Ana Raquel Minian in Mexico

Ana Raquel Minian is an associate professor in the department of history where she offers classes on Latinx history, immigration, histories of incarceration and detention, and modern Mexican history. Minian’s most recent work, In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States, explores America's long history of detaining immigrants. Minian’s first book, Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration (Harvard University Press, 2018) received numerous awards. Additionally, Minian has published articles in the Journal of American History, American Quarterly, and American Historical Review. In 2020, Minian was awarded with the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. During this program, Minian will talk about Mexico’s history, race relations in Mexico, and the long history of Mexican migration to the United States.

• BA, University of Chicago, History and Gender Studies, 2005

• MPhil, Yale University, American Studies, 2010

• MA, Yale University, American Studies, 2010

• PhD, Yale University, American Studies, 2012