Participant Info
- First Name
- Sarah
- Last Name
- Sears
- Country
- United States
- State
- NC
- ssears@berkeley.edu
- Affiliation
- University of California, Berkeley
- Website URL
- https://sites.google.com/view/sarahsears
- Keywords
- environmental history, colonization projects, US-Mexico border, agrarian reform, water, energy history, Chihuahua, Sonora, Mormon history, Indigenous history
- Availability
- 1
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- MA
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a PhD candidate in the History Department at the University of California, Berkeley. I study modern Latin America and the U.S. West, with a focus on the environmental history of northern Mexico. My research investigates how the natural environment has factored into U.S.-Mexico diplomacy since 1848. My dissertation project examines transnational colonization projects through the lens of water, food, and the politics of natural resource management in Chihuahua and Sonora.
- Recent Publications
- “‘Beyond the River’s Violence’: Reconsidering the Chamizal Border Dispute,” in Diplomatic History, May 2023
with Kevan Malone, “Conflict and Cooperation at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Very Short History,” UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation blog, May 2023
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Mexico
- Expertise by Geography
- North America, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Colonialism, Diplomacy, Environment, Migration & Immigration
