Historian of Latin America (M.A. & Ph.D., Harvard University) with a background in economics (B.A., Swarthmore College), I am interested in plants, food, drugs, commodities, capitalism, business, & ethnomedicine.

Nicole Darnall is the Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability at American University and Foundation Professor Emerita at ASU. She studies how organizations translate sustainability commitments into meaningful change.

Ligia Bezerra has taught Portuguese, Spanish, and English in Brazil and in the U.S. Her research interests include Latin American literature and culture, consumption, everyday life, neoliberalism, and democracy.