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Jennifer Trowbridge is a Term Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Rights at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her work integrates sociocultural and biological anthropology with human rights advocacy and forensic science, focusing on post-conflict societies in Latin America, particularly Colombia and Guatemala.
Education:
- PhD in Anthropology, New York University, 2019
- MA in Anthropology, New York University, 2014
- BA in Anthropology, Haverford College, 2004
Her research explores the social and political dimensions of forensic investigations into mass violence, especially how exhumations and identifications of victims are shaped by familial demands for justice and integrated into peace processes like Colombia’s 2016 Peace Accords. She also teaches on asylum-seeking among Latin American immigrants in New York City.
Her recent publications examine whether and how human remains 'speak' in forensic and legal contexts, analyzing the translation of biological evidence into narratives of violence and memory. These works reflect broader themes in forensic anthropology, STS, and the anthropology of death.
Scientific Awards and Fellowships:
- National Science Foundation Grant
- J. William Fulbright Program Fellowship
- Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant
Her research has been supported by major funding agencies, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Latin American Studies at Rutgers University. Her fieldwork includes four years with the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG), and policy advocacy with the Latin America Working Group (LAWG) in Washington, DC.
She is currently developing her book manuscript, Do Bones Speak? Forensic Science, War, and the Restless Dead in Colombia, which provides an ethnographic account of the role of forensic science in transitional justice.
