Teresa A. Meade (born 1948) is an American historian. A specialist in Latin American history, she was Professor of History and Culture at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Teresa Ann Meade was born in Iowa in 1948.[1] She graduated with a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1972. She gained her PhD from Rutgers University in 1984,[2] with a thesis on community protest in Rio de Janeiro between 1890 and 1917.[3]
Meade taught at Union College for many years. In 2000-2001 she was a Fulbright Lecturer in Tokyo.[4] She became Professor of History and Culture, remaining at Union College until her retirement.[when?]
She is a member of the Radical History Review editorial collective,[5] and has been president of the board of trustees of the Journal of Women's History.[6]