Victoria Sanford, PhD Center for Human Rights & Peace Studies Lehman College-City University of New York 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, NY 10468 347-756-1182 [email protected] or [email protected] Web Page: http://www.fygeditores.com/sanford/index.html http://www.lehman.edu/human-rights-peace-studies/ Education Ph.D., Anthropology, Stanford University, 2000. (Training in International Human Rights Law and Immigration Law at Stanford Law School) A.M., Anthropology, Stanford University, 1995. Human Rights Training Certificate, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, 12th Annual Course on Human Rights Law, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 1994. M.A., with Distinction, Special Major: Society and Culture of Central America, San Francisco State University, 1993. B.A., Social Science with concentration in Economics, California State University Sacramento, 1982. Academic Appointments Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York, 2004 to present. Professor, Lehman College, January 1, 2012 to present. Associate Professor, Lehman College, January 2007 to January 2012. Assistant Professor, Lehman College, August 2004 to December 2006. Founding Director, Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies, Lehman College, May 2010 to October 2020. Doctoral Faculty, Department of Anthropology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, January 2008 to present. Doctoral Faculty, Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, January 2008 to present. Chair, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York, July 2014 to July 2019. Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, January 2018 to August 2018. 1 Associate Member, Columbia University Seminar on Indigenous Studies, October 2014 to present. Affiliated Scholar, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, City University of New York, December 2020 to present. Visiting Professor/US Fulbright Scholar Colombia, Universidad Libre, Facultad de Derecho, Bogota, July 2016-August 2017. Deputy Chair, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, January 2009 to July 2014. Visiting Scholar, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, September 2009 to August 2010. Research Associate, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, January 2007 to 2009. Affiliated Scholar, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University, March 2007 to present. Senior Research Fellow, Institute on Violence and Survival, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, May 2003 to July 2005. Expert of International Standing, Australian Research Council College of Experts, February 2005 to present. Fulbright Teaching/Research Scholar and Visiting Professor, Department of Rural and Regional Development, Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, August 2004 to December 2004. Research Team Member, Research Initiative on the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict, Joan Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, May 2001 to May 2004. Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, 2000 to 2003. Faculty Fellow, Joan Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2000 to 2003. Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2000 to 2003. Rockefeller Resident Fellow, Institute on Violence, Culture and Survival, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Spring 2002. Residential Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2001. 2 Peace Fellow, Bunting Fellowship Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 1999-2000. Acting Instructor, Department of Anthropology and Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University, 1998-99. MacArthur Consortium Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Arms Control, [renamed Center for International Security and Cooperation] Stanford University, 1997-98. Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, 1994-95. Program Analyst, Family Welfare Research Group, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1993. Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, 1991-92 and Research Assistant, Department of History, San Francisco State University, Summer 1992. Instructor, Department of History, School of Philosophy and Letters, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, 1987-1989. Professional Experience Co-Leader, Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum Faculty Seminar on Holocaust and Genocide in the Americas, Mexico City, January to June, 2019. Expert Consultant pro bono, Innovation Law Lab, June 2014 to present. Expert Consultant on Guatemalan Genocide, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada, February to April, 2013. Expert Witness pro bono, Guatemalan Genocide Case, Audiencia Nacional del Juez Santiago Pedraz, Madrid, Spain, August 17, 2012. Expert Consultant pro bono, High Impact Human Rights Cases, Ministerio Publico (prosecutor’s office) Guatemala, 2009 to 2010. Team Leader pro bono, Guatemalan Court-Appointed International Forensic/Medical Examiner Team for Consultation and Laboratory Analysis on High-Impact Human Rights Feminicide case, Guatemala, May 2010. Presentation of Guatemalan Human Rights Feminicide Case, Southern Florida Department of Law Enforcement Cold Case Committee, February 5, 2010. Coordination of US Forensic/Medical Examiner Team on Guatemalan Human Rights Feminicide Case, May 2009 to present. 3 Expert Consultant on Human Rights cases to the Procuraduria de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala and El Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala, July 2006 to 2010. Expert Reviewer for English translation of condensed, critical version of Memory of Silence (Report of the Guatemalan Truth Commission - Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico), International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law, November to December 2009. Chair, Committee for Human Rights, American Anthropological Association, (elected 2008- 2010). Co-Principal Investigator, Colombia Project, Report on Women’s Peacebuilding and Women’s NGOs in Colombia, Shaler Adams Foundation, July 2000 to July 2001. Research Consultant, Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation Report to the Guatemalan Truth Commission (Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico), Guatemala, July 1997 to June 1998. Rapporteur, International Women’s Rights Action Watch and United Nations Commission on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Expert Consultation on The Human Rights of Women and Children, January 1998. Research Consultant, Catholic Relief Services - Guatemala, July 1997. Principal Investigator, Directory of Guatemalan NGOs and Guide to US Funders, Shaler Adams Foundation, San Francisco, 1995-1996. Media Relations Coordinator, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1990-1992. Political Associate, Campaign Performance Group, San Francisco, 1989-1990. Research Consultant, El Rescate Refugee Legal Services, Los Angeles, 1988. Executive Director and Founder, Oakdale Legal Assistance (pro bono refugee legal services for Central American Asylum-Seekers), Louisiana, 1986-1987. Special Competencies International Human Rights, Humanitarian and Immigration Law (coursework at Stanford Law School and the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights); Forensic Anthropology; Genocide Studies; Gender Violence; Gang Violence; Organized Crime; Illegal Groups and Clandestine Security Structures; Peace-Building, Democratic Participation and Conflict Resolution; Economic Development in Marginalized Communities; Research Methodologies and Training; Policy Development and Implementation; Project Development and Program Analysis and Evaluation; Development of Collaborative Relationships among universities, NGOs, International Agencies and Local Community Organizations; Development of NGO Frameworks 4 for the Inclusion of Women in Decision-Making; Conference Planning and Organizing; Media and Public Relations; Newsletter and Pamphlet Production; Organizational Development and Fundraising; Video Ethnography and Visual Anthropology. Fellowships, Awards and Honors US Fulbright Scholar Colombia, Universidad Libre Bogota, Facultad de Derecho, 2016-2017. Public Anthropology Award, 2016 Public Anthropology Competition, California Public Anthropology Series, University of California Press (Project: The Surge~Central American Border Crossings in the United States, 1980-2015). Finalist, Dorothy Cappon Prize for the Essay, New Letters, August 2015. International Women's Program of the Open Society Institute New York, $38,000 for conference on Gender Violence in Central America, April 2011 Victoria Sanford (Project Director), Heather Walsh-Haney, Daniel Rothenberg, Co-Principal Investigators. Latin American Studies Association Law and Society in Latin America Section 2010 Margaret Popkin Award, 1st place, for the paper "Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala: How Cultural and Forensic Anthropologists Work Together to Document Crimes" (co-author Heather Walsh- Haney). International Women's Program of the Open Society Institute New York, $22,000 for Feminicide in Guatemala ~ High Impact Human Rights Case Investigation. Request for OSI Support for Exhumation and Forensic Analysis, May 2010. Victoria Sanford and Heather Walsh-Haney, Co- Principal Investigators