Michael L. Conniff

**Michael Lee Conniff** (1942-) Michael Conniff is, since 2002, the Global Studies Director and Professor of History at San Jose State University, California. As a young man of 20 Michael joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Guayaquil, Ecuador as a volunteer for urban community development. He continued with community development as USAID Advisor to the U.S. Agency for International Development in Panama (1966-1967). Michael, with his strong Portuguese and Spanish language skills, went on to take Latin …