Wartime Sexual Violence in Guatemala and Peru
International Studies Quarterly (2009)
This article is a comparative analysis of sexual violence perpetrated by state armed forces during the Guatemalan and Peruvian civil wars.
Michele Leiby
Digging in the Archives: The Promise and Perils of Primary Documents
This article explores the methodological obstacles to research on wartime sexual violence and the extent to which they can be overcome with archival research. It discusses issues of concept formation, counting victims of human rights abuse, and coding violations.
About Me
I am a graduate from the Department of Political Science at the University of New Mexico with primary research interests in comparative politics, international relations and foreign policy. My current research focuses on the causes of political violence and transitional justice movements. My dissertation was funded by the Latin American and Iberian Institute, the Feminist Research Institute and the Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico.