Dr. Kimberly Theidon is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America. Her research interests include critical theory applied to medicine, psychology and anthropology; gender studies; domestic, structural and political violence; theories and forms of subjectivity; human rights and international humanitarian law; truth commissions, transitional justice and reconciliation; the politics of post-war reparations; comparative peace processes; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs for ex-combatants; anthropology of development; and US counter-narcotics policy. Dr. Theidon’s first book, Entre Prójimos: El conflicto armado interno y la política de la reconciliación en el Perú, draws upon extensive qualitative research on political violence, trauma, religious movements and transitional justice in post-war Peru. Her comparative community-based study of the micropolitics of reconciliation practiced at the communal and intercommunal levels identifies various factors that facilitate–or hinder–the reconstruction of social relationships and coexistence in the aftermath of fratricidal violence. Entre Prójimos was awarded the 2006 Premio Iberoamericano Book Award Honorable Mention for outstanding book in the social sciences by the Latin American Studies Association. She is currently conducting research in Colombia and Ecuador on two interrelated themes: the causes and consequences of populations in displacement, refuge and return, with a particular interest in the role of humanitarian organizations in zones of armed conflict; and the paramilitary demobilization process in Colombia. Her research on the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program involves working not only with the ex-combatants but the communities to which they return. In this multi-sited research, Dr. Theidon has emphasized the reintegration phase, convinced that the unit of analysis and intervention must move beyond the demobilized combatants themselves to understand the complex dynamics of social relationships and local peace-building efforts. Dr. Theidon is the executive director of Praxis: An Institute for Social Justice www.praxisweb.org		Associate Professor Kimberly Theidon Department of Anthropology Harvard University William James Hall 406 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 T | 617 495-3805 F | 617 496-8355 e-mail "My research past and present reflects what drew me into the field of medical anthropology: the power of critical theory to illuminate pressing social issues."