Research. Teaching. Practice.
Select Presentations


2018 “Resisting Temptation: Writing Violence in a Click-Bait Culture,” Society for Applied Anthropology Conference, “Writing and Representing Gender-Based Violence” Panel Presenter


2017 “ “God, Strengthen My Heart”: Violence, Disability and Faith in the Life-Course of Latina Immigrants in the United States,” American Anthropological Association Conference, “Violence, Temporality, and Layers of Harm: Broadening the Lens on Domestic Violence” Panel Presenter and Organizer


2017 “Rethinking the “Crisis” in Domestic Violence Services: Aging, Disability and Enduring Embodied Costs for Latina Domestic Violence Clients in the United States,” Society for Applied Anthropology Conference, “Care as Violence in Gender Based Violence Interventions” Panel Presenter


2016 “ ‘But when I see my hands, the scars remain’: Embodied Hardships and Spiritual Strength Among Latina Domestic Violence Survivors in the United States,” American Anthropological Association Conference, “Embodied Evidence: Latino/a Migrants and Everyday (Extra)Ordinary Violence” Panel Presenter, Organizer, and Co-Chair

Select Publications


Print:


2018 “The New Shield of the Weak: Women’s Rights As Human Rights for Domestic Violence Victims in Uruguay,” January 2018, Violence Against Women


2018 “ “Practicing” Social Services and “Practicing” Anthropology: A Dual Perspective on Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Care,” January 2018, Practicing Anthropology


Online (click on the links below):


2018 “When Short-Term Care Isn’t Enough: Maturing survivors of domestic violence need a long-term life course approach to health care,” January 2018, Anthropology News (online)


2017 “The Stakes for Immigration and Mental Health,” August 2017, Critical Care (Blog), Medical Anthropology Quarterly

2017 “Methodology and Mental Health: A Guide for Graduate Students,” October 2017, Medical Anthropology Student Association Blog