Heather Vrana

Heather Vrana is a Professor of History at the University of Florida, specializing in modern Latin America with a focus on Central America. She joined UF in 2017 after teaching at Southern Connecticut State University. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Indiana University (2013). Her research explores disability, state formation, and social movements in Central America.

Her notable works include This City Belongs to You (2017), analyzing Guatemalan student activism, and Anti-colonial Texts from Central American Student Movements (2017). She co-edited Out of the Shadow: Revisiting the Revolution from Post-Peace Guatemala (2020). Her current project examines disability in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, linking it to state-building and social policies.

Vrana teaches courses in the History Department and mentors MA/PhD students. She has no listed scientific awards but is active in publishing and academia. No grants or lab affiliations are specified in the text.