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Page 1 of 29 March 16 th , 2016 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Washington DC Dear Secretary of State Kerry: We, the undersigned Latin American experts, are writing to protest the political assassination of Berta Cáceres on March 3, 2016. Cáceres led the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH), and she won the prestigious Goldman Prize Award in 2015 for her work in the protection of the rights and environment of Indigenous people. Cáceres was an effective and well-loved environmental justice leader, Indigenous rights organizer and racial justice pioneer in Honduras. Due to her work against corporate interests, she received numerous death threats for years. Though she was under precautionary protective measures she was not under police protection at the time of her murder. The murder of Berta Cáceres, therefore, represents an assassination of great magnitude in a beleaguered country. Her loss to the Indigenous movement in Honduras is akin to the loss of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Civil Rights movement in the United States. We are deeply concerned that the US government condones and supports the current Honduran government by sending financial and technical support to strengthen the Honduran military and police, institutions that have been responsible for human rights violations since the coup d’état of 2009. By all accounts, the 2009 coup collapsed the judicial system and the rule of law. The country has one of the highest rates of homicides, feminicides, and LGBTI murders in the world. In spite of this egregious situation, the US government continues to fund a government that has unapologetically disregarded the right to life of its citizens. Berta Cáceres has become the 101 st environmental justice organizer to be killed in Honduras since 2010, demonstrating the blatant disregard and danger facing environmental justice organizers. According Human Rights observers on the ground and the Mexican organization Otros Mundos, the life of the sole witness of Berta’s murder, Gustavo Castro Soto, a Mexican citizen and human rights worker, is in danger. Human rights workers in Honduras believe that he was also the target of assassination. The Honduran police are interrogating him for long periods of time refusing him breaks, food and water. The Honduran government is refusing to allow him to return to his country and will hold him for 30 days. We fear for his life and join the international community in calling for the protection and immediate release of Gustavo Castro Soto. We urge the US government to immediately suspend support to the government of Juan Orlando Hernandez. We ask the US government to introduce sanctions against the Honduran government, until it allows the entry of an independent international team of investigators to solve the crime against Berta Cáceres. We join the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Americas in calling for the following actions: 1. WE DEMAND that the government of Honduras: Conduct a timely, transparent and diligent investigation of the assassination of Berta Cáceres. Ensure the speedy identification of the intellectual and material actors of the crime. Allow the participation of international human rights experts in support of the investigations, particularly in examination of the threats against Berta Cáceres as a human rights defender. Protect the life of Mexican Human Rights worker, Gustavo Castro Soto, the only witness of the attack on Berta Cáceres, and permit his safe exit from the country. Implement the Law of Protection for Human Rights workers, Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice workers.

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Page 1: , 2016 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry · U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Washington DC Dear Secretary of State Kerry: We, the undersigned Latin American experts, are writing

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March 16th, 2016 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Washington DC Dear Secretary of State Kerry: We, the undersigned Latin American experts, are writing to protest the political assassination of Berta Cáceres on March 3, 2016. Cáceres led the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH), and she won the prestigious Goldman Prize Award in 2015 for her work in the protection of the rights and environment of Indigenous people. Cáceres was an effective and well-loved environmental justice leader, Indigenous rights organizer and racial justice pioneer in Honduras. Due to her work against corporate interests, she received numerous death threats for years. Though she was under precautionary protective measures she was not under police protection at the time of her murder. The murder of Berta Cáceres, therefore, represents an assassination of great magnitude in a beleaguered country. Her loss to the Indigenous movement in Honduras is akin to the loss of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Civil Rights movement in the United States. We are deeply concerned that the US government condones and supports the current Honduran government by sending financial and technical support to strengthen the Honduran military and police, institutions that have been responsible for human rights violations since the coup d’état of 2009. By all accounts, the 2009 coup collapsed the judicial system and the rule of law. The country has one of the highest rates of homicides, feminicides, and LGBTI murders in the world. In spite of this egregious situation, the US government continues to fund a government that has unapologetically disregarded the right to life of its citizens. Berta Cáceres has become the 101st environmental justice organizer to be killed in Honduras since 2010, demonstrating the blatant disregard and danger facing environmental justice organizers. According Human Rights observers on the ground and the Mexican organization Otros Mundos, the life of the sole witness of Berta’s murder, Gustavo Castro Soto, a Mexican citizen and human rights worker, is in danger. Human rights workers in Honduras believe that he was also the target of assassination. The Honduran police are interrogating him for long periods of time refusing him breaks, food and water. The Honduran government is refusing to allow him to return to his country and will hold him for 30 days. We fear for his life and join the international community in calling for the protection and immediate release of Gustavo Castro Soto. We urge the US government to immediately suspend support to the government of Juan Orlando Hernandez. We ask the US government to introduce sanctions against the Honduran government, until it allows the entry of an independent international team of investigators to solve the crime against Berta Cáceres. We join the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Americas in calling for the following actions: 1. WE DEMAND that the government of Honduras: • Conduct a timely, transparent and diligent investigation of the assassination of Berta Cáceres. • Ensure the speedy identification of the intellectual and material actors of the crime. • Allow the participation of international human rights experts in support of the investigations,

particularly in examination of the threats against Berta Cáceres as a human rights defender. • Protect the life of Mexican Human Rights worker, Gustavo Castro Soto, the only witness of the attack

on Berta Cáceres, and permit his safe exit from the country. • Implement the Law of Protection for Human Rights workers, Journalists, Social Communicators and

Justice workers.

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• Adopt strategies and effective prevention plans to end persecution of Human Rights workers, including providing a budget and administrative support to the creation of an agency responsible for their protection.

2. WE REQUEST the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: • Supervise the investigation of Berta Cáceres’ murder and to make sure that it is conducted impartially

and independently with the participation of international human rights experts. • Pursue the punctual investigation on behalf of the Honduran government and provide investigation

recommendations in hopes that they will guarantee the life and integrity of investigators and defenders of Human Rights in their territory.

3. WE DEMAND that the Mission of Support Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH): • Ensure the investigation of the murder of Berta Cáceres includes international experts and is realized

with diligence independently and impartially.

4. WE DEMAND that US Congress and the US State Department: • Cease aid to Honduras via the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle until the Honduran

government addresses its poor Human Rights records, demonstrates capacity to prosecute perpetrators, and guarantees the rights of all people, especially Indigenous, Afrodescendant and LGBTI people, women and children.

Thank you. Respectfully Submitted, Scholars and Signatories listed in the following pages. CC: Juan Orlando Hernandez, Presidente de la Republica de Honduras Inter-American Court of Human Rights US Embassy in Honduras, Washington DC Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Senator Bernie Sanders Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de la Republica Honduras COPINH

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Signatories for Letter to Secretary of State Kerry

Suyapa Portillo, PhD. Alicia Estrada, PhD. Breny Mendoza, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor Pitzer College California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge

Leisy Abrego, PhD. Gloria Chacon, PhD. Dario A. Euraque, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor of History & International University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego Studies Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Courtney Desiree Morris, PhD. Miguel Tinker Salas, PhD. Aviva Chomsky, PhD. Assistant Professor Professor Professor Pennsylvania State University Pomona College Salem State University

Raymond Craib, PhD. Aldo Antonio Lauria Santiago, Brinda Sarathy, PhD. Associate Professor PhD. Associate Professor, Pitzer College and Cornell University Professor Director Rutgers University Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

Lourdes Beneria, PhD. Cecilia Menjivar, PhD. Marc Edelman, PhD. Professor Emerita Distinguished Professor Professor of Anthropology Cornell University University of Kansas Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Eileen J. Findlay, PhD. Lynn Stephen, PhD. Barry Carr, PhD. Professor of History Distinguished Professor Emeritus Professor American University Unviersity of Oregon Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University

Rodolfo Pastor F, PhD. Cynthia Radding, PhD. Victoria Sanford, PhD. Investigador Asociado Distinguished Professor of History and Center for Human Rights & Peace Museo de Antropologia e Hostoria de Latin American Studies Studies San Pedro Sula University of North Carolina, Chapel Lehman College, City University of Hill New York

Karen Kampwirth, PhD. Oriel María Siu, PhD. Juliet Hooker, PhD. Robert W Murphy Professor of Political Director Latino Studies Associate Professor of Government Science University of Puget Sound The University of Texas at Austin Knox College

Richard Stahler-Sholk, PhD. Christopher Loperena, PhD. Susanne Jonas, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Retired Faculty Eastern Michigan University University of San Francisco University of California, Santa Cruz

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Silke Heumann, PhD. Kevin Coleman, PhD. Carmen Diana Deere, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Distinguished Professor International Institute of Social Studies University of Toronto University of Florida of University, The Hague

Enrique C. Ochoa, PhD. Yajaira Padilla, PhD. Maritza Cardenas, PhD. Professor of Latin American Studies and Associate Professor Assistant Professor History University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Arizona California State University, Los Angeles

Nora Hamilton, PhD. Jennifer Goett, PhD. Amy Lind, PhD. Professor (retired) Michigan State University Mary Ellen Heintz Professor University of Southern California University of Cincinnati

Justin Wolfe, PhD. Leah Schmalzbauer, PhD. Beth Baker, PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor Professor Tulane University Amherst College California State University, Los Angeles

Alfonso Gonzales, PhD. Norma Stoltz Chinchilla, PhD. Kirsten Silva Gruesz, PhD. Assistant Professor Professor of Sociology Professor University of Texas, Austin California State University Long Beach University of California, Santa Cruz

Lorgia García Peña, PhD. Laura Gutierrez, PhD. Sueann Caulfield, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Harvard University University of Texas, Austin University of Michigan

Sarah England, PhD. Jocelyn Olcott, PhD. Katherine Hoyt, PhD. Associate Professor of Anthropology Associate Professor Co-Director Soka University Duke University Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice

Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj, Peter Wade, PhD. Mary Louise Pratt, PhD. PhD. Professor Silver Professor Visiting Professor University of Manchester New York University Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies University of Texas

Eilzabeth Maier, PhD. Xóchitl Flores-Marcial, PhD. Christine J. Wade, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico California State University Northridge Washington College

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Beatriz Cortez, PhD. Susan Berger, PhD. Elisa Rizo, PhD. Professor of Central American Studies Professor Associate Professor California State University, Northridge Fordham University Iowa State University

Khanum Shaikh, PhD. Wayne J. Pitts, PhD. Douglas Carranza Mena, PhD. Assistant Professor Criminologist Professor of Central American Studies California State University, Northridge Center for Justice, Safety, and California State University, Northridge Resilience, RTI International

Debra H. Rodman, PhD. M. Gabriela Torres, PhD. Megan Rivers-Moore, PhD. Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Professor of Anthropology Assistant professor Women's Studies Wheaton College, MA Carleton University Randolph-Macon College

Katherine Borland, PhD. Emiko Saldivar, PhD. Harry E. Vanden, PhD. Associate Professor and Director, CFS Lecture Professor The Ohio State University Anthropology UCSB University of South Florida

Sonia E. Alvarez, PhD. Aaron Pollack, PhD. Laura Barbas Rhoden, PhD. Professor Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Professor, Modern Languages, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Superiores en Antropología Social - Literatures, and Cultures Sureste Wofford College

Adrienne Pine, PhD. Kency Cornejo, PhD. Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, PhD. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Full Professor Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico New York University American University

Gilberto Lopez y Rivas, PhD. Rosamel Millaman Reinao, PhD. Julie Cupples, PhD. Profesor Titular C Reader in Human Geography Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e associate profesor University of Edinburgh Historia Universidad Católica d Temuco CHILE

Laura E. Matthew, PhD. Suzanne Oboler, PhD. H Vrana, PhD. Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor of History Marquette University John Jay College of Criminal Justice- Southern Connecticut State University CUNY

Sophie Esch, PhD. Karl Offen, PhD. David S. Salisbury, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Colorado State University Oberlin College University of Richmond

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John L. Hammond, PhD. Carmen Caamaño-Morúa, PhD. Felipe Aguero, PhD. Professor Profesora Catedrática Profesor City University of New York Universidad de Costa Rica Instituto de Asuntos Publicos, Universidad de Chile

Richard Grossman, PhD. Gloria Rudolf, PhD. Isabel Dulfano, PhD. Instructor Adjunct professor Associate Professor Northeastern Illinois University University of pittsburgh University of Utah

Chris Chiappari, PhD. Roselyn Costantino, PhD. Manuela Picq, PhD. Associate Professor Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito St. Olaf College Penn State University

M. Brinton Lykes, PhD. Catherine Nolan-Ferrell, PhD. Sandra C. Alvarez, PhD. Professor Associate Assistant Professor Center for Human Rights & University of Texas San Antonio Chapman University International Justice

Jennifer J. Casolo, PhD. Junyoung Verónica Kim, PhD. Dana Frank, PhD. Research Associate and Adviser to Vice Assistant Professor Professor of History Rector of Research University of Iowa University of California, Santa Cruz Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guaremala

Hamid Rezai, PhD. Kathryn W. Shanley, PhD. Robin DeLugan, PhD. Pitzer College Professor of Native American Studies Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Montana University of California, Merced

Ester Hernandez, PhD. Magdalena Perkowska, PhD. Shaina Potts, PhD. Associate Professor Professor UC Berkeley California State University, Los Angeles Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

Marta López-Garza, PhD. Piya Chatterjee, PhD. Kenneth M. Roberts, PhD. Professor Professor Professor California State University, Northridge Scripps College Cornell University

Mayo C. Toruño, PhD. Karin Friederic, PhD. Shannon Speed, PhD. Professor and Chair of Economics Assistant Professor Associate Professor California State University, San Wake Forest University Ucla Bernardino

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Gerardo Otero, PhD. Emma Martín-Díaz, PhD. Benedicte Bull, PhD. Professor of International Studies and Professor Professor Sociology Universidad de Sevilla University of Oslo Simon Fraser University

Alexandra Tomaselli, PhD. Kathy Powell, PhD. Laura Lewis, PhD. Senior Researcher Doctor Professor European Academy of Bolzano, Italy; NUI Galway Ireland University of Southampton University of Graz, Austria

Emilio del Valle Escalante, PhD. Claudia Ferman, PhD. Marisa Belausteguigoitia, PhD. Associate Professor of Film & Latin Full Professor Associate Professor American Studies Universidad Nacional Autónoma de University of North Carolina at Chapel University of Richmond México Hill

Cecilia M. B. Sardenberg, PhD. Marion Werner, PhD. Martha Zapata Galindo, PhD. Professor of Anthropology Assistant Professor Assistant Professor NEIM/Universidade Federal da Bahia University at Buffalo, SUNY Freie Universität Berlin

Tania Pérez-Bustos, PhD. David Bronkema, PhD. Nicasio Urbina, PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor Professor Universidad Nacional de Colombia Eastern University U. of Cincinnati

Jelke Boesten, PhD. Patricia Oliart, PhD. Lisa Kowalchuk, PhD. Reader Lecturer in Latin American Studies Associate Professor King's College London, University of Newcastle University University of Guelph London

Almudena Cabezas, PhD. Mónica L. Espinosa Arango, Edward Murphy, PhD. Associate Professor PhD. Associate Professor Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Profesora Asociada Michigan State University Spain Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

Verónica Figueroa Huencho, Juliet Lynd, PhD. César Ceriani, PhD. PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor Profesora Asociada Illinois State University Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Universidad de Chile Sociales, Sede Argentina

Teofilo Ballve, PhD. Ricardo Grinspun, PhD. Julie Gibbings, PhD. Colgate University Associate Professor Assistant Professor York University University of Manitoba

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Marlise Matos, PhD. Morna Macleod, PhD. Christina Ewig, PhD. Associate Professor Profesora e Investigadora Professor Federal University of Minas Gerais Universidad Autónoma del Estado de University of Wisconsin Morelos, Mexico

Rosana Resende, PhD. Gregory S Hammond, PhD. Nathalie Lebon, PhD. Lecturer Associate Professor Associate professor of women gender & University of Florida Center for Latin Austin Peay State University sexuality studies American Studies Gettysburg College

Ana Silvia Monzón, PhD. Alison Crosby, PhD. Ignacio Medina, PhD. Profesora Associate Professor Professor FLACSO-Guatemala York University University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Karen Tejada, PhD. Natalia Ruiz-Rubio, PhD. Karina Esther Grégori Méndez, Assistant professor Associate Professor PhD. University of Hartford Eastern Washington University Director Democracy & Participation Research and Education Institute (D&P)

Fernanda Saforcada, PhD. Serena Cosgrove, PhD. Caroline Beer, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Universidad de Buenos Aires Seattle University University of Vermont

Hillary Hiner, PhD. Angela Vergara, PhD. Corinne Pubill, PhD. Assistant Professor Professor Associate Professor Universidad Diego Portales California State University Los Angeles Salisbury University

Joe Parker, PhD. Diana Negrin, PhD. Linda Green, PhD. Professor Postdoctoral Scholar Associate Professor Pitzer College CIESAS-Mexico University of Arizona

Guillermo Delgado-P., PhD. Elisabeth Jay Friedman, PhD. Olivia Gall, PhD. Professor Professor Full Professor University of California Santa Cruz University of San Francisco CEIICH UNAM

M. Pérez de Mendiola, PhD. Kathleen Coll, PhD. Gladys Jiménez-Muñoz, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Scripps College U. of San Francisco Binghamton University

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Jorge Hernandez Diaz, PhD. Rachel E. Bowen, PhD. Lisa Maya Knauer, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor and Department Chair Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez The Ohio State University de Oaxaca University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Sociology

Rosio Cordova, PhD. Mariana Mora, PhD. Patricia Richards, PhD. Professor Associate Professor Professor Universidad Veracruzana Ciesas University of Georgia

Ernesto Martinez, PhD. Margaret Power, PhD. Mneesha Gellman, PhD. Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor University of Oregon Illinois Institute of Technology Emerson College

Gilda L. Ochoa, PhD. Monica Frölander-Ulf, PhD. Jeanne L. Gillespie, PhD. Professor Associate Professor Emerita Professor Pomona College University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown The University of Southern Mississippi

María Moreno, PhD. Martha Nelida Ruiz, PhD. Veronica Castillo-Munoz, PhD. Visiting Assistant Professor President Assistant Professor Miami University Universidad de Tijuana UDT University of California, Santa Barbara

Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland, PhD. Jennifer N. Collins, PhD. Alicia Muñoz, PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor Franklin and Marshall College University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Macalester College

Nicholas Copeland, PhD. Shannon Cram, PhD. Liisa L. North, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor Emerita Virginia Polytechnic and State University University of Washington Bothell York University and FLACSO- Ecuador

David Delgado Shorter, PhD. Tatiana Rein, PhD. Martha D. Escobar, PhD. Professor and Vice Chair Lecturer Assistant Professor University of California Los Angeles Instituto de Estudios Internacionales - California State University, Northridge Universidad de Chile

Edmund T Gordon, PhD. Jessica Taft, PhD. Jih-Fei Cheng, PhD. Associate Professor University of California at Santa Cruz Assistant Professor University of Texas at Austin Scripps College

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Cirila Quintero, PhD. Jose Alamillo, PhD. Marlene Medrano, PhD. Faculty Researcher Professor Assistant Professor COLEF California State University Channel Los Angeles City College Islands

Fernando I. Leiva, PhD. Graciela Di Marco, PhD. Susana Wappenstein, PhD. Associate Professor Full Professor Profesora investigadora University of California Santa Cruz Universidad Nacional de San Martin, FLACSO-Ecuador (UCSC) Argentina

Cecilia MacDowell Santos, PhD. Devra Weber, PhD. Albert Ponce, PhD. Associate Professor and Director of the Associate Professor Assistant Professor Latin American Studies Program Department of History Lake Tahoe Community College University of San Francisco

Misha Kokotovic, PhD. Silvio Sirias , PhD. Vivianne Ventura-Dias, PhD. Associate Professor Writer Independent Researcher University of California, San Diego Independent Independent

Molly Talcott, PhD. Martha Gonzalez, PhD. Robert Andolina, PhD. Associate Professor Assistant Professor and Artivista Associate Professor California State University, Los Angeles Scripps College Seattle University

Evelyn Schuler Zea, PhD. Nancy Neiman Auerbach, PhD. Jose Zapata Calderon, PhD. Adjunct Professor Professor of Politics Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Federal University of Santa Catarina Scripps College Chicano/a Latino/a Studies Pitzer College

Pascha Bueno-Hansen, PhD. Frances Roberts-Gregory, PhD. Caroline Yezer, PhD. Assistant Professor Graduate Student Assistant Professor University of Delaware University of California, Berkeley College of the Holy Cross

Tianna S. Paschel, PhD. Kristin Wylie, PhD. Professor Jorge Santos, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor University of California - Berkeley James Madison University College of the Holy Cross

Emily Rosser, PhD. Richard Flacks, PhD. Willie Jamaal Wright, PhD. Visiting Research Fellow Emeritus Professor of Sociology Graduate Candidate Kroc Institute for International Peace UCSB University of North Carolina - Chapel Studies, University of Notre Dame Hill

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Mónica Ríos, PhD. Nataly Bautista, PhD. Hilda Cota, PhD. Graduate Student / SAS Mellon Fellow Student Teacher and researcher Rutgers University, New Brunswick UCI Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico

Vilma Santiago-Irizarry, PhD. Gustavo Lopez Angel, PhD. Chris Tilly, PhD. Cornell University Profesor Tiempo Completo Asociado C Professor & Institute Director Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de UCLA Puebla

Alvaro Jarrin , PhD. Dr. Genevieve Negrón- Katherine Sugg, PhD. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Gonzales, PhD. Associate Professor College of the Holy Cross Assistant Professor Central Connecticut State University University of San Francisco

Otto Santa Ana, PhD. Sonia Hernandez , PhD. William I. Robinson, PhD. Professor Associate Professor Professor of Sociology UCLA Texas A&M University University of California

Jennie Luna, PhD. Victoria Banales, PhD. Carol B. Thompson, PhD. Assistant Professor Instructor Professor emerita California State University, Channel Cabrillo College Northern Arizona University Islands

Georgia Seminet, PhD. Melissa M. Forbis, PhD. Marcia Stephenson, PhD. Associate Professor of Spanish Assistant Professor Associate Professor St. Edward's University Stony Brook University SUNY Purdue University

Leon Garcia Garagarza, PhD. Sergio Coto-Rivel, PhD. Adriana Garriga-Lopez, PhD. Lecturer Associate Professor Arcus Center for Social Justice University of California, Los Angeles Université de Nantes, France Leadership Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kalamazoo College

Sally Perret, PhD. Wythe Holt, PhD. Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir, PhD. Assistant Professor University Research Professor of Law Salisbury University Emeritus Professor of Spanish - Latin American The University of Alabama Literature and Cinema University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland Gautier Arlette, PhD. Manuela Camus Bergareche, Liv Sovik, PhD. Professor PhD. Professora associada UNiversité de Bretagne Occidentale, Profesora Investigadora Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro france Universidad de Guadalajara

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Cynthia L. Stone, PhD. Catalina Forttes Zalaquett, PhD. Beatriz Padilla, PhD. Associate Professor Senior Research Fellow College of the Holy Cross Assistant Professor ISCTE-IUL Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Marcos Wasem, PhD. Kimberly Robertson (Mvskoke), Cristina Scheibe Wolff, PhD. Visiting Assistant Professor PhD. Associate Professor Purdue University Assistant Professor Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina California State University, Northridge

Lola Proaño Gomez, PhD. Maria Duarte, PhD. Olivia Mena, PhD. Emeritus Professor University of the Pacific Independent Scholar Pasadena City College

Emily A. Maguire, PhD. Narda Henriquez, PhD. Rita M. Palacios, PhD. Associate Professor Profesora Principal Assistant Professor Northwestern University Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del Peru Concordia University

Claudia Darrigrandi Navarro, Steven Osuna, PhD. Maria Susana Ortale, PhD. PhD. Assistant Professor Profesora Antropología Cultural y Social CIDOC, Universidad Finis Terrae California State University, Long Beach Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Susan Fitzpatrick Behrens, PhD. Thomas Ward, PhD. Dr. Pablo Gonzalez, PhD. Professor Lecturer Professor, Department of History Loyola University Maryland University of California Berkeley California State University, Northridge

Farid Samir Benavides Vanegas, Judith Santopietro, PhD. Marisol de la Cadena, PhD. PhD. University of Texas at Austin Professor Associate Professor University of California-Davis Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá

Ana Maria Ferreira, PhD. Zoya Kocur, PhD. Danielle Dirks, PhD. Assistant Professor Independent Scholar Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota, Duluth Independent Occidental College

C. Mathews Samson, PhD. Margarita Huayhua, PhD. Rosario Undurraga, PhD. Associate Professor of Anthropology Assistant Professor Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile Davidson College University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Kathryn Lehman, PhD. Rosalba Robles Ortega, PhD. Blanca Aranda Gómez García, Senior Lecturer Profesora-Investigadora PhD. The New Zealand Centre for Latin Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Assistant Professor of Spanish American Studies, University of Juárez Western Washington University Auckland

Adelaida R. Del Castillo, PhD. Sara Maria Lara Flores, PhD. Nanci Buiza, PhD. Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor of Spanish San Diego State University Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Swarthmore College México

Alvaro Huerta, PhD. Guadalupe Cortina, PhD. Bruce Mannheim, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor of Anthropology California State Polytechnic University, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley University of Michigan Pomona

Pedro E Nava, PhD. Juan Guillermo Sanchez- Portia K Maultsby, PhD. Assistant Professor Martinez, PhD. Laura Boulton Professor Emerita of Mills College Assistant Professor Ethnomusicology West Virginia University Indiana University

Eric Vázquez, PhD. Carmen Gregorio Gil, PhD. Susana Martinez, PhD. Visiting Assistant Professor Profesora Titular Associate Professor Dickinson College Universidad de Granada DePaul University

Déborah B. Santana, PhD. Alexandre Da Costa, PhD. Sonia Gonzalez, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Mills College University of Alberta, Canada Whittier College

Arely Zimmerman Claros, PhD. Genevieve Carpio, PhD. Reena Goldthree, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Mills College UCLA Dartmouth College

Laura R. Graham, PhD. Yvette Martinez-Vu, PhD. Brian A. Bremen, PhD. Associate Professor Student Affairs Advisor Associate Professor of English University of Iowa University of California, Los Angeles The University of Texas at Austin

Kristina Shull, PhD. Lorena Ojeda, PhD. Rachel Elfenbein, PhD. Lecturer Universidad Michoacana Simon Fraser University University of California, Irvine

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Luisa Hernandez, PhD. Kendra McSweeney, PhD. Millie Thayer, PhD. University of Puerto Rico Professor Associate Professor Ohio State University University of Massachusetts, Amherst

T. Joel Wade , PhD. Guadalupe Escobar, PhD. Karina Oliva Alvarado, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow Visiting Lecturer Bucknell University New York University Chicana/o Studies, UCLA

Dr. Faviana Hirsch, PhD. Emma Cervone, PhD. Roberta Villalon, PhD. Researcher and Consultant Loyola University Associate Professor, Chairperson UCSB St. John's University

Pamela Voekel, PhD. Sonny Richard E. Espinoza, PhD. Roberto E Arroyo, PhD. Associate Professor Adjunct Dartmouth College Lecturer University of Oregon CSULA

Sarah Warren, PhD. Hector Perla Jr., PhD. Dr. Sandra Ruiz, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Vising Faculty Lewis & Clark College University of California Santa Cruz UCLA Department of Chicana/o Studies

Naomi Wood, PhD. Dr. Paula Mohan, PhD. Rebecca Galemba, PhD. Assistant Professor Senior Lecturer Assistant professor Colorado College University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Denver

Tathagatan Ravindran, PhD. Alejandra Marchevsky, PhD. Rachel Sieder, PhD. Doctoral Candidate Professor Profesora-Investigadora University of Texas at Austin California State University, Los Angeles CIESAS, Mexico

Claudia R Fernandez, PhD. Jeb Sprague, PhD. Adam John Waterman, PhD. Associate Professor Adjunct Professor Assistant Professor Knox College University of California, Santa Barbara American University of Beirut

Anne Winkler-Morey, PhD. José Cal, PhD. Mary Garcia Castro, PhD. Community Faculty Profesor (Becario Postdoctoral Erasmus). Catholic University of Salvador. Metropolitan State University Universidad de Vallladolid. UCSAL Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

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Roberto García Ferreira, PhD. Yansi Perez, PhD. Diana Taylor, PhD. Profesor Associate Professor Professor Universidad de la República Carleton College New York University

Ricardo Dominguez , PhD. Hana Muzika Kahn, PhD. Dr Monica Moreno Figueroa, Associate Professor Assistant Professor PhD. UCSD Temple University, Philadelphia Lecturer in Sociology University of Cambridge

Tatiana Reinoza , PhD. Praba Pilar, PhD. Cristhian Teofilo da Silva, PhD. University of Texas at Austin Independent Scholar and Educator Adjunct Professor Ndinawe Transitional School Universidade de Brasilia

Elena Sabogal, PhD. Tania Lizarazo , PhD. Dr. Roewan Crowe, PhD. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor William Paterson University University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Winnipeg County

Kevin A Gould, PhD. John Jota Leaños, PhD. Luis Roniger, PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor Wake Forest University, NC Concordia University, Montreal Canada University of California, Santa Cruz

Sarah J. Mahler, PhD. LaDawn Haglund, PhD. Cornelia Flora, PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor Distinguished Professor Emeritus Florida International University Arizona State University Iowa State University

Almira Hoogesteyn, PhD. Alicia Swords, PhD. Juan Carlos Guerrero- Full Professor Associate Professor Hernández, PhD. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Department of Sociology, Ithaca Assistant professor Avanzados del I.P.N. Unidad Merida College Universidad de Los Andes

Bret Gustafson, PhD. Teresa Orozco, PhD. Maria L. Lagos, PhD. Associate Professor Professor Associate Professor Emeritus Washington University in St. Louis Lateinamerika-Institut Freie Universität The City University of New York Berlin

Maylei Blackwell, PhD. Francisco J. Galarte, PhD. Leonardo Olivos Santoyo, PhD. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Académico de Tiempo Completo University of California, Los Angeles University of Arizona Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Alcira Dueñas, PhD. Maria Socorro Tabuenca, PhD. Michelle Tellez, PhD. Associate Professor University of Texas, El Paso Senior Lecturer Center for Latin American Studies Northern Arizona University

Ana Cristina Ramírez Barreto, Manuela Valle Castro, PhD. Dr. Janice Gallagher, PhD. PhD. Visiting Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow Professor Institute for Culture, Communications, Brown University Universidad Michoacana de San and Creativity at the University of Nicolás de Hidalgo Saskatchewan

Sofía Kearns, PhD. Kristina A. Boylan, PhD. Dina Fachin, PhD. Professor Associate Professor IRCA, UC Davis Furman University SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Alicia del Campo, PhD. Javier Rodriguez, PhD. Sarah Augusta Lewison, PhD. Professor Population Studies Center, University Associate Professor California State University, Long Beach of Michigan Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Kathryn S. Russell, Ph.D., PhD. Edgar Rivera Colon, PhD. Neni Panourgia, PhD. Professor Emerita of Philosophy Lecturer Associate Professor SUNY Cortland Columbia University The New School for Social Research

Florence E Babb, PhD. Linda J. Seligmann, PhD. Lidia M V Possas, PhD. Professor Prof. Professor Asssistente Doutor University of North Carolina at Chapel George Mason University Universidade Estadual Paulista/ Hill UNESP - BRASIL

Tara Daly , PhD. Christy Thornton, PhD. Tamar Diana Wilson, PhD. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Research affiliate Marquette University Rowan University University of Missouri, St. Louis

Marta Ml. Bustillo Hernández, Elizabeth Monasterios, PhD. Jason Tockman, PhD. PhD. Professor University Lecturer Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh Various universities University of Puerto Rico, School of Public Health

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, PhD. Ellie Walsh, PhD. Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, PhD. Co-Director Governors State University Professor Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Villanova University Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary

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Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández, Dana Collins, PhD. Daniel M. Goldstein, PhD. PhD. Associate Professor Professor Professor California State University, Fullerton Rutgers University University of Colima

Paige West, PhD. Rachel Jennings, PhD. Maria Amelia Viteri, PhD. Professor Adjunct Professor Associate Professor Barnard College and Columbia San Antonio College Universidad San Francisco de Quito University

Kevin A. Young, PhD. Elizabeth Crespo Kebler, PhD. Alicia Arrizon, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor of Gender and Sexuality University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Puerto Rico Studies UC Riverside

Joshua Frens-String, PhD. Gabriel Hetland, PhD. Camilla Townsend, PhD. Editor Assistant Professor Professor of History North American Congress on Latin Latin American Studies, University at Rutgers University America Albany, SUNY

Valeria Grinberg Pla, PhD. Richard Lachmann, PhD. Carla Giaudrone, PhD. Associate Professor professor Associate Professor Bowling Green State University University at Albany Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Moira Fradinger, PhD. China R. Medel, PhD. Peter Guarnaccia, PhD. Associate Professor Postdoctoral Fellow Professor Yale University University of North Carolina Rutgers University

Philip D McMichael, PhD. Daniel Quirós, PhD. Lara Deeb, PhD. Professor Lafayette College Professor Cornell University Scripps College

William W. Goldsmith, PhD. Brian B. Johnson, PhD. Ruth Felder, PhD. Professor Emeritus Academic Director - Chile Assistant Professor Cornell University, USA World Learning / SIT University at Albany, SUNY

Denise A. Segura, PhD. Tom Rudel, PhD. Haroldo Dilla Alfonso, PhD. Professor of Sociology Distinguished Professor Researcher University of California, Santa Barbara Rutgers University Instituto de Estudios internacionales, Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile

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Maria Roof, PhD. Lesli Hoey, PhD. Sayra Pinto, PhD. Associate Professor Emerita Assistant Professor Program Affiliate Howard University University of Michigan University of Vermont

Carwil Bjork-James, PhD. Marcy E. Schwartz, PhD. Kelley Ready, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Independent Scholar Vanderbilt University Rutgers University Independent

Pilar Riano, PhD. James R. Levy, PhD. Rich Potter, PhD. Professor Honorary Visiting Fellow Assistant Professor University of British Columbia University of New South Wales American Jewish University

Dr. Amy Champ, PhD. Julianne Hazlewood, PhD. Judith C. Perez-Torres, PhD. Lecturer Visiting Lecturer PhD. Candidate Endicott College University of California, Davis University of Utah

R. Matthew Gildner, PhD. Kathleen Yep, PhD. Mary Garcia Castro, PhD. Assistant Professor Professor Associate Professor Washington & Lee University Pitzer College of the Claremont UCSAL- Universidade Catolica de Colleges Salvador

Delphine Lacombe, PhD. Pamela Eguiguren Bravo, PhD. Dr Abdulrazak Karriem, PhD. Researcher Profesora Asistente Senior Lecturer CNRS, Strasbourg, France Escuela de Salud Pública Dr. Salvador University of the Western Cape Allende - Universidad de Chile

Monica Tarducci, PhD. Lorrin Thomas, PhD. Juanita C. Aristizabal, PhD. Professor Associate Professor and Chair Assistant Professor Universidad de Buenos Aires- Rutgers University-Camden Pitzer College Universidad de San Martin

Tamara Adrian, PhD. Carmen Colazo, PhD. Mary R. Goldsmith, PhD. Professor of law Docente Universitaria Post Grado . Professor UCV / UNIMET Programa de Género Universidad Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Nacional de Córdoba. Post Grado de la unidad Xochimilco Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales. Córdoba. Argentina.

Hilbourne A. Watson, PhD. Teresita Cordero Cordero, Eliane Amaral Campello, PhD. Emeritus Professor PhD. Adjunct Professor Bucknell University Professor Universidade CATÓLICA DE Universidad de Costa Rica PELOTAS, PELOTAS, RS, BRASIL

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Rosalind Bresnahan, PhD. Celina Tuozzo, PhD. Jonathan Ritter, PhD. Retired, Dept. of Communication Studies Professor Chair of Latin American Studies California State University San University of Buenos Aires University of California, Riverside Bernardino

Cindy Forster, PhD. Ronald Friedman, PhD. Patricia Martin, PhD. Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Scripps College University at Albany, SUNY Université de Montréal

Lucas Savino, PhD. Koh Gnaw, PhD. Melissa F. Weiner, PhD. Assistant Professor Union Theological Seminary Associate Professor Centre for Global Studies, Huron College of the Holy Cross University College

Emily K. Hobson, PhD. Charlotte Sweeney, PhD. Raymond Buriel, PhD. Assistant Professor graduate student Professor of Psychology and Chicano/a University of Nevada, Reno Union Theological Seminary Latino/a Studies Pomona College

Sylvanna Falcon, PhD. Karen B. Graubart, PhD. Eréndira Serrano Oswald, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor UNAM University of California Santa Cruz University of Notre Dame

Dylon L Robbins, PhD. Dr. Carlos Muñoz, Jr., PhD. Cristina Rojas, PhD. New York University Professor Emeritus Full Professor University of California, Berkeley Carleton University

Brent Metz, PhD. Norman E. Whitten, Jr., PhD. Neil Harvey, PhD. Director, Associate Professor Professor Emeritus of Anthropology & Professor Center of Latin American & Caribbean Latin American Studies New Mexico State University Studies, U of Kansas Univesity of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Tarry Hum, PhD. Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera, PhD. Raquel Padilla Ramos, PhD. Professor Assistant Professor Profesor Investigador Titular C City University of New York Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Sede Medellin Historia

Takkara Brunson, PhD. Carmen Martinez Novo, PhD. Deborah A. Caro, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Director Morgan State University Anthropology Department, University Cultural Practice, LLC of Kentucky

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William H. Fisher, PhD. K. Meira Goldberg , PhD. Sylvia Zamora, PhD. Associate Professor Adjunct Assistant Professor Postdoctoral Fellow College of William & Mary Fashion Institute of Technology University of Chicago

Jean Jackson, PhD. Marc McLeod, PhD. Abraham Acosta, PhD. Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Associate Professor Associate Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seattle University University of Arizona

Tomas Crowder-Taraborrelli, Juan Eduardo Wolf, PhD. Freya Schiwy, PhD. PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor Visiting Assistant Professor University of Oregon University of California, Riverside Soka University of America

Shannon Gleeson, PhD. Heidi Coronado, PhD. Marc Becker, PhD. Associate Professor California Lutheran University Professor Cornell University Truman State University

Ivonne del Valle, PhD. Miguel Gonzalez, PhD. Nelson Maldonado-Torres, PhD. Associate Professor Assistant Professor University of California, Berkeley York University Associate Professor Rutgers University

Linda Belote, PhD. Lourdes Gutierrez Najera, PhD. Roosbelinda Cardenas, PhD. Professor emerita of Anthropology Assistant Professor of Anthropology Assistant Professor University of Minnesota Duluth Drake University Hampshire College

Chris Zepeda-Millan, PhD. Kradolfer Sabine, PhD. Liz Fitting, PhD. Assistant Professor Senior researcher Associate Professor UC Berkeley University of Lausanne (Switzerland) Dalhousie University

Daniel Mosquera, PhD. Silvia Rodríguez Maeso, PhD. Yanna Yannakakis, PhD. Union College Principal Researcher Associate Professor Centre for Social Studies, University of Emory University Coimbra

Monica Jimenez, PhD. Adriana Johnson, PhD. Kia Caldwell, PhD. Visiting Assistant Professor University of California, Irvine Associate Professor University of Illinois, Chicago University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

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Monica Espinosa Arango, PhD. Dennis H. Young, PhD. Ainhoa Montoya, PhD. Profesora Asociada Independent Research University of London Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

Eliza J. Willis, PhD. Genner Llanes-Ortiz, PhD. Tom Perreault, PhD. Professor Postdoctoral Associate Professor Grinnell College CIESAS Mexico City Syacuse University

Elvira Sánchez-Blake, PhD. Dr. Rene' Horst, PhD. Catherine L. Benamou, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Professor of History Associate Professor Romance and Classical Studies Appalachian State University University of California-Irvine Michigan State University

Rita Cano Alcalá, PhD. Cristina Serna, PhD. Maya Berry, PhD. Associate Professor Assistant Professor University of Texas, Austin Scripps College Colgate University

Betsy Konefal, PhD. Magister Flor de María Meza Sara García Cuesta, PhD. Associate Professor Tananta, PhD. Profesora, Departamento de Sociología y William and Mary Profesora Asistente Derechos Antropología, Directora de la Unidad de Humanos/Género y Derecho, Co Igualdad de Genero coordinadora del Grupo Derecho y Universidad de La Laguna (Islas Género Facultad de Derecho Canarias, España) Soili Buska, PhD. Ana María Botey Sobrado, PhD. Jilma Romero, PhD. University of Costa Rica Dra. En Historia Catedrática Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Universidad de Costa Rica Juridicas UNAN Managua

Daniel Polk, PhD. Lilia Soto, PhD. Bianet Castellanos, PhD. Stanford University Assistant Professor Associate Professor University of Wyoming University of Minnesota

John Soluri, PhD. Natasha Lightfoot, PhD. Christen A. Smith, PhD. Associate Professor Associate Professor University of Texas, Austin Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University

Veronica Schild, PhD. Christina M Greer, PhD. Mariana Achugar, PhD. Professor Emeritus Associate Professor Associate Professor University of Western Ontario Fordham University Carnegie Mellon University

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Olga Joya, PhD. Gwynn Thomas, PhD. Sandy Grande, PhD. Directora Centro Arte y Cultura Associate Professor Professor Universidad Nacional Autonoma de University at Buffalo, SUNY Connecticut College Honduras

Alexandro D. Hernández, PhD. Mercedes Olivera Bustamante, Paul Espinosa, PhD. Lecturer PhD. Professor University of California, Los Angeles Dra. En Antropología Arizona State University Centro de Estudios Superiores de México y Centroamérica. UNICACH

Lilian Davila, PhD. Mirna Flores, PhD. Rachel Sarah O'Toole, PhD. University of California, Merced UNAH Associate Professor University of California, Irvine

Sergio Miguel Huarcaya, PhD. Tirso Gonzales, PhD. David Luis Glisch-Sánchez, PhD. Researcher/Professor Assistant Professor Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Perú University of British Columbia University of Illinois at Urbana- Okanagan Champaign

Robert Austin, PhD. Monica Martins, PhD. Allison Adrian, PhD. Visiting Scholar Associate Professor St. Catherine University University of Sydney State University of Ceara

Raquel Drovetta , PhD. Norma Mogrovejo, PhD. Cristina Cielo, PhD. Researcher Profesora-Investigadora Professor-Researcher CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Universidad Autonoma De La Ciudad Latín American Faculty of Social Villa Maria, Argentina De Mexico Sciences - FLACSO sede Ecuador

Dina El Dessouky, PhD. Estelle Tarica, PhD. Michael Furtado, PhD. Lecturer Associate Professir Adjunct Research Advisor University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Berkeley The University of Queensland, Australia

William Martinez, PhD. Munia Bhaumik, PhD. Anne Marie Ejdesgaard Postdoctoral Fellow Assistant Professor Jeppesen, PhD. University of California - Berkeley Emory University Associate professor University of Copenhagen

Lisa M. Glidden, PhD. Florencia Quesada, PhD. Pablo Laguna, PhD. Associate Professor Researcher Associate Professor SUNY--College at Oswego University of Helsinki El Colegio de Michoacán

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Susan Martin-Marquez, PhD. Julieta Rostica, PhD. Dennis Arias, PhD. Full Professor Investigador University of Costa Rica Rutgers University CONICET / UBA

Maureen Shea, PHD, PhD. Rafael de la Dehesa, PhD. Dorothy E. Mosby, PhD. Associate Professor of Spanish Associate Professor Professor Tulane University City University of New York Mount Holyoke College

Héctor Miguel Leyva Carías, Alexandra Ortiz Wallner, PhD. Analisa Taylor, PhD. PhD. Visiting Professor Associate Professor Profesor Titular Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin University of Oregon Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Monica Gatica, PhD. Leandro Morgenfeld, PhD. Pablo Vommaro, PhD. FHCS Universidad Nacional de la Professor Professor & Researcher Patagonia San Juan Bosc Universidad de Buenos Aires UBA

Carlos Alberto Contreras, PhD. Mara Burkart, PhD. Gabriela Pulido Llano, PhD. Professor of History Assistant Professor Professor Grossmont College UBA CONICET Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico

Laura Pasquali, PhD. Marcela Aranda, PhD. Miriam Moriconi, PhD. Profesora Adjunta Regular Profesora Asociada Profesor Titular Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) UNCuyo, Mendoza, Rep. Argentina (Argentina)

Olga Echeverría, PhD. Silvina M. Romano , PhD. Karina Bidaseca, PhD. Docente. Investigadora CONICET Researcher Associate Professor Universidad Nacional del Centro Universidad de Buenos Aires- University of Buenos (Argentina) CONICET Aires/CONICET/University of Gral. San Martin

Dra. Rosalva Aída Hernández Francine Masiello, PhD. Eulalia Reyes, PhD. Castillo, PhD. Professor Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network Profesora Investigadora Titular “C” University of California at Berkeley Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social,

Mariana Canedo, PhD. Sonja Wolf, PhD. Dr. Patricia Harms, PhD. Profesora Titular Researcher Associate Professor of History and Universidad Nacional de Mar del CIDE, Mexico Gender & Women's Studies Plata, Argentina Brandon University

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Richard Grossman, PhD. Rocio Rosales, PhD. Cecilia Gosso, PhD. Instructor Assistant Professor researcher Northeastern Illinois University University of California, Irvine University of Turin

Denise Callejas, PhD. Elizabeth Oglesby, PhD. Ryan Alaniz, PhD. Assistant Professor Associate Professor of Latin American Assistant Professor Spring Hill College Studies California Polytechnic State University, University of Arizona San Luis Obispo

Ramón A. Hernández Torres, Caitlin E. Fouratt, PhD. Molly Todd, PhD. PhD. Assistant Professor Montana State University, Bozeman Docente pensionado California State University, Long Beach Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Roxana Boixados, PhD. William S. Stewart, PhD. Sara Ortelli, PhD. Doctor Profesor Titular Professor Emeritus of Political Science Profesor-Investigador Universidad de Buenos Aires California State University, Chico CONICET - UNCPBA (Argentina)

Vivian A. Martínez Díaz, M.P.P. Meredith Palmer, M.P.H. Melanie K. Yazzie, M.A. PhD Student PhD Candidate Ph.D Candidate in Anthropology UC Berkeley University of New Mexico Universidad de los Andes

Marco A. Mojica , M.A. Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira, M.A. Chantal Thomas, J.D. Instructor PhD Candidate / Instructor Professor City College of San Francisco University of California at Berkeley Cornell University

Angela B. Cornell, J.D. Maricarmen Treviño, M.S. Rahsaan Mahadeo, M.A. Clinical Professor of Law Profesora Titular PhD Student Cornell Law School Universidad Pedagógica Nacional- University Ajusco, México

Lucila Chavez, M.A. Regina Marie Mills, M.A. Margaret M. Ramírez, M.A. Lecturer PhD Student and Graduate Instructor University of Washington California State University Northridge University of Texas at Austin

Claudia Morales Ramirez, M.A. Dolores Coronel, M.A. Suzy Lee, J.D. Docente-Investigadora de Tiempo Post graduate student Graduate Student Completo Universidad Iberoamericana, México NYU El Colegio de Puebla A.C.

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Silvia Erendira Muñoz Ortiz, Ilaria Giglioli, M.A. Mariana Prandini Assis, M.A. M.A. University of California, Berkeley The New School for Social Research alumna Universidad Iberoamericana

Leda Lozier, M.A. Lieta Vivaldi , M.S. Marie Kennedy, M.A. PhD Student and Graduate Teaching PhD Candidate Professor Emerita Assistant Goldsmiths, University of London University of Massachusetts Boston University of Georgia

Maria Eugenia Brockmann, Jorge Cuéllar, M.A. Ben Manski, J.D. M.A. Doctoral Candidate Associate Ph.D Candidate Yale University University of California, Santa Barbara McGill University

Corrie Ellis, M.A. David Flores, M.A. Ricardo Sánchez Cárdenas, M.A. Teaching Assistant Doctoral Student University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Los Angeles Profesor Titular / Ph.D. Candidate Universidad Central del Ecuador / Northwestern University

LeighAnna Hidalgo, M.A. Emilie Santos Tumale, M.A. Autumn Knowlton, M.A. PhD Student MA Student in Asian American Studies PhD Candidate University of California, Los Angeles UCLA University of British Columbia

Brenda Nicolas, M.A. Rebecca McMillan, M.A. Lelya Troncoso Perez, M.A. PhD Student PhD Candidate Universidad de Chile y Universidad University of California, Los Angeles University of Toronto Diego Portales

Gabriela Arguedas, M.S. Ruth del Valle Cóbar, M.S. Alexandra Pedersen, M.A. Associate Professor Researcher PhD Candidate Universidad de Costa RIca Universidad de San Carlos de Queen's University Guatemala

Erica Henderson, M.A. Katherine Maich Rosario Ayala, M.P.A. MA Candidate PhD. CandidateDepartment of Sociology Investigadora University of Northern British Columbia University of California, Berkeley Colegio de Postgraduados

Joanna Pertkiewicz Denise Gilman, Esq. Maria Jose Azocar, M.A. PhD. Candidate, Head of Finance Director, Immigration Clinic Investigadora GREENPEACE University of Texas Law School Universidad Diego Portales, Chile Poland/CLACSO/LASA

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Paul Joseph Lopez Oro Leisette Rodriguez, M.S. Stephanie Huezo PhD. Candidate NMDIA PhD. Candidate University of Texas, Austin Indiana University

Martha McCabe, Esq., J.D. Carolina Arango Vargas Laura Fontana former Adjunct Professor of Law PhD. Candidate, Research Assistant PhD. Candidate, Presidenta University of Texas at Austin School of Syracuse University Equidad Igual Salud. Centro De Law Estudiso De Genero A.C.

Nancy Guarneros Juan Tejeda, M.A. Chantiri Ramirez, M.A. PhD. Candidate Palo Alto College , Doctoral Student Claremont Graduate University/UCLA University of California, Los Angeles

Rebecca Flores, M.A. Ester Trujillo Román Luján University of Michigan PhD. Candidate PhD. Candidate University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Los Angeles

Cecilia Caballero Alicia Reyes-Barriéntez, Yuridia Ramírez Renteria, Esq. PhD. Candidate PhD. Candidate PhD Candidate University of Southern California Duke University Duke University

Carolina Rivera, M.P.A. Carlos Anílber Rivas Maxine Marks, M.A. LAUSD Maradiaga Instructor of Record PhD. Candidate, Visiting Professor University of New Mexico Pitzer College

George Luna-Peña, M.A. Claire M Massey, M.A. Andrew Winters, M.P.H. University of New Mexico Saarland University, Germany Consultant

Patricia Dominguez, M.A. Denisse Sepulveda María Elena Arias-Zelidón Adjunt Professor PhD. Candidate PhD. Candidate Universidad Diego Portales University of Manchester Temple University

Alejandro Villalpando Alex Wilson, EdD. Saskia Walther, M.A. PhD. Candidate, Adjunct Faculty Associate Professor and Academic Doctoral Candiate, Researcher and California State University, Los Angeles Director Lecturerr Aboriginal Education Research Centre Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität University of Saskatchewan München, Germany

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Milo M. Alvarez John Marchese, M.A. Carolyn Fornoff, M.A. PhD. Candidate, Instructor of History Lecturer Graduate Student College of Southern Nevada Valparaiso University University of Pennsylvania

Tania Bride Lety Elvir Emilia Barbosa PhD. Candidate Professor PhD. Candidate, Lecturer University of California, Los Angeles Universidad Autonoma de Honduras University of Kansas (UNAH)

Rosanna Simons, M.A. Maria Paula Chaves, M.A. Payton Phillips Quintanilla Doctoral Student, Dept, of Chicanx Binghamton University PhD. Candidate Studies University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles

Maraci G. Aubel Juana Delgadillo Briones Robert D. Skeels, J.D. PhD. Candidate PhD. Candidate Candidate University of Kansas Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Peoples College of Law

Luna OG, M.A. Claudia Sofía Garriga López, Eve Schnitzer, M.A. The New School M.A. Spanish Instructor Doctoral Candidate in American Studies Carleton University New York University

Aaron Augsburger Amy Kennemore, M.A. Monica De La Torre PhD. Candidate PhD Candidate PhD. Candidate University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, San Diego University of Washington

Angus McNelly Sara Keene, M.S. Marta Rodriguez Cruz, J.D. PhD. Candidate PhD Candidate Universidad De Sevilla Y FLACSO- Queen Mary University of London Cornell University ECUADOR

Helen Dixon , M.A. John Zibell Ben Dangl, M.A. Tutor PhD. Candidate Doctoral candidate, Latin American history University of Sussex/IDS University of California, Davis McGill University

Marchand Eric, M.A. Charlotte Maria Saenz , M.A. Paulina Romo, M.A. Ingeniero agronomo Core Faculty Executive Director CNEARC Montpellier California Institute of Integral Studies Downtown Languages

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Nancy Rudner, M.P.H. Gloria Careaga, M.A. Ana Lucia Faerron Angel, M.S. Faculty Associate Professor Productora Audiovisual George Washington University Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Universidad de Costa Rica Mexico (UNAM)

David Feldman, M.A. Lisa M Dillman, M.A. Eugenia Lopez Uribe, M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara Senior Lecturer Civil society orgainzation Emory University

Jenny Domínguez, M.S. Pamela Sertzen, M.A. Kate E. Kedley Activista feminista independiente PhD Student PhD. Candidate Maxwell School for Citizenship and University of Iowa Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Rodrigo Alatriste-Diaz, M.A. Carolina Aguilera, Raquel Pacheco, M.A. Graduate Student PhD. Candidate Graduate student Cornell University Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile University of California, San Diego

Gisela Caarlos Fregoso, M.A. Edelina M. Burciaga, J.D. Meredith F. Coleman-Tobias PhD. Student Doctoral Candidate, Sociology PhD. Candidate Universidad Veracruzana University of California, Irvine Emory University

Rico Chenyek María José Chaves Groh, M.S. Yolanda Pineda López, M.A. PhD. Candidate Investigadora Profesora Investigadora University of Illinois at Urbana- Universidad de Costa Rica Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad Champaign de México

Lucila Polo Herrera Yazmine Nichols, M.A. Rosie Bermudez , M.A. PhD. Candidate First-year Student Graduate Student Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Union Theological Seninary Chicana and Chicano Studies University Mexico of California Santa Barbara

Macarena Bonhomme Omar Lisandro Turcios, M.A. Arnaldo Rodriguez Duarte, PhD. Candidate Jefe Departamento de Historia Professor Goldsmiths Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Honduras

Miguel Alonzo Macias, M.A. Isbela Orellana Ramírez, M.S. Alejandro Virrueta Profesor / Investigador Profesor PhD. Candidate Universidad Nacional Autónoma de UNAH Yale University Honduras

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M. Elva González Elizabeth O'Brien María Esther Montanaro Mena Lecturer in Spanish PhD. Candidate, Fellow PhD. Candidate Emory College University of Texas, Austin Universidad de Costa Rica

Osman López Ricardo Velasco, M.A. Alysia Mann Carey Profesor Titular University of Texas at Austin Graduate Student Universidad Nacional Autonoma de University of Chicago Honduras

Alicia Maria Siu, M.A. Aileen Ford, M.A. Dhayana Carolina Fernández Artist University of Texas, Austin Matos, M.S. University of California Davis Universidad Simón Bolívar de Colombia

Hilda Caldera, M.S. Yoalli Rodríguez, M.A. Wilson González Profesor Auxiliar Doctoral Student PhD. Candidate, Profesor Adjunto UNAH University of Texas, Austin Universidad de la República

Mario Ayala, M.A. Yesenia Martinez, M.S. Duke Yeboah, M.A. Assistant Professor Docente e investigadora Union Theological Seminary Universidad de Buenos Aires Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras

Irene Rodríguez Isabel C. Gómez Rev. Alejandra Trillos PhD. Candidate, JTP PhD. Candidate Master in Divinity UNR, Argentina University of California, Los Angeles Episcopal Priest

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