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Kimberly Theidon is an Associate Professor and Henry J. Leir Professor in International Humanitarian Studies at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Her work focuses on Latin America, particularly the Andean region, with expertise in political violence, transitional justice, gender studies, and environmental humanities. She holds degrees from UC Santa Cruz (BA) and UC Berkeley (MPH, MA, PhD in Medical Anthropology).
- Education: BA (Latin American Studies, UC Santa Cruz, 1991), MPH (UC Berkeley, 1993), MA/PhD (Medical Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1997/2002)
- Research Interests: Truth commissions, post-war reparations, comparative peace processes, US counter-narcotics policy, and feminist theory of harm.
Her influential works include Entre Prójimos (2004), which inspired an Academy Award-nominated film, and Intimate Enemies (2012), exploring violence and reconciliation in Peru. Recent publications address children born of wartime rape (Challenging Conceptions, 2023) and environmental legacies of war (Legacies of War, 2022). She directs the Gender and Intersectional Analysis Program and the Ecologies of Justice initiative at Fletcher.
Notable awards include the 2013 Honorable Mention for the Washington Office on Latin America Book Award and the Society for Medical Anthropology’s Mentoring Award (2017). She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Human Rights and has advised UN Women on gender and transitional justice in Colombia.
Teaching includes courses on gender theory, environmental humanities, and human security. Current projects include a book on Colombia’s armed conflict and research on the rights of the Río Atrato as a legal entity.
