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Mercedes Doretti (born 1959) is an Argentine forensic anthropologist based in New York City. She is known for finding evidence of crimes against humanity. She was awarded a MacArthur "Genius Grant" prize in 2007.

Life

Her mother is Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu, a radio journalist.

She helped found the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. In 1992, she opened the team's New York office and expanded her work globally.

She has lectured at University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, State University of New York at Purchase, New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, Amnesty International, The Carter Center, and the World Archaeological Congress.

In 2016, Doretti was named to the BBC's annual list of 100 Women.

Awards

• 2007 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 2016 Honorary Doctorate from The New School

Works

• Mercedes Doretti; Jennifer Burrell (2007). "Gray Spaces and Endless Negotiations". In Les W. Field; Richard Gabriel Fox (eds.). Anthropology put to work. Berg Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84520-601-7.
• Bradley J. Adams; John E. Byrd, eds. (2008). "Commingled Remains and Human Rights Investigations". Recovery, Analysis, and Identification of Commingled Human Remains. Springer. ISBN 978-1-58829-769-3.

Film

• Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations (EAAF Witness production 2002). Co-producer

References

1. "Contact Us". Eaaf.typepad.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. Felicia R. lee (25 September 2007). "MacArthur Foundation Gives Out 'Genius Awards'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
3. Mercedes Doretti, MacFound, Retrieved 25 November 2016
4. "Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu > IWMF". www.iwmf.org. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
5. Stephen G. Michaud (27 December 1987). "IDENTIFYING ARGENTINA'S DISAPPEARED". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
6. "Awards". Eaaf.typepad.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
7. Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
8. Borrell, Brendan. "Forensic Anthropologist Uses DNA to Solve Real-Life Murder Mysteries in Latin America". Scientific American. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
9. "Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
10. Archived February 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
11. "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
12. "LAVERNE COX, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, DERAY MCKESSON NAMED HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS BY THE NEW SCHOOL". 31 March 2016.

External links

• "Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team "
• "laying the dead to rest", Speaking of Faith, March 19, 2009
• "Unearthing the Truth: an Interview with Mercedes Doretti", International Center for Transitional Justice, September 1, 2007
• "Mercedes Doretti", La Plaza

• Forensic anthropologists
• People from Buenos Aires
• 1959 births
• Living people
• Argentine anthropologists
• MacArthur Fellows
• Women forensic scientists
• Argentine women anthropologists
• 20th-century anthropologists
• 21st-century anthropologists
• University of Buenos Aires alumni
• Argentine women human rights activists