Stephen Neufeld

Raised in the foothills of Alberta, Stephen Neufeld traveled widely before eventually finishing an MA in rainy Vancouver and a PhD in sun-scorched Tucson, with the assistance of SSHRC (Canada) doctoral fellowship. Today he is professor of history at California State University Fullerton, within earshot of Disneyland fireworks. In addition to publishing a number of essays on Mexican military history, among his most recent work is as co-editor and contributor for Mexico in Verse: A History of Rhyme, Music, and Power featuring his chapter "Sly Mockeries of Military Men". His book The Blood Contingent: The Military in the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876-1911, was awarded the Bryce Wood Outstanding Book on Latin America Award from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), and the Thomas McGann Outstanding Book on Latin America from the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS). His newest book is Perilous Beasts: Mexican Necropolitics, Animal Deaths, and Blood Sports, 1870–1920.