Pamela Radcliff

Dr. Pamela Radcliff is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. She earned her B.A. in History from Scripps College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Modern European History from Columbia University. Professor Radcliff has been recognized by both the university faculty and her students for her outstanding teaching. In 1997, she received the Eleanor Roosevelt College Excellence in Teaching Award, and in 1999, she was awarded the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate of the University of California Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Radcliff is associate editor of the six-volume Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000. Her historical research has focused on Spanish history in the 20th century, with particular emphasis on popular mobilization and the long-term struggle to establish a democratic system of government. She has published several articles and books on these issues. In 1998 she received the Sierra Book Award from the Western Association of Women's Historians for her book, From Mobilization to Civil War: The Politics of Polarization in the Spanish City of GijÛn, 1900-1937.