DAVID M. STARK

Department of History 185 Boltwood Drive NE

Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI 49505

Allendale, MI 49401-9403 (616) 447-8561

Tel: (616) 331-3174 Email: starkd@gvsu.edu

Fax: (616) 331-3285 Internet: faculty.gvsu.edu/starkd

EDUCATION

1999 Indiana University. Ph.D. in History.

Dissertation: “Family Life of Slaves in Puerto Rico: Demographic

Evidence from the Years 1675-1800.

Adviser: Dr. Muriel Nazzari.

1992 Indiana University. M.A. in Latin American History.

1990 Indiana University. M.A. in Spanish Literature.

1987 Indiana University. B.A. in Spanish Literature.

EMPLOYMENT

2001-present Assistant Professor. Department of History, Grand Valley State

University, Allendale, Michigan. Courses: World Civilizations since

1500, Early Latin America, Modern Latin America, Writing History

2000-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of History, Grand Valley

State University, Allendale, Michigan. Courses: World Civilizations,

European Civilizations, Early Latin America.

2000-2001 Instructor. Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Aquinas

College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Courses: Latin American Culture

and Civilization.

1999 Adjunct Professor. Department of History, Grand Valley State

University, Allendale, Michigan. Courses: Western Civilization

(Origins to 1500), Western Civilization (1500 to Present).

1999 Instructor. Latin American Studies Department, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. Courses: Modern Latin American History.

1993-1998 Course Assistant. Department of History, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. Courses: Colonial Latin American History,

History of the Family in the West, French Revolution and Napoleonic

Era, Origins of Modern America, The Family in History, Modern Latin

American History, African Civilizations.

1991-1992 Consultant and Scriptwriter. Researched the historical background

for the 23 two and one-half minute modules on different aspects of

Columbus’s voyages to North America in addition to writing the

scripts for three of the modules for Columbus mini-series written and

produced in the WFIU studios at Indiana University.

1987-1990 Instructor. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. Courses: Elementary Spanish, Elementary

Spanish II, Second Year Spanish I, Second Year Spanish II .

AWARDS

1997 Latin American Fellowship. Awarded by Indiana University and the

Indiana Federation of Clubs.

1994 Summer Fellowship. Awarded by the Centro de Estudios Avanzados

de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.

1991-1992 CIC Graduate Minority Fellowship. Awarded by Indiana University

for graduate study in History.

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

2003 “Heads of Household and Residents Seeking to Establish a Town at

Guayabo in 1730.” Revista de Genalogía Puertorriqueña. 4:1 (abril

2003): 72-7.

2002 “The Family Tree Is Not Cut: Marriage among Slaves in Eighteenth-

Century Puerto Rico.” New West Indian Guide. 76:1&2 (2002) 23-45.

2001 “The Genealogy and Family History of the Apontes in Eighteenth-

Century Coamo, Puerto Rico.” Revista de Genealogía Puertorriqueña.

2:2 (octubre 2001): 60-7.

1999 “Surviving Slavery: Marriage Strategies among the Eighteenth Century

Puerto Rican Slave Population.” In Crossing Boundaries: Comparative

History of Black People in Diaspora, ed. by Darlene Clark Hine and

Jacqueline McLeod, 246-81. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University

Press.

1999 “Creando su propia comunidad: La selección de padrinos y el

compadrazgo entre la población esclava de Puerto Rico durante el

siglo XVIII.” La Revista del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de

Puerto Rico y el Caribe. 19 (julio-diciembre 1994): 2-10.

1997 “Marriage Strategies among the Eighteenth Century Puerto Rican

Slave Population: Demographic Evidence from the Pre-Plantation

Period.” Caribbean Studies. 29:2 (1996): 185-212.

1997 “Padrón del año 1673 de las personas que hay en la ciudad de San Juan

de Puerto Rico: Una transcripción con introducción y notas

genealógicas.” Boletín de la Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía.

9:3-4 (octubre 1997): 1-114.

1996 “Discovering the Invisible Puerto Rican Slave Family: Demographic

Evidence from the Eighteenth Century.” Journal of Family History.

21:4 (October 1996): 395-418.

Reviews

2001 Book Review of Cadenas de esclavitud y de solidaridad: Esclavos y

libertos en San Juan, siglo XIX. By Raúl Mayo Santana, Mariano

Negrón Portillo and Manuel Mayo López. In New West Indian

Guide. 75-3/4 (2001): 321-3.

1998 Book Review of The Cuban Slave Market, 1790-1880. By Laird W.

Bergad, Fe Iglesias García and María del Carmen Barcia. In New

West Indian Guide. 72-1/2 (1998): 140-2.

PRESENTATIONS

2003 April 28-May 2. “Aprovechándose de las oportunidades: Buscando el

momento oportuno para contraer matrimonio entre la población

esclava de Puerto Rico a través del siglo XVIII.” Presented at the 35^th

Annual Conference of Caribbean Historians, Universidad de

Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

2003 February 7-8. “Committed to a Principle: Eighteenth-Century Afro

Puerto Ricans and the Establishment of San Mateo de Cangrejos

(Santurce), Puerto Rico.” Presented at the Conference on Black

Studies: Methodology, Pedagogy, and Research, Schomburg Centre

for Research in Black Culture, New York.

2002 April 8-11. “Rethinking Culture and Identity in Eighteenth-Century

Puerto Rico: Afro-Puerto Ricans in San Mateo de Cangrejos

(Santurce).” Presented at the 34^th Annual Conference of the

Association of Caribbean Historians, College of the Bahamas,

Nassau.

2001 September 20-3. “Creating a Community of their Own: Eighteenth-

Century Afro-Puerto Ricans in San Mateo de Cangrejos (Santurce)

Puerto Rico.” Presented at Diaspora Paradigms: New Scholarship

in Comparative Black History, Michigan State University, East

Lansing.

2000 September 20-3. “Making the Most of their Time: Marriage

Seasonalities among the Eighteenth-Century Puerto Rican Slave

Population.” Presented at Crossing Boundaries: The African

Diaspora in the New Millennium, New York University, New York.

1999 November 11-13. “The Family Tree Is Not Cut: Marriage among

Slaves in Eighteenth-Century Puerto Rico.” Social Science History

Association, Fort Worth.

1998 October 23-25. Marriage among Slaves in Eighteenth-Century Puerto

Rico.” Primer Congreso de Genealogía Puertorriqueña, Centro de

Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan.

1997 May 15-17. “Godparent Selection Practices among the Eighteenth

Century Puerto Rican Slave Population.” Third Carleton

Conference on the History of the Family, Carleton University,

Ottawa.

1995 April 13-15. “Surviving Slavery: Marriage Strategies and Family

Formation Patterns among the Eighteenth Century Puerto Rican

Slave Population.” Presented at the Symposium of Comparative

History of Black People in Diaspora, Michigan State University,

East Lansing.

1994 October 27-30. “Discovering the Invisible Puerto Rican Slave Family:

Demographic Evidence from the Eighteenth Century.” Presented at

the Conference on “Family and Slavery in the Americas.”

Université de Montréal, Montréal.

1994 October 13-16. “Marriage Patterns among the Puerto Rican Slave

Population: Demographic Evidence from the Eighteenth Century.”

Social Science History Association, Atlanta.

1994 May 11-14. “Discovering the Invisible Puerto Rican Slave Family:

Demographic Evidence from the Eighteenth Century.” Second

Carleton Conference on the History of the Family, Carleton

University, Ottawa.