Jesse Zarley is an assistant professor in the history department at St. Joseph’s College where he teaches classes on Latin American, Caribbean, and global history. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. His book manuscript in progress, tentatively titled “Mapuche Politics in the Age of Revolution: Treaty Making with Chile and Río de la Plata,” examines how Mapuche leaders who successfully resisted Spanish conquest on both sides of the Andes used ritual negotiations, letter writing, and alliance making to defend their sovereignty from Spain, Chile, and Río de la Plata (Argentina) during the transition from colony to nation. His research and writing has appeared in Ethnohistory, the Latin American Research Review, the Handbook of Latin American Studies, and Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Faculty page
