Juan Carlos Mezo González‍
Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University
4825 Mount Royal Gate SW  Calgary, AB T3E 6K6 CA
Office EA3178
jmezogonzalez@mtroyal.ca‍  ‍‍  ‍

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Toronto, History (2022)
Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies

M.A., University of Toronto, History (2016)
Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies

Licenciatura en Historia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2014)
Equivalent to Honors B.A.
Awarded the Gabino Barreda Medal for best academic record in graduating cohort

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2013)
Exchange student in the Department of History and the Center for the Study of Latin  America

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS‍

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University (2025-Present)

Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, York University (2024-2025)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Toronto (2022-2023)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Mount Royal University‍  ‍
Texts and Ideas: Time — GNED1202 (Winter 2026)

2SLGBTQAI+ Liberation: Local and Global Journeys — WGST2207 (Winter 2026)

Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies — WGST1172 (Fall 2025 and Winter 2026)

Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture — WGST2239 (Fall 2025)

University of Toronto
The Criminalization of Protest in Latin American History — HIS389H1-S (Fall 2023)

History of Sexual Diversity in Latin America — HIS389H1-S (Winter 2023)

LGBT Liberation: Archives, Periodicals, and Visual Culture — HIS496H1-F (Fall 2022)

Revolutions and Nations in Latin America — HIS390H5-F (Fall 2020)
 

Latin America: The National Period — HIS292H1-S (Summer 2020)

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University of Guelph
Republican Latin America — HIST*2920 (Winter 2022)