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I am a Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. During fieldwork, I worked as a research intern at the Grupo de Prisiones, Facultad de Derecho, La Universidad de los Andes. My background is in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies (BA, Grinnell College, 2012) and in Latin American Studies (MA, Tulane University, 2018). My present research focuses on prisons, decarceration and justice in Colombia. Other interests include: affect studies, feminisms, trans studies, anthropology of the law, and translation.

Recent Publications


Ghosts in the Panopticon: Afterlife and Memory in the Museo Panóptico de Ibagué

Journal Article The Latin Americanist · March 2026 Abstract: In 2017, the Colombian television program Ellos están aquí (They Are Here) visited the ruins of the Panóptico de Ibagué, a former penitentiary located in the capital city of the Colombian department of Tolima, to search for ... Full text Cite

Women Organize Against the “Double Punishment” of Colombian Prisons

Other NACLA Report on the Americas · December 8, 2023 Formerly incarcerated women lead the struggle to rethink Colombia's broken prison system. What promise does a new restorative justice law hold? ... Link to item Cite
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