Susan Brewer-Osorio
Susan Brewer-Osorio
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
University of Arizona
My research focuses on social movements and political violence in Andean South America. I am particularly interested in how illicit economies and related government policy shape violence and politics, and on post-conflict peace-building.


Employment and Education
Employment
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, 2018-present
Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2015-2018
Visiting Professor, College of William and Mary, 2014-2015
Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellow, SSRC, 2011-2012
Education
Ph.D. Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, May 2014
Dissertation title: Drugs, Oil, and Insurgency in Colombia
Committee: David Waldner (Chair), Herman Schwartz, Daniel Gingerich, Herbert Braun
M.A. Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, August 2007
B.A. Political Science and Sociology, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, May 2004
Research
Teaching
University of Arizona
Graduate Seminar: Digital Research in the time of COVID
Graduate Seminar: Conflict Resolution in Latin America
Development in 20th Century Latin America
Drug Wars and Oil Fortunes in Latin America
Latin America-U.S. Relations: Trade, Security, and Power
Indigenous Resistance Movements in Latin America
Latin American Politics and Film
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Introduction to Comparative World Politics
Latin American Politics
Introduction to Political Violence
Political Violence Junior-Senior Seminar
Drug Trade in Latin America Junior-Senior Seminar
College of William and Mary
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Latin American Politics
Political Violence in Latin America Senior Seminar
Human Rights in Latin America Senior Seminar
University of Virginia
Development, Conflict, and Democracy in Latin America

Get in Touch
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Center for Latin American Studies
University of Arizona