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Peter Sebastian Chesney

NEH Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

History (US and Mexico), Urbanism, Sensory studies, Transportation, Digital culture

Dr. Peter Sebastian Chesney is from Los Angeles, California. He holds a B.A. in history from Vassar College (‘08) and a Ph.D. in history from UCLA (‘21). He has worked in secondary education and as a consultant in public policy (housing, food assistance, transportation, and higher education).