Trained at The Ohio State University, Professor Weis has taught at Illinois Wesleyan since 1988. He specializes in U.S. foreign relations, recent U.S. history and Latin American history with a special interest in Brazil.

He is the author of Cold Warriors and Coups d'Etat: Brazilian American Relations, 1945-1964 and more than a dozen articles on U.S.-Latin American relations.  Currently he is working on the impact of rock music on globalization, as well as the history of the inter-American system.

A charismatic teacher, Professor Weis has been recognized with both the Student Senate's "Teacher of the Year" award and the University's Dupont Teaching Award.

Courses

History 152	United States Since 1877
History 160	Introduction to Latin American History
History 252	The Sixties: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll?
History 253	The Beatles and Their World
History 352	Recent United States History
History 353	US Foreign Relations to 1914
History 354	US Foreign Relations since 1914
History 360	Modern Brazil
History 361	Central America and the Caribbean
History 490	Senior Seminar
International Studies 240	Introduction to International Studies
International Studies 488	Senior Seminar