University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: U.S./North American History

Allen, Madison

Biography Biography  I am interested in Asian American women’s activism during the late 20th Century. Currently, my research focuses on Third World organizing and its afterlives in California. Education B.A., History, Georgetown University, 2025 Field Selected Awards

Arceo, Verenize

Biography Biography My dissertation, “Gateway to Community: Ethnic Mexican Place-Making in California’s San Joaquin Valley, 1965-1995,” centers the everyday socio-cultural life and leisure experiences of ethnic Mexican women as critical strides in redefining the identity of the San Joaquin Valley. Located in the heart of California, the San Joaquin Valley has remained a hyper-invisible landscape …

Balz, John

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Cornfield, Sophie

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Day-Lucore, Nicole

Biography Biography My research focuses on modern U.S. foreign policy, with a particular interest in U.S.-Latin American relations in the 20th and 21st centuries. I am interested in the construction and implementation of U.S. foreign policy as a reflection of various associated issues, including domestic politics, international power dynamics, racism, and different national histories. I …

do Prado, Julia

Biography Biography I am a student of U.S. history with a particular interest in the social, legal, and cultural developments of the 20th century. Education B.A. in Law, State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil Field

Donnelly, Emma Jo

Biography Biography I am interested in late-20th century labor and racial justice movements, particularly those led by Black communities in the southeastern United States. My research incorporates oral history methodologies. Education M.A., Public History, North Carolina State University, 2025 B.A., History, University of Florida, 2022 B.A., Spanish, University of Florida, 2022 Field Selected Awards

Drakos, Ayanna

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Farrelly, Matthew

Biography Biography In the stream of other interventions concerned to explore the meanings & malaises of “modernity”, I am researching and writing on the educational philosophy and practice of the Scottish-American naturalist, John Muir. I am hoping to tell a story of how Muir made sense of his own 19th and early 20th century moment, …

Fernandez, Ana

Biography Biography My research explores 20th-century California labor history with a focus on the U.S.-Mexican borderlands and the intersections of race, gender, and radical politics. I am interested in how living conditions, welfare systems, and labor struggles shaped everyday experiences and ignited movements for social change during the 1930s in the Imperial Valley. Education B.A., …