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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, Yale University, 2009; B.A. in History, McGill University, 2002.

Research Interests: Latin American history, social movements, archives, and memory.

Appointments: Professor of History, Harvard University (current); Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.

Awards: Bancroft Prize (2015) for Paper Cadavers, Latin American Studies Association Best Book Prize.

Publications:

• Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala (Duke University Press, 2014).

Additional Contributions: Co-director, Initiative on History and Public Policy at Harvard; active in archival preservation projects.