Rebecca Clouser

• PhD, Indiana University, 2013
• MA, Ball State University, 1997
• BA, Ball State University, 1996

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Clouser, R. & Rickly, J.M. (2024). Going the distance: Endurance philanthropy, spectacle, and development in Central America. Tourism Geographies, 26(3), 373-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2314550
• Clouser, R. (2020). Development and denial: Guatemalan post-genocide development narratives. Geoforum, 117: 93-102.
• Clouser, R. (2019). Security, development and fear in Guatemala: Enduring ties and lasting consequences. Geographical Review, 109 (3): 382-398.
• Rickly, J. & Clouser, R. (2019). Research Note: Spectacle and adventure philanthropy. Annals of Tourism Research, 77: 158-160.
• Clouser, R. (2018). Reality and rumour: the grey areas of development work in Guatemala. Third World Quarterly, 39(4): 769-785.
• Clouser, R. (2016). Nexus of emotional and development geographies. Geography Compass, 10(8): 321-332.
• Clouser, R. (2014). Facing fear: The importance of engaging with fear in development literature. Progress in Development Studies, 14(2): 131-146.
• Clouser, R. (2009). Remnants of terror: Landscapes of fear in post-conflict Guatemala. Journal of Latin American Geography, 8(2): 7-22.

Book chapters

• Clouser, R., Méndez, Y. & Finn, J. (2020). Cities of Middle America. In S.D. Brunn, D.J. Zeigler, M. Hays-Mitchell, & J. Graybill (Eds.), Cities of the World, 7th edition (pp. 97-137). Rowman & Littlefield.

Book reviews and other publications

• Clouser, R. (2024). Book review of Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala by Rachel Nolan. Journal of Latin American Geography, 23(2): 197-199.
• Clouser, R. (2021). JLAG Retrospectives: Revisiting landscapes of fear in post-conflict Guatemala. Journal of Latin American Geography, 20(1): 259-266.
• Clouser, R. (2020). Book review of Mortal Doubt: Transnational Gangs and Social Order in Guatemala by Anthony Fontes. Journal of Latin American Geography, 19(3): 356-358.
• Clouser, R. (2012). (Im)possibilities of truth and reconciliation. Book review of Reckoning: The ends of war in Guatemala by Diane Nelson. Cultural Studies, 26(6): 987-990.

Presentations

• “Mapeando el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala: cartografía, memoria, y lugar.” [Mapping the internal armed conflict in Guatemala: cartography, memory, and place.] New Research Panel. Guatemala Scholars Network, Antigua, Guatemala, 2025
• “Rutas y Mapeos: Representation and friction in Guatemalan maps of remembrance.” Paper. American Association of Geographers, Detroit, MI, 2025
• “Mappings, memories, and violence: Examining Guatemalan maps of remembrance.” Paper. International Network of Genocide Scholars, 9th International Conference on Genocide. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2024
• “Guatemalan maps of remembrance: Cartographies of memory, place, and violence.” Paper. Conference of Latin American Geography, San Juan, Puerto Rico., 2024
• “Power geometries of mobility: humanitarian and development narratives in Guatemala.” Paper. Conference of Latin American Geography, Antigua, Guatemala, 2020
• “Miedo creíble: (in)movilidades de caravanas migrantes y aventuras humanitarias.” Paper. Guatemalan Scholars Network, Antigua, Guatemala, 2019
• “Endurance philanthropists and migrant caravans: portrayals of fear and (im)mobilities.” Paper. American Association of Geographers, Washington, DC, 2019
• “Development and denial: Guatemalan post-genocide development narratives.” Paper. Conference of Latin American Geography, San José, Costa Rica, 2018
• “Going the distance for Guatemala: A critical development analysis of humanitarian endurance events.” Paper. American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 2018
• “Forgetting by decree: the discursive and material impacts of genocide denial in Guatemala.” Paper. American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, 2017
• “Security, development and fear in Guatemala.” Paper. Conference of Latin American Geography, New Orleans, LA, 2017
• “Elite erasures and lethal legacies: examining genocide denial in Guatemala.” Paper. International conference on the Guatemalan genocide. Center for Advanced Genocide Research, University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• “Exploring the nexus of D/development and emotion.” Paper. American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• “Geographies of memory, nationalism and development in Guatemala.” Paper. Conference of Latin American Geography, Fortaleza, Brazil, 2015
• “Contrasting narratives of crisis, development and security.” Paper. American Association of Geographers, Chicago, IL, 2015

• American Association of Geographers Research Grant, 2025
• Best Article Award, Progress in Development Studies and SAGE Publications, 2014
• College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award, Indiana University, 2012
• Conference of Latin American Geography Travel Award, 2012
• College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 2011
• Latin American Fellowship, Office of the Vice President, International Affairs, Indiana University, 2011
• Associate Instructor Teaching Award, Department of Geography, Indiana University, 2011
• National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2010
• John H. Edwards Fellowship, University Graduate School, Indiana University, 2009
• Summer Foreign Language Areas Studies Fellowship for the Study of K’iche’, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University, 2008
• Tinker Field Research Grant, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University, 2008
• International Enhancement Grant, Office of the Vice President, International Affairs, Indiana University, 2008