Paul Ortiz (historian)
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Paul Ortiz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) |
| Alma mater | Duke University Evergreen State College Olympic Community College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | African American History, Latinx Studies, Comparative Race and Ethnicity, Social Movement Theory, Southern History, Labor History, Oral History |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
Paul Ortiz (born 1964) is an American historian. He is a professor of labor history at Cornell University[1] and was formerly the director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.[2]
Born in 1964, Paul Ortiz is a third-generation military veteran and a first-generation college graduate. He was a paratrooper and radio operator,[3][4] attaining the rank of sergeant, in the United States Army from 1982 to 1986 with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Special Forces Group in Central America. He received the US Armed Forces Humanitarian Service Medal for meritorious action in the wake of the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano in Tolima, Colombia, in November 1985.[5]
Ortiz has served as president and a council member of the United Faculty of Florida UF-FEA/NEA/AFT/ AFL-CIO.
