Lauren Rea is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Sheffield.
In 2023 Professor Rea was appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in King Charles' Birthday Honours, in recognition of her services to education in Latin America and the UK.
She is co-director of the Great Latin American Women Project,[2] which produces classroom resources on gender equality for primary school teachers.
[3] Her work also includes a project with the British Academy's Global Challenges Research Fund, working with academics and Indigenous teachers in Argentina on integrating intercultural perspectives into the teaching of patriotic anniversaries.
She then pursued a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) at the University of Cambridge before returning to King's for her PhD.