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Dr. Cheryl Ana Jiménez Frei is an Associate Professor of History, co-director of the Public History Program, and affiliated faculty in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program at UWEC. She teaches various courses in Public History, History of Latin America, and Global History, and her research specializations are in memory and the built environment, monuments, visual and material culture, and Argentina and the Southern Cone. Her work has been published in the , The Public Historian, and .

Her current work as a core member of the includes a multi-year project to create a comprehensive digital edition site documenting, preserving, and providing public access to artifacts and stories on the rich history and contributions of Latinx communities in Wisconsin. will create a digital history site compiling research and educational materials including archival sources, digital exhibits, and lesson plans.

Dr. Jiménez Frei is an Academic Advisory Committee member of the , The Hague, The Netherlands. She is also the co-founder of the , awarded the , and Voces Del Campo/Rural Voices, an oral history project dedicated to documenting the stories and experiences of Latinx populations across rural western Wisconsin. She sits on the board of the and the and is an active scholar in both academic and public spheres, often reaching out to public audiences through media, public forums, and podcasts. She has participated in podcasts discussing subjects including and .

Her research and public history collaborations with UWEC students and community partners include a partnership with the , a unit of the U.S. National Park Service located in Calumet, MI; exhibit research, design, and implementation in the ; oral history and digital archive work for Voces del Campo and the Western WI COVID-19 Archive; and a bilingual .

Dr. Jiménez Frei is currently working on a book manuscript titled “Carved, Cast, and Contested: Monuments, Memory, and Identity in Argentina,” under contract by the University of Nebraska Press. She is fascinated with all things Latin American, and leads annual student immersion/service learning experiences to Puerto Rico and Argentina.