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Alisha Holland
Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University
Alisha C. Holland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the comparative political economy of development, particularly in Latin America. She has a strong interest in urban politics, social policy, and issues related to law enforcement against the poor, such as squatting and street vending. Her first book, "Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America," examines these themes and was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.134
Before joining Harvard, Holland was an Assistant Professor in the Politics Department at Princeton University and a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She holds an A.B. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.3 Her current research includes a book project on the politics of large infrastructure projects in Latin America, and she has published numerous articles on related topics.23
