Hannah Greenwald

Hannah Greenwald is an Assistant Professor in Latin American history at Gettysburg College, where she teaches courses on Latin American history, Atlantic history, and borderlands history. Her academic work focuses on Indigenous resistance, settler colonialism, and nation-state formation in 19th- and 20th-century Argentina and Chile. She earned her Ph.D. in History from Yale University in 2022, following an M.A. (2019) and B.A. (2014) at the same institution.

• Education:
  • BA, Amherst College (2014)
  • MA, Yale University (2019)
  • PhD, Yale University (2022)

Her research explores the intersections of colonial power structures, Indigenous agency, and territorial disputes in Southern Cone nations. Her dissertation, "Now I Walk on Foreign Soil: Settler Colonialism in Argentina’s Southern Borderlands, 1867-1899," was recognized with Yale University’s Edwin W. Small Prize in American History. At Gettysburg College, she continues to investigate these themes while mentoring students in historical methodologies and regional studies.

Her academic service includes advising a range of courses and contributing to departmental initiatives, though no specific grants or collaborative projects are detailed in the provided texts.