Experience

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Elected to serve as Vice President of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023. On June 1, 2023 I will serve as President of LASA for a one-year term. I will then serve another year as Past President of the Association. Member of the Executive Council during the entire three-year period. LASA is the largest association of Latin Americanists in the world, with 13,000 members from 75 countries. It organizes an annual international congress, publishes the peer-reviewed academic journal Latin American Research Review, the quarterly bulletin LASA Forum, and manages the Latin American Research Commons. Show less



George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies

  • Aug 2000 - Present

  I teach comparative politics, Latin American politics, and specialized courses on democracy and authoritarianism, state-society relations, social movements and revolutions, political violence, human rights, and transitional justice. I have served as director of Latin American Studies, co-director of the Center for Global Studies, and am an affiliate faculty at the Gender and Policy Center at the Schar School; the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and the Women and Gender Studies Program at Mason. Show less



Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Fellow

  • Aug 2009 - Present

  WOLA is a leading human rights research and advocacy organization. In my role as Senior Fellow, I engage in a variety of activities aimed at promoting on human rights, supporting the work of local human rights defenders, and promoting and advocating on behalf of victims engaged in transitional justice processes. My work focuses primarily in Peru and Guatemala, where I have engaged in research and advocacy work on these issues for many years. WOLA is a leading human rights research and advocacy organization. In my role as Senior Fellow, I engage in a variety of activities aimed at promoting on human rights, supporting the work of local human rights defenders, and promoting and advocating on behalf of victims engaged in transitional justice processes. My work focuses primarily in Peru and Guatemala, where I have engaged in research and advocacy work on these issues for many years.



Open Society Foundations

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

  Worked as an international trial monitor for war crimes prosecutions in Guatemala between 2016 and 2020. Published 150+ reports on ongoing trials and the broader political context in Guatemala for the International Justice Monitor, a project of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Reports available at the IJM archive: https://www.ijmonitor.org/category/guatemala-trials/ Worked as an international trial monitor for war crimes prosecutions in Guatemala between 2016 and 2020. Published 150+ reports on ongoing trials and the broader political context in Guatemala for the International Justice Monitor, a project of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Reports available at the IJM archive: https://www.ijmonitor.org/category/guatemala-trials/