Dr. Zimmerman received her PhD in Latin American History from Stanford University in 2010 and also holds a Masters in Latin American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently revising her book manuscript
Women of Independent Means: Female Entrepreneurs and Property Owners in Rio de Janeiro, 1869-1904. Her research and teaching areas include Modern Latin America with a particular emphasis on Brazil, social and economic history of Brazil, African slavery in the Americas, and women and gender in the Atlantic World.
