Directory Profiles
Ligia Domenech, PhD
Limited Term Faculty
History, Geography, and Philosophy, Department of
Arnold Hall 233
History, Latin American Studies, World War II, India, Islam
Education and Certifications
BA in Social Work from the University of Puerto Rico
MA in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Studies from the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto
Rico and the Caribbean
PhD in History with concentrations in Caribbean and US History from the Center for
Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Biography
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Dr. Ligia Domenech has a B.A. in Social Work, a Master in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Studies and a Ph.D. in History. Since 2001 she has taught history, humanities and social sciences and even spent three months as an at-sea professor in a US Coast Guard cutter on patrol. In 2007 she published her first book "Que el Pueblo Decida: La gobernación de Roberto Sánchez Vilella, 1964-68", on the transition from populism to technocracy in Puerto Rico. In 2014 Dr. Domenech published her second book: “Imprisoned in the Caribbean: The 1942 German U-boat Blockade”, a thorough study about life in the Caribbean during World War II, and since then has published chapters in three other books. In February 2025 her third book will be published by the University Press of Mississippi: "Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010", a thoughtful look at how mainland US observers perceive and portray Puerto Ricans. She had a summer in an Institute in India, another learning about Islam, and yet another learning both about Korea and on how to teach about the Holocaust. She has lived both in Argentina and in the United States, and now resides in Uruguay. She is teaching World History at CSU for this academic year.
