Our Team
Dennis Peter Trujillo, Ph.D.
Assistant State Historian
Dennis Peter Trujillo was born in Montrose, Colorado, at the foot of the San Juan Mountains where he learned to fish, hike, and climb. His parents were both born in New Mexico, his mother in Bueyeros and his father in Chamita. Dennis received his B.A. in anthropology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, his M.A. in museum studies/anthropology from the University of Denver, and his PhD. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Dennis has been awarded several fellowships and honors including the College Art Association (CAA) Professional Development Fellowship; Center for Regional Studies, University of New Mexico Research Fellowship; Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico, Clinton P. Anderson Fellowship; and American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship. Dennis has a keen academic interest in Southwest history and cultures, tourism, and ethno-aesthetics. His dissertation was entitled The Commodification of Hispano Culture in New Mexico: Tourism, Mary Austin, and the Spanish Colonial Arts Society. He is an avid reader, music lover, hiker/camper, and traveler. Dennis lives in the Albuquerque Nob Hill area with his wife/partner, archivist Beth Silbergleit. Dr. Trujillo is presently Assistant State Historian and serves as a Board of Trustee member for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, member of the the Editorial Board of the New Mexico Historical Review, Board member for the Historical Society of New Mexico, and as a member of the Rocky Mountain Online Archive Advisory Board. He is a past board member and Vice Chair of the New Humanities Council and volunteers for several local music and art organizations.Bonnie Coleman Iapoce
Assistant
Bonnie is an award winning corporate communications executive with more than 20 years’ experience in client development, marketing, branding and public relations. She has extensive experience building marketing programs and start-up departments to integrate resources and heighten visibility. Bonnie worked for a large Albuquerque accounting firm as Director of Marketing before giving up the four year, 135-mile per day commute for a life in Santa Fe.
Prior coming to the Office of the State Historian, Bonnie set up her own marketing and advertising consulting firm in Santa Fe where she built websites and ad campaigns for fun and wrote an occasional business and marketing column for the New Mexico Business Journal. The "City Different" suits her style.
She is a member of the the Santa Fe WildFlowers Chapter of the Red Hat Society® and with the encouragement of her fellow Red Hatters, Bonnie submitted her recipe for "Kentucky Derby Day Cake," the only recipe from the State of New Mexico selected for inclusion in the Red Hat Society's® Cookbook, "Eat Dessert First." Now, she bakes for her friends at OSH.
Bonnie lives in Santa Fe with her husband, Michael, a former stand-up comic from San Francisco by way of NYC. He is a published author on business issues and gives seminars on the intricacies of getting a client's attention -- and keeping it. He also writes copy on business and international affairs for Stanford University and some of the "Dummies" books as well.
Bonnie's personal staff includes two Afghan Hounds and a Beagle, all of whom are "rescued," although there seems to be some dispute as to who rescued whom!
Professional Affiliations: American Bar Association, Public Relations Society of America, Law Marketing Association, Association for Accounting Marketing.
Community Activities: United Way of Central New Mexico, Women in Philanthropy, Red Hat Society, Unbroken Chain Foundation, Rex Foundation, New Mexico Beagle Rescue, Afghan Hound Rescue.