Anna Rose Alexander , PhD Faculty Profile

Anna Rose Alexander , PhD

Associate Professor

Department of History

E-mail: anna.alexander@csueastbay.edu
Phone: (510) 885-3237
Office: SF 440
Vitae: View my CV

I am a first-generation student and an award-winning teacher specializing in public history, Latin American history, and urban and environmental histories. I initially became interested in Latin America while earning a B.A. from CSU, Chico and later went on to receive a M.A. in Latin American Studies and Ph.D. in History from the University of Arizona.

In 2016 the University of Pittsburgh Press published my first book entitled City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910. I am currently working on a second book about a petroleum explosion that occurred outside of Mexico City in 1984 in San Juan Ixhautepec (San Juanico).

I am a proud co-editor of Problems in Modern Latin American History 5th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) that blends my love of teaching and scholarship. I teach courses about the public history, Latin America, the history of sustainability.

Professional Focus

Education

Courses

Spring Semester 2025
Course #	Sec	Course Title	Days	Location	Campus
HIST 393	01	Revolutionary Thought Latin Am	ARR	WEB-ASYNCH	Online Campus
HIST 393	02	Revolutionary Thought Latin Am	ARR	WEB-ASYNCH	Online Campus
HIST 402	01	Public History	ARR	WEB-ASYNCH	Hayward Campus

Publications

Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations, 5th edition, edited by James A. Wood and Anna Rose Alexander (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019)

City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910, History of the Urban Environment (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)

“One Fire, Two Songs: Óscar Chávez and El Tri Sing about the 1984 San Juanico Fire,” The Latin Americanist (December 2020): 377-392.

“The Problem of Fire and the American City,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History (September 2020), https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.875

“My First-Generation Journey to History Professor,” in You Are Not Alone: Recipes to Obtain Success by Students for Students, edited by Lettie Ramirez (El Monte, CA: Velázquez Press, 2019). Awarded the International Latino Book Award.

“Careers for History Majors: Study the Past, Find your Future,” in You Are Not Alone: Recipes to Obtain Success by Students for Students, edited by Lettie Ramirez (El Monte, CA: Velázquez Press, 2019). Awarded the International Latino Book Award.

Amelia M. Kiddle y Anna Rose Alexander, “Historias de América Latina,” ISTOR año XVII, núm 67 (invierno de 2016): 3-12.

“Safety by Design: Engineers and Entrepreneurs Invent Fire Safety in Mexico City, 1860-1910.” Urban History 41, no. 3 (August 2014): 435-455.

“Incendiary Legislation: Fire Protection and Risk in Porfirian Puebla.” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 29, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 175-199.

Anna Rose Alexander , PhD Faculty Profile