Faculty Position

Professor, Department of History

Director, Hemispheric Institute on the Americas

Research/Teaching

• Latin American social, cultural, and intellectual history 
• Peru and the Andes
• History of catastrophes and natural disasters (earthquakes) 
• Tupac Amaru Rebellion
• Truth Commissions
• Current Project: Violence, Memory and the Shining Path in Peru

Education

• Ph.D., University of Chicago, Latin American History, 1992
• M.A., Stanford University, Latin American Studies, emphasis in History, 1982
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Latin American Studies, emphasis in History and Spanish-American Literature, 1981