Dr. Joseph P. Sánchez is superintendent of Petroglyph National Monument and the Intermountain Spanish Colonial Research Center . Dr. Sánchez is also founder and editor of the Colonial Latin American Historical Review (CLAHR). Before his career with the National Park Service, Dr. Sánchez was a professor of Colonial Latin American history at the University of Arizona , Tucson . He was also director of the Mexican-American Studies and Research Center . He has taught at the University of New Mexico and at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico . Throughout his career, he has researched archives in Spain, Mexico, France, Italy, and England, and has published several studies on the Spanish frontiers in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Alaska . Dr. Sánchez has served as Acting Superintendent at Fort Davis National Historic Site and at Pecos National Historical Park . Internationally recognized, in May 2000, he was awarded the Medalla de Acero al Mérito Histórico Capitán Alonso de León by the Sociedad Nuevoleonesa de Historia, Geografía y Estadística , Monterrey , Mexico, for his lifelong work in Colonial Mexican history. In April 2005, he was inducted into the prestigious Orden de Isabel la Católica as Knight Commander by King don Juan Carlos of Spain . In 2006, he was named to chair the History Commission of the Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia which is headquartered in Mexico City and affiliated with the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. His most recent book is co-authored with Bruce Erickson, and Jerry Gurulé, Between Two Countries: A History of Coronado National Memorial (Río Grand Books, 2007). His recent study, The Atrisco Land Grant in Albuquerque 's History ( University of Oklahoma Press ), will be released in 2008.