Renee Faillace
Graduate Student
Fields/Specialties
U.S. Foreign Relations
Cold War History
20th Century Socialist Movements
U.S.-Latin American Relations
Education
B.A., History, Virginia Polytechnic State Institute & University, cum laude (2024)
Biography
I am a second-year M.A. student in the History focusing on U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, particularly U.S. intervention in Latin America. My research centers on the way policymakers responded to socialist and nationalist movements in the region, with an emphasis on covert intervention, regime change, and the development of informal empire.
Courses Taught
HIST2214 The Cold War (Graduate Teaching Assistant under Professor William Hitchcock, Spring 2026)