Sarah Sears

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.