Emily Snyder

Emily Snyder is a PhD Candidate in Latin American History, and her research focuses on the relationship between Cuba and Nicaragua in the 1980s. Her dissertation excavates the cultural, political, educational, and religious exchanges that transpired between these two countries, seeking to understand how each revolution – Cuban and Sandinista – impacted the other. Emily’s work intersects both the local and transnational, tracing “internationalist” movement between two revolutions while emphasizing grassroots experience of the Cold War. She graduated from the University of Florida in 2013 with a BA in History and is a devoted runner, ice cream eater, and dog lover. Her work can be found in Cuban Studies.