Gabriela Soto Laveaga

Education:

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