Dr. Zimmerman received her Ph.D. in Latin American History from Stanford University in 2010 and also holds a Masters in Latin American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently revising her book manuscript Women of Independent Means: Female Entrepreneurs and Property Owners in Rio de Janeiro, 1869-1904. Her research and teaching areas include Modern Latin America with a particular emphasis on Brazil, social and economic history of Brazil, African slavery in the Americas, and women and gender in the Atlantic World.
Kari Zimmerman
Associate Professor of History
American Culture and Difference
History
- Education
PhD, Latin American History
Stanford University, 2009