Teaching Responsibilities: Dr. Owens is retired from full-time teaching. Research Interests:
Dr. Owens's research focuses on early globalization (1400-1800), organized crime, sacred sites and religious devotions, political institutions and the exercise of public authority, Geographic Information Systems and the visualization of historical processes, and Spain. Representative Publications: "By My Absolute Royal Authority": Justice and the Castilian Commonwealth at the Beginning of the First Global Age Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2005. Rebellion, Monarchy, and the Murcian Oligarchy in the Age of Charles V [in Spanish]. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, 1980.