My current work uses the 1947 trial of a Bolivian military regime to explore disputes over violence, democracy, and human rights after World War II.
Fields
Modern Latin America
The Andes
Teaching
Modern Latin America
Colonial Latin America
Political Violence and Human Rights in Latin America
- PhD, University of Chicago, 1998
Education & Training
- ACLS Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship, awarded 2011 for 2012-13
- American Historical Association John E. Fagg book prize, 2008
- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Fellowship, 2007
- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Fellowship, 1999-2000
A Revolution for Our Rights: Indigenous Struggles for Land and Justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952. Duke University Press, 2007. Spanish version: La revolución antes de la Revolución: Luchas indígenas por tierra y justicia en Bolivia, 1880-1952. Translated by Hernando Calla. La Paz: Plural Editores/PIEB, 2011.
Editor, Histories of Race and Racism: The Andes and Mesoamerica from Colonial Times to the Present. Duke University Press, 2011.
“Introduction: Racisms of the Present and the Past in Latin America.” In Histories of Race and Racism:
