in Cuban Tampa, 1898-1961.” Paper presented at the Virtual Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida. 17 November 2020.

Public History Work

• Gonzalez, Arturo (Guest) and Sebastian Garcia (Host). “Cuban Consulates in Key West.” Florida Frontiers Radio Program #548. 31 May 2024.
• Fotodiario, Cuban Studies Magazine
  • Gonzalez, Arturo. “Slavery-themed Restaurant.” Fotodiario, Online exhibit, University of Florida, Cuban Studies. 7 March 2024.
  • ---. “Enslavement as Entertainment.” Fotodiario, Online exhibit, University of Florida, Cuban Studies. 7 March 2024.
  • ---. “Sale of a Human Being as Decoration.” Fotodiario, Online exhibit, University of Florida, Cuban Studies. 7 March 2024.
  • ---. “Dining with Cimarrones.” Fotodiario, Online exhibit, University of Florida, Cuban Studies. 7 March 2024.
  • ---. “Cimarronería and Orthodox Nationalism.” Fotodiario, Online exhibit, University of Florida, Cuban Studies. 7 March 2024.
• Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of Florida
  • Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. First Gen Success: Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program at 15 Years! SPOHP111, November 7, 2021.
  • Gonzalez, Arturo, Ash Layne, Caitlyn Seibert, Courtney Walsh, and Sam Johnson. Trailblazers: A 15-Year Legacy of First Gen Opportunity. SPOHP111, April 20, 2021.
  • Nguyen, Phuong. “An Oral History with Phuong Nguyen March 29, 2021.” By Arturo Gonzalez. SPOHP111, 7 April 2021.
  • Merilan, Mohamad. “An Oral History with Mohamad Merilan March 22, 2021.” By Arturo Gonzalez. SPOHP111, 23 March 2021.
  • Zucker, Anita. “An Oral History with Anita Zucker March 17, 2021.” By Paul Ortiz and Arturo Gonzalez. SPOHP111, 18 March 2021.
  • Cruz, Adrian. “An Oral History with Adrian Cruz. March 4, 2021.” By Arturo Gonzalez. SPOHP111, 8 Marsh 2021.
  • Smeda, Karen. “An Oral History with Karen Smeda February 27, 2021.” By Arturo Gonzalez. SPOHP111, 8 March 2021.

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

• Start: August 2024 Dean’s Fellowship, University of Miami ($76,000)
• October 2023 Chair’s Travel Award, University of Miami Department of History ($500)
• May 2023 Levine Latin American History Fund Summer Grant, University of Miami ($2700)
• August 2022Holmes Fellowship, University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences ($10,000)
• April 2021 President’s Scholar Award for Latin American History, University of Florida
• April 2021 Dean’s Medal for Excellence in Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
• May 2020 Daniel J. Koleos Research Award, UF Department of History ($1000)
• March 2020 University Scholars Program Research Grant, University of Florida ($1750)
• August 2018 Benacquisto Scholarship, University of Florida

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant, University of Miami
  • “United States After 1877”, Department of History, Spring 2024.
  • “Hawai`i and its Pacfic Worlds: or, How Surfing Colonized California and the World”, Department of History, Fall 2023.

Research Assistant

• Prof. Lillian Guerra, University of Florida
  Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami
  August 2023
• Prof. Ariel Mae Lambe, University of Connecticut
  University of South Florida Special Collections & University of Florida Special Collections
  November 2021 – August 2022

Other Service

• Graduate Student Association, University of Miami
  Senator, representing the Department of History
  August 2023 – Present

Languages

• English – Native
• Spanish – Fluent

Non-Academic Experiences

Legal Field

• Notary Public
  Gubernatorial appointee
  August 2019 – August 2023
• Mock Trial
  Judge, Coach, Captain, Competitor
  May 2016 – February 2022
  • Mock Trial Handbook
    Senior Editor and Chapter Contributor
    LitiGators. “University of Florida Mock Trial New Member Curriculum.” Internal distribution, 25 November 2020, PDF.
  • American Mock Trial Association Orlando Regional, Bid to ORCS, 2021
  • American Mock Trial Association Orlando Regional, 1st place, 2020
  • Empire Mock Trial World Champion, 2018
  • National High School Mock Trial Championship, 6th place, 2018
• Empire Mock Trial, LLC.
  Logistics Officer
  September 2020 – February 2022
• Ritter, Zaretsky, Lieber & Jaime, LLP.
  Paralegal, temp.
  July 2019 – August 2019

Music

• Aisle 14, “Bartender's Oath,” Track 3 on Ailse 14, 2023. On Spotify!

Other Service

• Southeastern Grocers, Winn-Dixie
  Bartender
  January 2022 – May 2022