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Angela J. Lederach, PhD

Assistant Professor

Angela Lederach

Contact

AngieLederach@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Cultural & Social Studies
Cultural Anthropology
CRHL - Creighton Hall/Administration Building

Angela J. Lederach, PhD

Assistant Professor

Angela J. Lederach joined Creighton University in 2020 after receiving a dual PhD in Anthropology and Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to graduate study, Dr. Lederach worked as a peacebuilding and restorative justice practitioner in Sierra Leone, Philippines, Guatemala, Colombia, and the United States. Her current research examines the politics of peacebuilding in Colombia. She pays particular attention to how local communities respond to the compounding violences of armed conflict, environmental degradation, and social inequality. An upcoming project will use participatory research with an environmental coalition to examine the strategies and narratives grassroots actors mobilize across the axes of race, gender, sexuality, generation, and territory to confront and transform extractive violence in Colombia's postaccord context. 

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Interests

  • Environmental Anthropology

Department

Cultural and Social Studies

Position

Assistant Professor

Books

  • Palgrave Macmillan
    “‘Each word is powerful’: Writing and the Ethics of Representation in Peace and Conflict Fieldwork. The Palgrave Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork edited by Roddy Brett, Roger Mac Ginty and Birte Vogel. 2020
  • Oxford University Press
    When Blood and Bones Cry Out: Journeys Through the Soundscape of Healing and Reconciliation. Co-authored by John Paul Lederach and Angela J. Lederach 2010

Articles

  • Peacebuilding
    “Youth Provoking Peace: An Intersectional Approach to Territorial Peacebuilding in Colombia.”  2019
  • American Anthropologist
    ““The Campesino was Born for the Campo”: A Multispecies Approach to Territorial Peace in Colombia.” 
    119:4, p. 589-602 2017
  • "Reflexivity, Responsibility, and Reciprocity: Guiding Principles for Ethical Peace Research" 2016

Publications

  • “Soundscapes of Social Healing in Colombia.” (Los paisajes sonoros de la sanación social en Colombia) in Por la paz: L’Institut Catalá Internacional per la Pau (ICIP). 2018
  • El verdadero reto del ñame con el que no pudo MinAgricultura (The Failure of the Ministry of Agriculture to Address the Real Challenge of the Yam Crisis) in Semana Rural. 2017
  • American Anthropological Association Blog
    "A Letter from Colombia in the Aftermath of Charlottesville." https://blog.americananthro.org/2017/09/15/a-letter-from-colombia-in-the-aftermath-ofcharlottesville/ 2017
  • “The Long Road Ahead: Social Movement Activism and Prospects for Peace in Colombia.” Mobilizing Ideas (blog)https://mobilizingideas.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/the-long-road-ahead-socialmovement-activism-and-prospects-for-peace-in-colombia/ 2016

General

  • Maguaré
    “El campesino nació para el campo: Un enfoque multispecies hacia la paz territorial enColombia.”: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/maguare/article/view/86200
    33:2, p. 171-207 2020