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JOHN BRATZEL
Professor
Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
517/355-6660 (office); 517/353-5250 (fax)
courses: WRA 195H Writing: Major Topics in American Thought (Honors Course); WRA 453 Grant Writing; IAH 203 Latin America and the World
Bratzel received his PhD in history from Michigan State University and also studied at the Centro de Documentación Intercultural in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1983, Bratzel won the prestigious MSU Teacher-Scholar Award for excellence in both of teaching and scholarship. In 1994, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies awarded him its Distinguished Faculty Award. In addition to Tier 1 writing courses, he has taught IAH and graduate and undergraduate courses in American Studies and Latin American Studies including IAH 203 Latin American and the World, and has led study abroad programs to the Regional Technological Institute in Merida, Mexico and the ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico.
Bratzel has been Acting Chair and Associate Chair of the Department of American Thought and Language. Currently, he is the Graduate Coordinator for the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Among his duties are supervising FLAS and Tinker Fellowships and writing grant applications for the Center. He is also the National Coordinator for eLCTL initiative to coordinate and organize the offering of Latin American Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Program. Currently, he is President of the Popular Culture Association.
Bratzel has published extensively on the role of German and Japanese espionage in Latin America during World War II. The Shadow War: German Espionage and United States Counterespionage in Latin America won the Best Book prize from the National Intelligence Center. Another work on Latin American in World War II is in press. He has also published works on the perceptions of Latin Americans in the United States as defined in the popular media. Due out in 2006 is a book on the popular culture of Latin America. He has also published over twenty articles and has given many papers.
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