CURRICULUM VITAE

Thomas W. Ward, Ph.D.Associate Professor of TeachingDepartment of AnthropologyDornsife College of Letters, Arts and SciencesUniversity of Southern California3620 S. Vermont, Kaprielian Hall 352Los Angeles, CA 90089-2537Phone: (213) 740-8222; email: tww@usc.edu(updated Nov. 8, 2017)

EDUCATION

1988 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Anthropology,University of California, San Francisco

l987 Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

l983 M.A., Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

l979 B.A. (Magna Cum Laude), Depts. of Anthropology & English Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Tau Delta (English Honorary Society)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013-present Member, El Salvador Studies Working Group, a group of roughly 80 international scholars working in multiple disciplines devoted to the study of El Salvador

2011-present Associate Professor, Teaching, Department of Anthropology University of Southern California, Los Angeles

1997-2010 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Sept.1997- Mar.98 Lecturer, Department of AnthropologyCalifornia State University, Los Angeles

Apr. 1996-1997 Associate Professor, Department of General Studies West Coast University, Los Angeles

Aug. 1995-1996 Adjunct Professor, Department of General StudiesWest Coast University, Los Angeles

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Oct. 1993-Oct.’95 Staff Research Associate, Translator (Spanish), National Institutes of Mental Health HIV Multisite Study,

Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Feb.-July, 1995 Staff Research Associate, Lennox Family Project, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

April 1994-1995 Senior Associate, HIV Clinical Trials Enrollment Project, Human Resources & Services Administration

April 1993-1994 Senior Staff Researcher, Los Angeles Arts Festival, Ford Foundation

May 1992-1993 Staff Research Associate, Study of Elderly Peoplewith Mild Mental Retardation, NPI, UCLA.

Sept.1990- Consultant & Ethnographic Supervisor, May 1992 The Course of Homelessness Study,

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica

March, 1990 Consultant, Evaluation of the Effectiveness of theCensus in Counting Homeless People in Los Angeles, U.S. Census Bureau

Sept. l988-1991 Staff Research Associate, Project to Study the Adaptation of Homeless People with Chronic Mental Illness,

Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Sept. 1987-l988 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Anthropology University of California, San Francisco

1985-1987 Staff Research Associate, Socio-behavioral Group, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Winter 1985 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, UCLA

Summer 1985 Associate Project Coordinator, Field School in Anthropology, University of California Expeditions Program, Ft. Burgwin Research Institute, Taos, New Mexico

Nov. l984 Delegate, First Congress of the Non-governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador, San Salvador

1980-1982 Staff Research Associate, Socio-behavioral Group, NPI, UCLA

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PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, BOOK REVIEWS & MEDIA INTERVIEWS

2018 Mareros sin Fronteras. Spanish Translation. Rafael José Gude, Editor, UCA Editores, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas de El Salvador (forthcoming).

2017 Gangsters senza Frontiere. Italian Translation. Marco De Biase, Editor, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut de Sociologie, MIMESIS, Milan Publisher (forthcoming).

Panelist, ‘Buddhism Q&A,’ Mindful USC, Ground Zero USC, September 7.

Interviewed for newspaper article on MS-13, Paulo Jimenez, reporter from Spain, May 19.

Interviewed for FRONTLINE documentary, 90 minutes, Marcela Gaviria, Senior Producer, Tom Denison, Associate producer, May 8, to air in January of 2018.

Interview regarding street gangs with Marlon E. Carranza, Universitat Leipzig, March 28.

2016 ‘Tribute to Robert B. Edgerton,’ University Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCLA, for memorial publication, November 1 (forthcoming).

Consultant, Met with Seven (7) TV writers to educate them about street gangs, Amy Solomon, Associate Producer, HBO’s Silicon Valley and Barry, Sony Studios, Culver City, CA, October 28, Pro Bono.

Invited Speaker, ‘Gangs and Deviance,’ Memorial for Robert B. Edgerton, UCLA Faculty Center, Los Angeles, CA., October 14.

Review Manuscript Article on Gangs in Guatemala, Celia Barlow, Editor, Journal of Latin American Studies, September 25.

Book Review for Manuscript on Street Gangs, Amy Klopfenstein, New York University Press, August 9.

Consultant on script regarding Mexican-American immigrant experience, Charley Dane, Writer, July 31, Pro Bono.

Consultant regarding MS-13, Roxy Rezvany, VICE Media, New North Place, London, England, July 27, Pro Bono.

Review Manuscript Article on Gangs, Phyllis Schultze, Managing Editor, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, Rutgers University, July 19.

Interview (Spanish) regarding gangs and poverty with Isaias Alvarado, La Opinion (newspaper), Los Angeles, CA, June 27.

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2015 Skype presentation and Q&A with class, “Gangs, Drugs and US Imperialism,” Professor Milton Ricardo Antonio Machuca-Gálvez, Latin American and Latino Studies Program Coordinator, Swarthmore College, October 5.

Interview regarding gangs with A. Martinez, Take Two, KPCC (Public Radio), Mohn Broadcasting Center, Pasadena, CA, September 8.

Book Review for Manuscript on Street Gangs, Amy Klopfenstein, New York University Press, July 6.

Editorial Assistant, Design Assistant and Photographer for Manuscript, Unbinding the Soul: Awakening through Crisis and Compassion, Dr. B. Raven Lee, Create Space, Los Angeles, CA, May 21.

Invited Speaker, ‘Mitigating Gang Cases,’ CACJ/CPDA Capital Case Defense Seminar, Monterey, CA, February 14.

2014 Interview with Josie Huang, Immigration and Emerging Communities Reporter, Southern California Public Radio, regarding Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center, October 21.

Interview with Allen Otto, Jemayel Khawaja and Jedd Thomas, Associate Producers, Editors, Vice, HBO documentary series, regarding MS-13, October 9.

Consultant on Script and Interview with Kathy Le Backes, Director of Development and Research, Wise Entertainment, regarding street gangs in East LA for the TV show, East Los High, October 8.

Invited Lecture, “Central American Street Gangs: Myths and Realities,” Beyond the Headlines, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA, September 30.

Participant, Eurogang Conference, Professor Karen Hennigan, organizer, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May 15.

Key Note Speaker, Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles, 3rd L.A. Gang Violence Prevention and Intervention Conference and Study Tour:“Addressing the Root Causes of Gang Violence,” Los Angeles, CA, May 14.

Lecture and Book Signing, Los Angeles Times Book Festival, USC, Los Angeles, CA, April 12.

Lecture and Book Signing, USC Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA, Kimberly Taylor, event organizer, February 5.

2013 Gangsters Without Borders: An Ethnography of a Salvadoran Street Gang, Oxford University Press.

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Panelist, “Gangs and Social Work,” Hamovitch Research Center, USC School of Social Work, Professor Robert Hernandez, event organizer, Los Angeles, December 4.

Brown Bag Talk, “Gangster Life: Real vs. Ideal,” Department of Anthropology, USC, Los Angeles, September 24.

“Introduction to Meditation,” Class, Aztecs Rising, Gang Prevention and Intervention Program, Leonard Rivas, Program Director, Los Angeles, CA, June-July.

Interview, La Opinion, regarding Gangsters without Borders, June 12.

Featured Guest, Estrella TV, Los Angeles (Spanish), regarding Gangsters without Borders, June 12.

Guest Expert, Interview, Healing Honduras: Street Gang Truce, Inside Story Americas (ISA), Al Jazeera TV, May 29, 2013, http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2013/05/201352965329747769.html

Radio Interview with Alicia Trujillo, Gang Truce in Honduras, News Hour, BBC World Service, May 28.

Interview with Univision TV regarding the Gang Truce in Honduras, May 28.

“Street Gangs and Communities,” lecture, Anthropology Lecture Series, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California, April 24.

Class lecture, Cultural Anthropology, Professor Micael Merrifield, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California, April 24.

Interview with La Opinion Newspaper, regarding Gangsters without Borders, April 22.

“Central American Gang Members,” lecture, Colloquium Series of the Princeton Center for Migration and Development, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, April 18.

Film Interview with Susan Kucera, regarding street gangs, for a documentary film about Freemont High School and the Usual Suspects Theatre program, March.

“Gangs in Los Angeles,” lecture to the Trojan League of Los Angeles, Faculty Club, University of Southern California, March 13.

“MS-13: Its History and Future,” lecture, Pasadena Senior Citizen Center, Pasadena, California, February 7.

“Gangs and Juvenile Justice,” lecture, USC Law Class, Professor Heidi Rummel, University of Southern California, USC Law School, Room 12, February 6.

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2012 Video shoot for book promotion, USC Media Relations, Eddie North-Hager, producer, University of Southern California, June 20, “Embedded with the MS-13,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JugCQAZUrCA&feature=youtu.be

“Gangster Life: Real vs. Ideal,” Brown Bag Talk, Lecture presentation to the Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California, Noon, September 24.

Guest speaker, Panelist, “Security in Central America: Outlook and Options,” (Vecinos Lecture Series), Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 23.

Interviewed by Susan Kucera regarding street gangs, for a documentary film about Freemont High School and the Usual Suspects Theatre program, March 8.

Interviewed by Edie Morris, Ph.D., Cincinnati, OH, regarding setting up a gang-prevention program for at-risk youth, March 7.

2011 Interviewed by Lauren Smiley regarding a criminal trial in San Francisco of MS gang members, San Francisco Weekly, April 6.

Panelist, Radio Interview with Katrina Swartz regarding a criminal trial in San Francisco of MS gang members, KQED Radio, April 4.

“Street Gangs in LA,” Guest lecture, Aztec Rising, Leonard Rivas, Program Director, Gang Prevention and Intervention Program, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 12.

2010 "On the Margins of Masculinity: Females in Street Gangs," Presentation at American Anthropological Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA., Nov. 17.

“Youth Rebellion and Street Gangs,” UCA Radio, Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas,” San Salvador, El Salvador, August 20.

2009 “What Matters to Me and Why,” Ground Zero, University of Southern California, Office of Religious Life, www.usc.edu/whatmatters, October 7.

“Refleciones sobre ethnografía con mareros de la Mara Salvatrucha,” Taller [Workshop]de Univ. de Utrecht, entitled ‘Anti-gang Policies and Gang Reactions in Comparative Perspective: Searching for De-escalatory Interventions, San Salvador, El Salvador, January 22-24.

2008 Faculty Sponsor, Media Training for Gang Prevention/Intervention Workers, Susan Cruz, Sin Fronteras, Organizer, at USC, Los Angeles, CA, July 22.

Participant, The Eurogang Conference IX, Prof. Malcolm Klein, Organizer, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, May 18-21.

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“Gang Violence Awareness Panel,” Guest speaker, Occidental College, April 21.

“Building a home in LA, City of Angels and AK-47s,” Interview, The Age (Australia), April 19.

“On Culture,” Interview, Anthropology Series, Coast Telecourse Systems, March 10.

“Race-based Gang Violence,” Interview, Rogelio Mora, Telemundo, March 6.

“Summit on Transnational Gangs,” Interview, Annenberg TV News, March 5.

2007 “Female Juvenile Offenders,” Interview, Fox Television News, October 12.

“Transnational Gangs,” Guest Expert, National Public Radio, May 7.

“Street gangs & prison life,” Guest Speaker, CRISPAZ Street Outreach Project, Ilobasco, Cabañas, El Salvador, January 5.

2005 “Applied Educational Ethnography,” Guest Speaker, Prof. Alex Jun’s class, Education 551, WPH602, University of Southern California, September 28.

“Gangs & Immigration/Assimilation Issues” Workshop leader, National Youth Gang Center Symposium, Orlando, FL, June 9.

“MS-13: The Most Dangerous Gang?” Keynote Speaker, National Youth Gang Center Symposium, Orlando, FL, June 8.

“Girls in Gangs: Nature/(De)Nuture.” Guest Speaker, Anthropology 305, Prof. Amy Parish, USC, March 21.

2004 “Researching Gangs.” Guest Speaker, Anthropology 410, Prof. Weibel-Orlando, USC, November 4.

2001 “Gangs: What You Should Know.” Keynote Speaker, 32nd St. School, “Success Day” Conference, USC, March 23.

2000 “Discovering the Other: Commitment & Self-sacrifice in Gangs.” Keynote Speaker, Leadership Opportunities in Volunteer Education Conference, USC, March 4.

“Gender Relations in Gangs” Faculty Lecture Series, Anthropology Dept, USC, Feb. 28.

1999 “Rituals of Gang Initiation.” Center for Urban Ethnography, UC Berkeley, Nov. 18.

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“Latino Youth in Gangs,” Public Defenders Office, Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles, CA, September 17.

1997 “The Gang Problem in Los Angeles.” Franklin Elementary School, LA, November 3.

Evaluation of Geriatric Services at AltaMed, Los Angeles, CA, Report to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and LTD research firm.

1996 Site Evaluations of Minority Recruitment into HIV Clinical Trials: Baltimore, MD; Brooklyn, NY; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA, Report to HRSA/LTD.

1995 “The Memory Project of Dagoberto Reyes.” In The Los Angeles Festival: The Use of an Arts Organization as a Basis for Intercultural Contact and Communication, Report to the Ford Foundation.

1995 “The Youth Committee.” In The Los Angeles Festival: The Use of an Arts Organization as a Basis for Intercultural Contact and Communication, Report to the Ford Foundation.

Ito, Karen L., Horton, J., Motley, S.L., & Ward, T.W., The Los Angeles Festival: The Use of an Arts Organization as a Basis for Intercultural Contact & Communication, Report to the Ford Foundation.

1994 "The M.S. (Mara Salvatrucha) Gang," Guest lecture, Department of Social Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, February 16.

1993 Edgerton, R.B., Gaston, M.A., Kelly, H. & Ward, T.W. Health care for aging people with mental retardation, Mental Retardation.

1992 Cousineau, M.R. & Ward, T.W. An evaluation of the S-night street enumeration of the homeless in Los Angeles, Evaluation Review, Vol. 16(4), 389-99.

1991 "I've seen it all . . . well, just about all": Roberto Reyes, in Robert B. Edgerton & Marcia A. Gaston (Eds.) I've Seen It All: Lives of Older Persons with Mental Retardation in the Community, Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co., 71-99.

Edgerton, R.B. & Ward, T.W. "I've gotta put my foot down": Richard T. Jarnett, III, in Robert B. Edgerton & Marcia A. Gaston (Eds.) I've Seen It All: Lives of Older Persons with Mental Retardation in the Community, Baltimore, Md: Paul H. Brooks Pub. Co., 123-149.

Book review of Rx: Spiritist as Needed: A Study of a Puerto Rican Community Mental Health Resource, by Alan Harwood, in Latin American Anthropology Review, Vol.1(2), 25-6.

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1988 The Price of Fear: Salvadoran Refugees in the City of the Angels, Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, Dissertation, UCLA.

1987 "Psychological Adjustment of Salvadoran Refugees," Presentation at American Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, November 20.

1981 "Salvadoran Refugees in Los Angeles," Presentation at American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., December 3.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ward, T.W. l988 A Profane Justice, New York Times, Letters to the Editor, May l3.l987 No improvement: Human rights in El Salvador, L.A. Weekly, June 19.l986 AIDS in Honduras, L.A. Weekly, Letters to the Editor, March 23.l985 Refugees, Los Angeles Times, Letters to the Editor, November 28.l985 Detention for Illegal Aliens, Los Angeles Times, October 16.

CONSULTATIONS

2017 Expert Witness, Capital Case, United States v. Umaña, Matthew W. Fleming, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA., pending.

2016 Expert Witness, Asylum Case, H. Nelson Meeks, Esq., San Francisco, CA, United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, National Benefits Center, Overland Park, KS, File No. A#214 030 365, November 11.

Consultant, Federal RICO indictment, David J. Grimaldi, P.C., Cambridge, MA, United States Department of Justice, October 31, pending.

Consultant, Immigration Case, Questions about gang tattoos, Laurel Scott, Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, September 16, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, David J. Shaw, Esq., Washington, DC, United States Department of Justice, Immigration Court, Arlington, VA, File No. A#208-743-942, August 26, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, David J. Shaw, Esq., Washington, DC, United States Department of Justice, Immigration Court, Arlington, VA, File No. A#208-743-943, August 26, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Jesse Evans-Schroeder, Attorney, Tucson, AZ, United States Department of Justice, Immigration Court, Tucson, AZ, File No. A#094-203-323, April 8.

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Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Rose Kautz, Esq., Adam Shapiro, Esq., Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, File No. A-206-675-290, Judge Tabbador, April 5.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Raha Jorjani, Attorney, Office of the Public Defender, Oakland, CA, Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco, CA, File No. A 029-567-262, Judge Simpson, January 3.

2015 Expert Witness, Asylum Case, John P. Long, Derek R. Flores, Attorneys, Irell & Manella LLP, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, File No. A206-474-238, A206-890-359, A202-095-332, Judge Tara Naselow-Nahas, December 18.

Consultant, Federal RICO Case, Howard Brownstein, Esq., Tim Donohue, Esq., West Orange, NJ, October 15, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Valentine A. Brown, Esq., Duane Morris, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Newark, NJ, File No. A 200-904-748, August 30.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Divyesh R. Gopal, Attorney, Gopal & Pedigo Law Group PC, Nashville, TN, United States Immigration Court, Oakdale, LA, File No. A044-531-362, Judge Gerry Beakman, May 15.

Expert Witness, Asylum Claim, Allison Scott, Esq. & Thomas Gleeson, Esq., Staff Attorneys, Immigration Clinic, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, United States Immigration Court, Los Angeles, CA, A#206-184-161, February 20, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Asylum Claim, Allison Scott, Esq. & Thomas Gleeson, Esq., Staff Attorneys, Immigration Clinic, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, United States Immigration Court, Los Angeles, CA, A#206-184-160, February 20, Pro Bono.

2014 Consultant, ‘East Lost High’ TV show, script regarding a gang member, Kathy Backes, Associate Producer, Wise Entertainment, Inc., October 28, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Brian W. Sullivan, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, United States Immigration Court, Philadelphia, PA, October 7.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Jesse Evans-Schroeder, Esq., Case No. 042-129-847, United States Immigration Court, Tucson, AZ, The Honorable Thomas O’Leary, July 2.

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Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Katherine DeGovia, Deputy Public Defender, Case No. PJ5j0629, Superior Court, Los Angeles, CA, The Honorable Robert J. Schuit, June 29.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Leon Hazany, Esq., A092-146-887, United States Immigration Court, Philadelphia, PA, June 28.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case Parvin Wiliani, Esq., A205-932-277, United States Immigration Court, Los Angeles, CA, April 29.

Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Edward Esquedo, Attorney, Case No. 12-060078, A187 PC-Attempted Murder, United States Criminal Court, Los Angeles, CA, February 14, retrial.

2013 Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Edward Esquedo, Attorney, Case No. 12-060078, A187 PC-Attempted Murder, United States Criminal Court, Los Angeles, CA, November 23, hung jury.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Jeremy L. McKinney, Attorney, A205-165-676, Judge Pettinato, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Charlotte, NC, October 11.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Leon Hazany, Attorney, CASE NO: A200-787-215, Judge I.J. Stancill, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, May 22.

Consultant, Immigration Case, Carolina P. Fernandez, Attorney, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, May 21.

Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, CR12-0319-RT, United States District Court, Western Division, April 3.

2012 Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Arwen Swink, Attorney, A#070-171-730, Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco, CA, December 15.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Catherine O. Brown, Attorney, A#087-311-802, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Denver, CO, October 2.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Jody Robert Shaw, Attorney, A200-939-145, United States Department of Homeland Security, Arlington Asylum Office, Arlington, VA, Judge Lisa Dornell, September 14.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Louis A. Gordon, Attorney, A095-179-809, Judge Frank Travieso, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, August 23.

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Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Courtney McDermed, Attorney, Johnson & McDermed, LLP, San Francisco, CA, A-095-007-390, Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco, Judge Yamaguchi, August 14.

Consultant, Immigration Case, Katherine Shea, Esq., University of Maryland School of Law, Center for Health and Homeland Security, A205-084-951, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Washington, DC, August 1.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Leon Hazany, Attorney, FILE NO: A29-588-661, Judge Walsh, US District Court, Western Division, Los Angeles, CA, May 25.

Consultant, Immigration Case, Juliette E. Gomez, Attorney Executive Office for Immigration Review, Philadelphia, PA, May 17.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Sui Chung, Attorney, Immigration Law & Litigation Group, Miami, Florida, A#095-081-262, Judge James Grim, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Orlando, FL, May 15, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Civil Case, Geoffrey Rotwein, Attorney, CASE NO: CV10-03239, US District Court, Northern District of California, April 12.

Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Kerry R. Bensinger, Attorney, Law Offices of Beinsinger, Ritt, Tai & Thvedt, United States v. Alfaro, et al., CR 09-466-R-22, United States District Court, Los Angeles, Judge Manuel L. Real, March 12.

Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Thomas W. Kielty, Attorney, United States v. Alfaro, et al., CR 09-466-R-004, United States District Court, Los Angeles, Judge Manuel L. Real, March 10.

Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Gregory Nicolaysen, Attorney, United States v. Alfaro, et al., CR 09-466-R-14, United States District Court, Los Angeles, Judge Manuel L. Real, February 8.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Juliette E. Gomez, Attorney, Corpuz & Archambeault, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Philadelphia, PA, A094-074-335, A094-074-336, January 11.

2011 Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Caryn Nutt, Attorney, White & Case LLP, Palo Alto, CA, US DOJ, Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco, CA, November 17.

Consultant, Immigration Case, Daniel Sharp, CARECEN, Attorney, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, October 19, Pro Bono.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Christopher Helt, Attorney, A076-819-843,

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Executive Office for Immigration Review, Chicago, IL, October 12.

Consultant, Criminal Case, Greg Nicolaysen, Attorney, CR09-466-R, US v Alfaro, United States District Court, Los Angeles, CA., August 23.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Victoria T. Kajo, Attorney, A073-956-844, Judge Dennis R. James, Executive Office for Immigration Review, El Centro, CA, January 12.

2010 Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Iris Y. González, Attorney, Covington & Burling LLP, No. 113271-C, The Honorable Eric M. Johnson, US District Court, Rockville, MD, November 3.

Consultant, Criminal Case, Kerry Bensinger, Attorney, CR-00466-R-004, US v Alfaro, United States District Court, Los Angeles, CA., September 28.

Consultant, Capital Case, James S. Thomson, Attorney, CR 08 00730 WHA, US v Cerna, United States District Court, San Francisco, CA., June 24.

Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Sylvia Torres-Guillen, Deputy Federal Public Defender, CR 09-918-PA, The Honorable Percy Anderson, US District Court, Los Angeles, May 24.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, A943-732-06, The Honorable Richard Phillip, Executive Office for Immigration Review, District of Eloy, AZ, March 10.

Expert Witness, Capital Case, Teresa Whalen, Attorney, Case # DKC-05-0393, Judge Deborah K. Chasanow, US District Court, Greenbelt, MD, February 26.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Daniel Sharp, Attorney, CARECEN, US Immigration Court, Los Angeles, CA, Judge Walton, February 3, Pro Bono.

2009 Expert Witness, Immigration trial for Salvadoran female fearing persecution by MS gang members in El Salvador, Kristen Minger and Laura Wytsma, Attorneys, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA; US Immigration Court, Judge Rose Peters.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, A70-171-730, Arwen Swink, Attorney, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, US Immigration Court, San Francisco.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, A98-298-850, Jessica Linehan, Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Irvine, CA; US Immigration Court, August 18.

2008 Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Craig Clark, Attorney, White & Case LLP, Palo Alto, CA, US Immigration Court, San Francisco.

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Expert Witness, Asylum Case, A97-745-329, Sekret Snead and Michael E. Pappas, Attorneys, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, US Immigration Court, November 13.

Consultant, Review of LA Anti-Gang Programs, Advancement Project, June 19.

Expert Witness, Asylum Case, A98-436-864, Devon Myers, Attorney, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA, US Immigration Court, March 24.

Expert Witness, Immigration trial, Violet Wallach, Attorney, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Los Angeles, US Immigration Court.

2007 Consultant, “The Mara Salvatrucha Gang in the US and El Salvador: A Review of Current Knowledge,” DOJ study conducted by Cheryl Maxson, UCIWashington, D.C.; Los Angeles, CA; San Salvador, El Salvador.

Expert Witness, Immigration trial for Guatemalan youth fearing persecution by MS gang members in Guatemala, Michael Pappas & A. Violet Wallach, Attorneys, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Los Angeles, CA.

Expert Witness, Immigration trial, Jessica Linehan, Attorney, A98-298-850, The Honorable David C. Anderson, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, August 24.

Expert Witness, Immigration trial, Keli M. Reynolds, Attorney, A98-385-569, The Honorable Laurie Bass, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, July 23.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Margaret M. Lyons, Attorney, A098-805-494, The Honorable Alison Daw, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, February 27.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Devon Myers, Attorney, A098-436-864, The Honorable Gita Vahid-Tehrani, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Los Angeles, CA, January 24.

2006 Consultant, Immigration Case, Margaret Lyons, Attorney, A98-805-494, The Honorable Christine Bither, Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco, CA, September 5.

Expert Witness, Immigration Case, Craig Clark, Attorney, A200-026-070, Judge Stephen Griswold, Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco, CA, June 14.

Expert Witness, Immigration Court, Diane Mason, Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, San Francisco, CA.

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Expert Witness, Immigration Court, Steven Allison & Margaret Lyons, Attorneys, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Irvine, CA.

Expert Witness, Immigration Court, Kathlene Lowe, J.R. Kang & Jessica Linehan, Attorneys, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Irvine, CA.

Expert Witness, Immigration Court, Bryan McGowen, Attorney, A200-060-960, Executive Office of Immigration Review, San Francisco, CA.

2005 Consultant, Civil Case, Jim Odlum, Attorney, Mundell, Odlum & Haws, LLP, Westlake Village, CA.

2004 Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Michelle Mead, Deputy Public Defender, US District Court, Los Angeles, CA.

2001 Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Donna Forry, Deputy Public Defender, CR48899, US District Court, Ventura, CA.

1999 Expert Witness, Criminal Case, Ron Kaye, Federal Public Defender, US 9th

Circuit Court of Appeals, Los Angeles, CA, Pro Bono.

1997 Expert Witness, Asylum Case, Tim Everett, Attorney, US Court of Appeals, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, CA, Pro Bono.

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