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Janice A. Jaffe is a Researcher in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at Bowdoin College. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and additional certifications in Refugee Trauma and Recovery from Harvard. Her work bridges academic scholarship and community engagement, focusing on translation theory, migration narratives, and interpreter ethics. She has served as a medical interpreter, court interpreter trainer, and Associate Director of Bowdoin’s McKeen Center for the Common Good, mentoring faculty on public engagement and organizing the college’s first public health symposium.
Her research emphasizes language access equity, particularly for immigrant/refugee communities, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams at Harvard and the Maine Judicial Branch LEP Advisory Committee. She is translating Spanish writer Rosa Montero’s novel La ridícula idea de no volver a verte and has published translations in The Americas, Past Futures, and Latino Voices in New England.
Her scholarship spans migration narratives in contemporary literature, medical/legal interpreting ethics, and the intersection of art and technology in postwar Latin America. She currently serves on the board of Partners for Rural Health in the Dominican Republic and directs their interpreting programs.
