Susan Brewer-Osorio is an Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. She holds a joint-appointment in the School of Government & Public Policy. Her research focuses on the relationship between drug policy, illicit markets, and contentious politics in Andean South America. Susan completed her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in 2014, and was a 2011 Fellow of the Drugs, Security, and Democracy (DSD) program of the Social Science Research Council.