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Lorena Romero Leal

 

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

Cultural Anthropology

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