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Sandra Elizabeth Herrera Ruiz

Country of origin: Guatemala Currently in: Guatemala, Guatemala General field of specialization: Social and Economic Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2016 Doctorate Social and Economic Sciences
2015 Master Social and Economic Sciences
2016 Undergraduate Social and Economic Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Social and Economic Sciences

1) The economic, social and labor determination of chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes (CKDnT) on the southern coast of Guatemala 2) Disappearance of the rancher colono worker on the southern coast 3) Temporary agricultural workers on the Guatemala-Mexico border 4) International migrant women


Publications resulting from Research: 


Gender-based violence invisibilized under the category of economic migration in Central American women-mothers
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36829/63CHS.v4i1.%25

From the farm to the Company. Sugar, power, economic changes and cultural transformation on the southern coast of Guatemala
https://digi.usac.edu.gt/edigi/pdf/Digital-06


Feed them or buy them. Guatemalan seasonal agricultural work in Guatemala-Mexico border
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36829/63CHS.v1i1.%25

Temporary agricultural workers on the Guatemala-Mexico border
https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/noticias/conferencia/resumen/herrera.htm



Being a woman and a mother on the Guatemala-Mexico border: Migration as a stage for understanding the role of motherhood for migrant women
http://biblioteca.flacso.edu.gt/library/images/f/fe/FLACSO_Sandra_Herrera.pdf



The economic, social and labor determination of chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes (CKDnT) on the southern coast of Guatemala
https://digi.usac.edu.gt/ojsrevistas/index.php/cytes/article/view/892/670



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Administration
Teaching
1) Researcher (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala) 2) Teaching at bachelor, master and doctorate's degree (School of Laws, School of Urbanism, School of Anthropology. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala) 3) Research manager

Workshop and Conference Attended

2016 Guanajuato, Mexico International colloquium: Human mobility, territories and migration policies
2002 Managua, Nicaragua First USDA Global Food for Education Regional Conference on Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
2017 Ciudad de Guatemala Investigación cualitativa aplicada y la Etnografía

Affiliations

Guatemala Scholars Network
Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral y Multidisciplinario (Appedibimi)

Presentation given

2019
Who investigates more and why? Historical trends in the scientific production of women
Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales, CEUR-USAC
Event: Diplomado en Género: Planes de igualdad y políticas de investigación
2018
Invisible gender violence as economic migration
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, México
Event: 8o. Congreso Género y Migración
2016
Beyond the borders between countries: the violence that accompanies Central American migrant women mothers
Ciudad de Guatemala
Event: III Encuentro Bienal de Investigación y Postgrado
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Mar 2011
Outstanding University Woman Researcher of the Year
Research on illiteracy, nutrition, breastfeeding, rural work, migration and housing of Guatemalan women
Mar 2002
Small grant
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and UCLA School of Public Health

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