Raquel Pacheco

Education:

B.A., Government, Dartmouth College; M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

Dissertation:

The Promise of Gender Progress: the civilizing project of sexual and gendered citizenship in Mexico

Thesis Advisor:

Nancy Postero, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

Research Topic:

The contradictions between the Law of Access of Women to a Life Free of Violence passed in 2007 and Mexico's recent push to implement alternative justice methods

Mentor:

Lisa Rofel, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara