William Owen

William Owen

Dissertation

Will graduated from Tufts University in 2014 with a double major in International Relations and Spanish, studying abroad at the Autonomous University of Madrid his junior year. He served as Editor-in-Chief of The Zamboni, the Tufts humor magazine, and wrote for the Tufts Daily. Since his sophomore year, he has also written for the Arts & Entertainment section of The Washington Blade, his native Washington, DC's longest-running LGBTQ publication. 

After graduation, Will worked for nearly four years at a Lower Manhattan marketing agency. He has also been fortunate to travel throughout much of Latin America. In his free time, Will enjoys reading, drag, traveling, and going to concerts. 

At Columbia-LSE, Will is excited to study Latin American history, specifically within the wider themes of gender and sexuality, transnationalism, colonialism, and empire.