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Elizabeth Hutchison is a Regents' Professor of History at the University of New Mexico (UNM), where she has taught since 1998. She specializes in Latin American labor history, gender studies, and human rights, with a focus on 20th-century Chile. Her research includes seminal works like Labors Appropriate to Their Sex (2001) and Workers Like All the Rest of Them (2021), which examine domestic labor and women's roles in Chilean society. She has held prestigious roles, including Fulbright fellowships in Argentina and Spain, and currently serves as Associate Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at UNM, advocating for policies addressing sexual misconduct and workplace harassment.
Educated at Harvard (B.A., 1986), UC Berkeley (M.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1995), she has advised graduate students on topics ranging from LGBTQ+ movements to disability histories in Latin America. Her interdisciplinary work extends to collaborative projects like Practicing Asylum, which supports Latin American asylum seekers, and co-founding Faculty SAFE to combat campus sexual violence. Key honors include the Marjorie Bell Chambers Distinguished Professorship (2018–2019) and a National Endowment for the Humanities stipend (2013).
Her teaching spans courses on Modern Latin America, gender history, and human rights, reflecting her commitment to integrating scholarship with advocacy. Beyond academia, she has engaged in policy work on campus climate and global human rights, blending historical analysis with contemporary social justice efforts.
