Education:

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• B.A., College of St. Catherine

Research and teaching interests:

• Human Rights
• Comparative politics
• Latin America
• Political development
• Courageous resistance to injustice
• Political tolerance

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Thalhammer has been a member of the St. Olaf faculty since 1991. Her teaching and research specialization is in human rights and Latin American politics and development. She is also a member of the Hispanic Studies faculty. In addition to her on-campus courses she has supervised a variety of internships and independent study projects, with topics ranging from fair trade coffee (Chiapas, Mexico); community development (Cuzco, Peru and Tamil Nadu, India); comparative political development; and political economy of development.

Professor Thalhammer is coauthor of Courageous Resistance: the Power of Ordinary People (Palgrave, 2007)and numerous articles and book chapters. She is the faculty advisor for Amnesty International. Professor Thalhammer is married and has two terrific kids.