Rate My Professor Will Holliday

Will Holliday is Associate Professor of Latin American History in the Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy at Longwood University. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Kansas in 2004, with a dissertation titled 'A Fluid Society: Water and Power in Colonial Cochabamba, 1538-1800.' His research focuses on colonial Latin America, particularly economic history, commodity chains, and transatlantic trade. Holliday received a Longwood University Faculty Research Grant in summer 2011 to investigate the complex commodity chains linking Valencian silk producers to consumers in Spain's American colonies. This project involved archival research in Valencia and the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain. He published an article titled 'The Silk Merchant of Cádiz: Changing Markets, Trust, and Risk in the Spanish Atlantic' in the Colonial Latin American Historical Review. Additionally, he co-authored 'Designing Programs to Foster Intercultural Competence through Interdisciplinary Study Abroad' with Lily Anne Goetz in 2017, detailing their collaborative program.

Holliday teaches courses in Latin American history, the history of Spain, and Western Civilization. He serves as Co-Director of Longwood University's General Education Summer Abroad Program in Spain, based in Valencia, which integrates history, intermediate Spanish, and advanced writing in an immersion setting to develop intercultural competence. He presented on this work at the 6th Annual International Conference on Intercultural Competence in 2012, delivering a paper titled 'Developing Cultural Competence in Short-term Interdisciplinary Study Abroad Programs.' His contributions extend to leading student groups abroad, including programs in Spain and Greece, and fostering historical inquiry through experiential learning and site visits. Holliday's career at Longwood University has progressed from assistant professor to associate professor, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to history education and global engagement.