Kathleen Dill is a sociocultural anthropologist trained at University of California, Davis. She began her career as an activist working as a volunteer exhuming clandestine graves with the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG). Her doctoral dissertation, supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), documented the emergence of a Maya-Achí social movement in the wake of Guatemalan state violence. For the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH), Kathleen produced a report to support the prosecution of Efrain Rios Montt, the primary intellectual author of genocide in Guatemala. For the Center for MesoAmerican Research (CIRMA), she produced a monograph whose findings were published in a volume on ethnic relations in Guatemala. As a researcher for Kings College, London, supported by the Department of International Development (DFID), Kathleen conducted research on the efficacy of SINAPRED, Nicaragua’s state disaster prevention system. She also served as a liaison for British and Central American scientists who designed a satelitte-based, early warning system for volcanic eruptions. Again for Kings College London, and supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), she conducted research designed for policymakers on the political antecedants and outcomes of large natural disasters. Kathleen is dedicated to conducting research that contributes to the promotion of human rights and social justice, and the protection of the environment.

Publications

International Human Rights and Local Justice in Guatemala: The Rio Negro (Pak’oxam) and Agua Fria Trials in Cultural Dynamics November 2005, Vol. 17(3):323-350.

‘Natural Disasters’ as Catalysts for Poltical Action Policy Brief by Mark Pelling & Kathleen Dill (Chatham House) 2006.

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