Martha Huggins

Martha K. Huggins, Charles and Leo Favrot Professor Emerita (Sociology, 2012), continues to be recognized for her research on torture in Brazil, on racial injustice, and on police abuse of power. She is a regular plenary lecturer in Brazil’s “Truth Commission” congresses, where she speaks on torture (recent lectures in Mato Grosso do Sul, 2009; Porto Alegre, 2010, 2011, 2012, and Fortaleza, 2011, Recent articles include, “Uma Aliança Notória de Tortura.” 2012. Revista Anestia: Politica e Justiça de Transiçao, Vol. 5; Pp. 194-209. Ministério da Justiça Comissão de Anistia, Brazilian Government; “State Torture: Interviewing Perpetrators, Discovering Facilitators, Theorizing Cross-nationally.” 2012. State Crime Journal, V. 1 (1). Huggins’ forthcoming article, “Tortura em Dez Lições,” will be published in Spring 2013, in O legado da tortura para a democracia, Sergio Adorno, Ed. Sao Paulo, SP. Núcleo de Estudos da Violência. Huggins is a regular “expert witness” for LGBT Brazilians seeking asylum in the U.S. under the international law against torture. Huggins is a “Friend” of the International State Crimes Initiative, University of London, King’s College, the University of Hull (UK), and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.