Gabriela Soto Laveaga
B.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills, Communication, History and French; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Latin American History; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, History of Latin America
Dissertation:Root of Discord: Steroid Hormones, A Wild Yam, Mexican Peasants and State Formation (Mexico, 1941-1986)
Thesis Advisor:Eric Van Young, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:Becoming 'Modern' by Turning to the Past: Medicine, Traditional Healers and the Mexican State
Mentor:Vincanne Adams, Professor of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Warwick Anderson, Professor of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Current Position:Professor, Department of History of Science, Harvard University