Loramy Gerstbauer

Dr. Loramy (Mimi) Gerstbauer teaches courses in international relations, US foreign policy and Latin American Politics. She contributes to multiple interdisciplinary programs, with longtime leadership roles in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies. Her research is on peacebuilding NGOs and transitional justice and reconciliation in international politics. She has published multiple peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and a book on apologies in US foreign policy. She served as a US Fulbright Scholar at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland, and taught at Kansai Gaidai University outside Osaka, Japan. She serves with the nonprofit organization, Peace and Hope International, working for human rights across Latin America, and has taken student groups to Nicaragua, Colombia, and Peru. She has been at Gustavus since 2001 and completed her PhD at the University of Notre Dame.