Dr. Christopher M. White earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Kansas in 2005. He is a Professor of History. Since joining the Marshall University faculty in Fall 2006, Dr. White has taught Latin American history, U.S. history, world history, food history, conspiracies in U.S. history, and courses on the war on drugs and the global south. He served as director of the Latin American studies minor at Marshall University from 2006 to 2011 and has led the History Department’s “Food Past/Food Present” series since its inception in 2019. He has received the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism’s Outstanding Community Contributor Award, the Marshall University Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award, and a Marshall International Innovation Grant. Dr. White has authored four books, including Creating a Third World: Mexico, Cuba, and the United States during the Castro Era, The History of El Salvador, A Global History of the Developing World, and The War on Drugs in the Americas. He is co-editor, with Kevin Barksdale, of Appalachian Epidemics: From Smallpox to COVID-19. Dr. White also holds an M.A. in Latin American studies, which he earned from the University of Kansas in 2002, and a B.A. in Spanish education from Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif., that he earned in 2001. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1994 to 1998. He will present the results of his fellowship work at the University’s 2027 Drinko Symposium.