Teofilo Ruiz

Teofilo Ruiz
Ruiz in 2012
Born	Teofilo Fabian Ruiz (1943-01-02) January 2, 1943 (age 81) Cuba
Academic background
Alma mater	CUNY Graduate Center New York University Princeton University
Academic work
Discipline	European medieval history

Teofilo F. Ruiz (born 1943) is a Cuban-American medieval historian and professor currently at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2012, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by former President Barack Obama. He is consistently rated as one of the most popular professors at UCLA, and has published many books as well as dozens of articles in scholarly journals as well as reviews and smaller articles.