Hi all, I’m Ben. I’m a senior history and political science double major. My focus in political science is on US national politics. I’m from Carmel, Indiana, a suburb to the north of Indianapolis.

I’ve taken a few classes on Latin American history at Wooster already, but I’m always excited to learn more. Those classes mostly focused on Latin America either during its struggle for independence or afterwards so I want to learn more about Latin America in the colonial era. I am especially interested in learning about the early interactions between the indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Europeans and Africans that settled in the region.