Rate My Professor Michael Huner

Huner's key publications demonstrate his impact in the field. His monograph, Parishioners of Sovereignty: A History of Nationhood and War in Nineteenth-Century Paraguay (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), analyzes elite and popular nationalism through the bloodiest interstate conflict in the history of the Americas, the War of the Triple Alliance (1864–70). Other significant works include “How Pedro Quiñonez Lost His Soul: Suicide, Routine Violence, and State (Un-Re)Formation in Nineteenth-Century Paraguay” (Social History, 2019), “Aspirations for Modern Nationhood in Paraguay, 1858-1870” (A Contra Corriente, 2015), and “Farce and Power in Republican Paraguay: Lopez-era Congresses and the Myth of Paraguayan Exceptionalism” (2014). He serves on the editorial board of the Grand Valley Journal of History and has participated in committees such as the Murdo J. Macleod Book Prize for Latin American and Caribbean history. As department chair, he leads faculty and staff, authors departmental newsletters, coordinates the Civic Change Agent Undergraduate Badge program, and has hosted events like the Great Lakes History Conference. His contributions extend to public engagement through lectures and conference organization, enhancing the academic community's understanding of Latin American historical processes.