Scholarship and Biography

Arrom has devoted her career to studying Mexican social history. Her research explores groups and issues that have been largely ignored in traditional accounts, such as women and gender, the family, social welfare, popular politics, and the poor.

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Honors

Foreign Area Fellowship
Social Science Research Council (United States, New York) - SSRC, 1974-1976
American Council of Learned Societies Research Grant
Social Science Research Council (United States, New York) - SSRC, 1981
Honorable Mention, Bolton Prize for best book in Latin American History, Women of Mexico City
Conference on Latin American History, 1986
Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1988-1989
Fellow Bunting Institute
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1990-1991
Fellow
American Council of Learned Societies (United States, New York) - ACLS, 1996
President
New England Council of Latin American Studies, 1996
Who's Who in America
Marquis Who’s Who, 1999
Honorable Mention Best Book in Latin American Studies for Containing the Poor
New England Council (United States, Boston) - NEC, 2001
Whos Who in America
Marquis Who’s Who, 2001 - 2002
Who's Who in American Education
Marquis Who’s Who, 2006
Who's Who of American Women
Marquis Who’s Who, 2006
Honorary President
XVI Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México, 2022
Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican History for La Güera Rodríguez
Latin American Studies Association (United States, Pittsburgh) - LASA, 2023

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emerita of History, Department of History, Brandeis University

Education

Stanford University
Ph.D.
Stanford University
M.A.
Bryn Mawr College
B.A.