November 17, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Anthropology Professor to Speak on Feminicide in Guatemala

Professor Victoria Sanford (Anthropology), who has conducted extensive research in Guatemala and other Latin American countries, will be the special guest speaker at the Global Law and Policy Center's conference on "Using Archaeological Digs to Unearth Human Rights Violations." The talk will take place November 20 at Santa Clara University's School of Law in California.

In her research, Professor Sanford applies anthropological and archaeological methods to obtain evidence about past human rights violation. Her latest book, Guatemala: Del Genocidio al Feminicidio (F&G Editores, 2008) explores feminicide, the contemporary killing of women in Guatemala. Professor Sanford disentangles the conflicting analyses and convoluted presentation of data. She offers a critical assessment of the outcomes that occur in a society where those who committed the genocide have never been brought to justice and impunity reigns more than a decade after the signing of peace accords. The book concludes with an analysis of the state's role in preventing violence against women.

Professor Sanford is the author of 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). She has conducted extensive research in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and South Africa and 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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