Ana Ros Matturro

Ana Ros Matturro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Binghamton University, where she has been a faculty member since 2008. She also holds a Courtesy Title with the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP). Her academic work focuses on the Southern Cone of Latin America, particularly examining how collective memory of dictatorial pasts has been formed and transmitted across generations.

Dr. Ros Matturro's educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2008)
• B.A. in Literary Studies from the College of Humanities and Education, University of Uruguay, Montevideo (2000)
• B.A. in Secondary Education Literature Teaching from Instituto de Profesores Artigas, Montevideo, Uruguay (1999)

Her research centers on post-dictatorial societies in Latin America, with particular emphasis on the construction and transmission of collective memory, civil-military relations, and individual responsibility in oppressive systems. She examines how obedience and resistance function in both authoritarian and democratic contexts, analyzing the complex ways in which historical trauma shapes contemporary social relations. Her work bridges literature, cinema, political science, and memory studies to provide nuanced understandings of how societies process and learn from traumatic pasts.

Dr. Ros Matturro's scholarly output reveals a consistent focus on how artistic and cultural productions contribute to collective memory formation in post-dictatorship contexts. Her work increasingly examines perpetrator perspectives and the complexities of complicity, showing how these elements shape transitional justice processes. Rather than focusing solely on victims' narratives, her research explores the gray areas of political participation and the ways ordinary citizens navigate authoritarian regimes.

Her notable recognitions include:

• Provost's Individual Development Award from Binghamton University (2024, 2015)
• College Finish Line Grant from Binghamton University for advancing her second book project (2022)
• Harpur Dean's Conference Funds for co-organizing the symposium "The Military Industrial Complex in the Americas" at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2020)
• Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (2011, 2010)

In 2022, Dr. Ros founded GIMUR, a collaborative research group of female academics from different countries and disciplines who study the formation and transmission of collective memory in Uruguay. Her work has been supported by multiple grants that have enabled her to advance her research on civil-military relations in post-dictatorship Chile and Uruguay, as well as to organize academic symposia that bring together scholars from across the Americas to examine the legacy of authoritarian regimes.

Dr. Ros Matturro maintains active scholarly relationships with researchers across Latin America, the United States, and Europe who are examining similar phenomena in other post-conflict contexts. Her interdisciplinary approach creates comparative frameworks that deepen our understanding of how memory functions across different cultural and political landscapes, with particular attention to the connections between historical analysis and contemporary social issues.