February 25, 2008 (Vol. 7, No. 3)

Professor Sanford to Lecture March 11 on Human Rights Atrocities

Professor Victoria Sanford (Anthropology), who has studied and written about human rights violations from the front lines, will help inaugurate the Speaker Series at the Rutgers University Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, with a lecture March 11 on "The Land of the Pale Hands: Feminicide and Social Cleansing in Guatemala."

The talk, held in conjunction with the Division of Affairs Graduate Colloquium, will be given from 5-7 p.m. in the Provost's Conference Room (Room 502) at the Rutgers-Newark campus. Professor Sanford is the fourth speaker in the inaugural 2008 series.

Author of the landmark book Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala (2003), as well as Engaged Observer: Anthropology, Advocacy and Activism (2006) and La Masacre de Panzos: Etnicidad, tierra y violencia en Guatemala (2006), Professor Sanford has conducted extensive research in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and South Africa. She has won several fellowships, awards, and honors, including the Early Career Award of the Society for the Psychological Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence of the American Psychological Association and a Fulbright Research/Teaching Award from the Fulbright Association of Colombia, both in 2004.

A graduate of California State University in Sacramento, she earned a master's with distinction from San Francisco State University in the society and culture of Central America and a master's and doctorate in anthropology from Stanford University.

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