Dr. John R. Bawden is a historian at Oregon State University. He teaches courses in World History, Latin American History, and Historical Methods. Most of his academic writing is about Chilean history during the Cold War and U.S.-Latin American relations. A student of the University of California-Riverside, he earned his BA and PhD in History from that institution. Bawden was the Michael J. Grainger Professor in Modern History at the University of Montevallo.
Bawden is the author of Latin American Soldiers: Armed Forces in the Region’s History (Routledge Press, 2019). He is also the author of The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century (University of Alabama Press, 2016). Bawden’s articles and op-eds are available on this website.
He is currently working on a project about the reaction of the global press to the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s government in 1973. In terms of teaching, a key focus is the direction of student research and its public presentation. During his time at the University of Montevallo, he directed two student podcasts – “Reforming Dixie: Stories from Alabama during the 1920s” and “Mistreatments and Miracles: Stories from 1920s Alabama”.
When not teaching, John enjoys camping, playing music with his family-band, and working on his YouTube channel about baseball history.
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