Graduate Student Representative

Javiera Madrid-Salazar is a Ph. D. student in Geography whose work sits at the intersection of political ecology, Science and Technology Studies, and postcolonial theory. Her research uses qualitative methods to analyze historical and contemporary resource extraction in Latin America. By focusing on the historical development of the mining sector in Chile, Javiera’s work investigates how scientific knowledge and practices in the geosciences have shaped extraction-centered imaginaries of development and existing social hierarchies. Javiera holds an MA in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BA in History from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.