Julia Frederick

Dr. Julia Frederic has been the director of the University Honors Program since July 2007. She oversees over 1,000 Honors Students at the University.

She has also been assistant professor of History at Arkansas Tech University, UL Lafayette and South Louisiana Community College.

her major studies are in Latin American History (particularly Colonial) and Asian History. 

Ph.D. in History Dec. 15, 2000
Louisiana State University
Major: Latin American History
Minor: in Asian History

Masters in History, 1993
USL
Major: Latin American History
Minor: US History

Undergraduate, 1991
USL
Major: History
Minors: Spanish Language and Literature

• The History of Venezuela, H. Mcheal Tarver and Julia C. Frederick, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 2005
• “Britain and the Caribbean” in Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History, Vol 1. A-D, Will Kaufman and Heidi Sletterdahl MacPherson, Editors, ABC CLIO, Santa Barbara, A 2005
• “In Defense of Crown and Colony.” Louisiana History, Winter, 2008.

Professional Presentations

• “Influence of the Spanish Colonial Government on the Society of Louisiana, Then and  Now,” Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation, US Attorney’s Office, Federal Courthouse, Fall 2010
• “Spanish influence on the Culture of Louisiana,” Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation, USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Fall 2010
• “On-Line Learning and the Honors Student” National Collegiate Honors Conference, Washington D.C., Fall 2009
•  “Pre-Columbian Women in Pre-Columbian Art,” University Art Museum, LEH     Lecture Series, Spring, 2008
•  “Adrienne de Noailles, the Marquise de Lafayette,” Marquis de Lafayette Commemoration, Fall, 2007 
•  “Deserter’s in Spanish Colonial Louisiana Professional Lectures for Sons of the American Revolution, Fall, 2007

Grants

• 2011 BORSF grant:  Hispanic World Sources for the 21st Century, Co. PI, Monies to enlarge and upadate the ULL Library Holdings for materials in Latin American Studies, Award Requested $180,000.
• Previously awarded 2006 BORSF Grant:  Traditional Access to Tomorrow’s Americas, Co-PI, Grant  $67,000 – Monies to enlarge the UL Library Holdings for Research Materials in Latin American Studies