Lectures and Presentations (Selected, 1994-1996)

(With Nora Hamilton) "Recuerdos de la patria, definiciones del presente: preocupaciones de parte de los inmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos," on panel on "Identidad, migracion, y desarraigo," (Identity, Migration and Dislocation), Seventh International Conference on Latino Cultures in the U. S., August 7-11, 1996, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico.

"Women in the Guatemalan Revolutionary Movement: A Balance Sheet" for the Regional Forum on "A Feminist Look at the Participation of Women in the Armed Conflicts of Central America and Chiapas," San Salvador, El Salvador, December 7-13, 1995.

"Gender and Democratic Transition in Latin America," lecture to class "Democratization in the Third World" at UCLA, Nov. 22, 1995.

"The Student Movement and Human Rights in Guatemala," Lecture as part of the Film Series, Sponsored by the Committee for World Democracy, U.C. San Diego, Nov. 10, 1995.

"The Global Economy and Migration: Some Indications based on Central American and Mexican Migration" for the Conference on Political Economy of the World System," University of Miami, October, 1995.

"Inside the State, Outside the State: Dilemmas of Women's Mobilization in Latin America," for panel on "Left/Right/Center: Locating Gender in Latin America," Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 1995.

"Sojourners, Settlers or Returnees: factors in Decisions of Central Americans to Remain or Return," for panel on "Central American Immigrants in California," Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 1995.

"Women's Rights as Human Rights in Latin America," Conference on Human Rights Violations and Refugees Plight: National and International Dimensions," CSULB, April 19-20, 1995.

Moderator and Commentator, Seminar on "Women, Leadership and Political Participation," sponsored by Agrupacion de Mujeres Tierra Viva, January 7-10, 1995 (attended by representatives of 25 organizations)

"Central American Politics: An Update," College of Liberal Arts Deans Roundtable, September 22, 1994.