Ana Calderon

Ana Calderón is a PhD candidate working on twentieth century US and Latin American history. Her dissertation, titled “La Gran Sociedad: Colonial War on Poverty, Empire and the Remaking of Development in Puerto Rico after WWII” explores developmental politics in Puerto Rico. This project historicizes how different sectors in the American colony, from technical experts to community activists, understood the politics of poverty and development after WWII. Ana has served as a coordinator for the International History Workshop and is currently a member of the Puerto Rico Archival Collaboration. Before coming to Yale, Ana received her BA in History from Rutgers University and spent several years as a graduate student in her native San Juan. Her research has been generously supported by the MacMillan Center, International Security Studies, John Enders Foundation and the History Department.