Rebecca Clouser is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in International and Area Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a PhD in Geography from Indiana University. Currently, she teaches courses on human geography, geographies of development, and violence in Central America. Her research is located at the intersection of critical development studies, cultural geography and geographies of emotion. She has authored papers in the Journal of Latin American Geography and Progress in Development Studies. Her current research investigates the multidimensional aspects of the relationship between fear and development projects and processes in post-conflict Guatemala.