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Dr. Laura Barraclough is Professor and Chair of American Studies at Yale University. Her interdisciplinary scholarship examines land, memory, and inequality in the U.S. through frameworks from critical geography, ethnic studies, and history. She holds a PhD from the University of Southern California and maintains affiliations with Yale's programs in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; Environmental Studies; and Urban Studies.
Research focuses on settler colonialism and racial formation in the U.S. West, particularly through cultural politics of land-use. Major themes include Indigenous cultural landscapes, Mexican American place-making, and tensions between rural/urban spatial production. Barraclough employs community-engaged methods to make radical geography accessible through public humanities projects.
Publications analyze cultural landscapes as sites of power and resistance, exploring how marginalized communities reshape American identity through spatial practices like charro performance and historic trail interpretation.
Awards:
- Globe Award for Public Understanding of Geography (Association of American Geographers)
- Southern California Independent Bookseller Award for Nonfiction
Directs collaborative public humanities initiatives including the People's Guide book series (UC Press), which documents sites of struggle in urban landscapes. Serves on the editorial collective for Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography and conducts community workshops on critical geography nationwide.
