FACULTY PROFILES

Joshua Savala

Associate Professor
History

Office Building: Liberal Arts Building
Office Room: 225
Phone:
Email: jpsavala@utep.edu

Bio

Born and raised in San Bernardino, California, I completed my PhD at Cornell University and taught at Rollins College before moving to the University of Texas at El Paso.

Awards and Honors

Best Book (Social Sciences) on the Southern Cone (Honorable Mention) - Southern Cone Studies, Latin American Studies Association (04/01/2023-04/30/2023)
Flora Tristán Book Prize (Honorable Mention) - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/13/2023)
José María Arguedas Prize - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/17/2020)

Education

Ph D in History, Cornell University (2019)
MA in History, Cornell University (2015)
MA in History, Tufts University (2012)
BA in History and Sociology, University of California, Davis (2007)

Publications

Review of Elizabeth Montañez Sanabria (ed), Cartografía histórica del Peru: Desde 1529 hasta el siglo XXI Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography 78 1 (2026), Joshua P. Savala.
Capital Cities of Latin America: New Approaches and Scales Journal of Urban History 52 2 (2026), Joshua P. Savala, Ernesto Capello.
Medicina y el Pacífico: Circulación, desconexión y cólera en Chile y Perú, 1880s / Medicine and the Pacific: Circulation, Disconnection, and Cholera in Chile and Peru, 1880s Macrohistoria 7 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Más allá de la guerra: historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2024), Joshua P. Savala.
An axis, not a line of division: Cooperative planning and development on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1960s Journal of Historical Geography 84 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Beyond Patriotic Phobias: Connections, Cooperation, and Solidarity in the Peruvian-Chilean Pacific World University of California Press (2022), Joshua Savala.

Presentations

Politics and Policing, from Arequipa to the Pacific in the early twentieth century (2026), Volume Puebla, Mexico, Joshua P. Savala.
Andean Utopias in 1920s Arequipa, Peru (2026), Volume Chicago, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra. Historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Cusco, Peru, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra. Historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Lima, Peru, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra. Historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Arica, Chile, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra: historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Tacna, Peru, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra book presentation (2025), Volume Santiago, Chile, Joshua P. Savala.
Medicine and the Pacific: Transnational Circulation and Collaboration in nineteenth century Peru and Chile (2024), Volume Virtual, Joshua P. Savala.
A Geography of Slavery in 1830s Callao, Peru (2024), Volume Bogotá, Colombia, Joshua Savala.
Peru, Chile, and the Pacific: Anarchism and Collaborative Histories (2024), Volume Syracuse, New York, Joshua Savala.
A Geography of Slavery in 1830s Callao, Peru (2024), Volume Asheville, North Carolina, Joshua Savala.
Peru and Chile through the Pacific (2024), Volume San Francisco, CA, Joshua Savala.
Más allá de las fobias patrioteras: Historias de colaboración entre Peru y Chile (2023), Volume Viña del Mar, Chile, Joshua Savala.
Peru, Chile, and the Pacific: Toward Collaborative and Parallel Histories (2023), Volume Los Angeles, CA, Joshua Savala.
Labor and Solidarity in Chile and Beyond (2023), Volume Irvine, CA, Joshua Savala.
Anarcho-syndicalism, Ships, and Maritime Workers in the Chilean Pacific (2023), Volume Antigua, Guatemala, Joshua Savala.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2026	HIST 4390 - Directed Study	18388
Fall 2026	HIST 3357 - History and Film	17800	Syllabus
Fall 2026	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10763	Syllabus
Fall 2026	HIST 5398 - Thesis	18189
Fall 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	16476
Fall 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	16771

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Summer 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31162
Spring 2026	HIST 4390 - Directed Study	28538
Spring 2026	HIST 5393 - Independent Research	28281
Spring 2026	HIST 5370 - Seminar-United States History	28585	Syllabus
Spring 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	26626
Fall 2025	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10755	Syllabus
Fall 2025	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10821	Syllabus
Fall 2025	HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History	17647	Syllabus
Fall 2025	HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist	13486	Syllabus
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	18512
Spring 2025	HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810	27230	Syllabus
Fall 2024	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10905	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2026	HIST 5370 - Seminar-United States History	28585	Evaluation
Fall 2025	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10755	Evaluation
Fall 2025	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10821	Evaluation
Fall 2025	HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History	17647	Evaluation
Fall 2025	HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist	13486	Evaluation
Spring 2025	HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810	27230	Evaluation
Fall 2024	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10905	Evaluation

Bio

Born and raised in San Bernardino, California, I completed my PhD at Cornell University and taught at Rollins College before moving to the University of Texas at El Paso.

Awards and Honors

Best Book (Social Sciences) on the Southern Cone (Honorable Mention) - Southern Cone Studies, Latin American Studies Association (04/01/2023-04/30/2023)
Flora Tristán Book Prize (Honorable Mention) - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/13/2023)
José María Arguedas Prize - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/17/2020)

Ph D in History, Cornell University (2019)
MA in History, Cornell University (2015)
MA in History, Tufts University (2012)
BA in History and Sociology, University of California, Davis (2007)

Publications

Review of Elizabeth Montañez Sanabria (ed), Cartografía histórica del Peru: Desde 1529 hasta el siglo XXI Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography 78 1 (2026), Joshua P. Savala.
Capital Cities of Latin America: New Approaches and Scales Journal of Urban History 52 2 (2026), Joshua P. Savala, Ernesto Capello.
Medicina y el Pacífico: Circulación, desconexión y cólera en Chile y Perú, 1880s / Medicine and the Pacific: Circulation, Disconnection, and Cholera in Chile and Peru, 1880s Macrohistoria 7 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Más allá de la guerra: historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2024), Joshua P. Savala.
An axis, not a line of division: Cooperative planning and development on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1960s Journal of Historical Geography 84 (2024), Joshua Savala.

Presentations

Politics and Policing, from Arequipa to the Pacific in the early twentieth century (2026), Volume Puebla, Mexico, Joshua P. Savala.
Andean Utopias in 1920s Arequipa, Peru (2026), Volume Chicago, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra. Historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Cusco, Peru, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra. Historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Lima, Peru, Joshua P. Savala.
Más allá de la guerra. Historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 (2025), Volume Arica, Chile, Joshua P. Savala.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

HIST 4390 - Directed Study

Section

18388

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

HIST 3357 - History and Film

Section

17800

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10763

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

HIST 5398 - Thesis

Section

18189

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

16476

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

16771

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Summer 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31162

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

HIST 4390 - Directed Study

Section

28538

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

HIST 5393 - Independent Research

Section

28281

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

HIST 5370 - Seminar-United States History

Section

28585

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

26626

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10755

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10821

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History

Section

17647

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist

Section

13486

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

18512

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810

Section

27230

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10905

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

HIST 5370 - Seminar-United States History

Section

28585

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10755

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10821

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History

Section

17647

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist

Section

13486

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810

Section

27230

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10905

Evaluation

Joshua Savala

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Education

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Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations