Graduate Student
Email: k.romeroleal@ufl.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress
- M.A. Latin American Studies, Leiden University, 2018 (Cum Laude)
- B.A. Anthropology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2016
- B.A. Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2014
Subfield
Latin American Studies
Chair
Dr. Catherine Tucker
Research Interests
Latin American Studies, Gender and Feminist studies, Amazon region, Political Ecology, Economic Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, extractive economies
Selected Publications
Romero, Karen (2019). “Representations of witnesses as victims and of the FARC guerrilla as victimizer in four books of kidnapping in Colombia”. ÍSTMICA. Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. 24, 67-91. https://doi.org/10.15359/istmica.24.5
Romero, Karen (2018). “Representations of the Amazon in four kidnapping´s testimonial-literature books in Colombia”. Hallazgos 15 (30), 45 – 76. https://doi.org/10.15332/1794-3841.2018.0030.02 8
Romero, Karen (2017). “Production conditions of a boom in kidnapping testimonial literature”. Revista Colombiana de Sociología, 40 (1), 161 – 186. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcs.v40n1.61957
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
- Fulbright Scholarship for PhD studies 2020 – 2024. Colombian Ministry of Science – U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Latin American Scholarship, University of Florida, 2020