ESP Biography

DAVID THIBAULT-MUNOZ, Academic Advisor in the Gateway to College Program

Major: Not available.

College/Employer: Mount Wachusett Community College

Year of Graduation: Not available.

Brief Biographical Sketch:

David has been an educator, organizer and activist for the past fifteen years. He is an active member of the National Boricua Human Rights Network and taught Puerto Rican History 1898-present at the Dr. Pedro Albizu-Campos High School located in Chicago between 2002-2005. Since 2006, David has brought the play Crimes Against Humanity, depicting the lives and experience of Puerto Rican political prisoners to venues in Leominster, Worcester, Holyoke and Lawrence in order to bring light to the situations and cases of the remaining political prisoners.

David received his BA in Sociology with a minor in History from Binghamton University, where he studied Puerto Rican History under the direction of professors Kelvin Santiago, Miguel Gonzalez and Ramon Grosfugal 1995-1999 and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Illinois, Chicago, where he was mentored by Puerto Rican history professor Jose Lopez 2001-2005.

Past Classes

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H194: Puerto Rican History 1898-Present in Splash Fall 2013 (Nov. 16, 2013)

Generally, this lesson will review the reasons Puerto Ricans move from Puerto Rico to the United States. It will focus on both internal (within the U.S.) and international migrations (from Puerto Rico to the U.S.), discussing migration trends in terms of each region's (the U.S. and Puerto Rico) economy, climate, politics, and interconnection between each country. This lesson will focus on how Puerto Rican migration relates to international development, economic change, population control and Puerto Rico’s political relationship with the United States.