Elena Jackson Abarrán '08
Associate Professor of History and Global and Intercultural Studies, Miami University of Ohio
"My LAS degree at the University of Arizona indelibly set my personal and professional course; it gave me professional experience, language training, experiential learning, research methodology, and exposure to new and classic theories that have remained with me in my current job, not to mention a close network of classmates that have become dear colleagues and lifelong 'chosen family'".
Elena Jackson Albarrán is Professor of History and Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University. As a historian of childhood with an area of focus on twentieth-century Latin America, and specializing in Mexican studies, her published research examines the centrality of children in state-and nation-building efforts, as well as the symbolic power of children in policy formation. She has made contributions to theorizing about child-produced sources, infantilization and the politics of representation, and historical methodologies. She is the founding member of the Red de Estudios de la Historia de las Infancias en América Latina (REHIAL), and is on the coordinating committee. At Miami University, she teaches courses on capitalism, revolutions, popular culture, childhood, modern Mexico, and modern Latin America.