NicoleKellett

Nicole Coffey Kellett

Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine at Farmington
Chapter Member: Maine SSN
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About Nicole

Kellett's research focuses on restorative and environmental justice, gender relations, social movements, health, and economic development. Overarching themes in Kellett's writings include economic empowerment, social justice and reparations in highland Peru, gender and HIV/AIDS in West Nile Uganda, and women and incarceration in the United States.

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Contributions

Maine LD 2106: An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records without Proper Judicial Review

Testimony,

How Reducing Inequality Can Help Curb Violence and Terrorism across the Globe

Basic Facts Brief,

In the News

Opinion: "This Isn’t Just Locker Room Talk. Trump is Actively Undermining Women," Nicole Coffey Kellett, Bangor Daily News, July 4, 2016.
Guest on Bow Tie Boys, March 2014 and March 2016.

Publications

"Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Prison Reentry: State-Sanctioned Gendered Violence" Feminist Anthropology, Invited Special Edition 5, no. 1 (2024): 63-80.

Explores the ways in which the criminal legal system systemically challenges women's ability to regain a footing once released from prison.

"Truth and Reparations: A Perpetual Challenge for the Most Marginalized in Peru" Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology 27, no. 4 (2022): 540-549.

Examines how Peru has largely failed to respond to the promises in the Truth and Reconciliation Report (2003) and the ongoing needs of war survivors throughout Peru.

Graciela: One Woman's Story of War Survival and Perseverance in the Peruvian Andes (with Graciela Orihuela Rocha). (University of New Mexico Press, 2022).

Chronicles the life of a Quechua-speaking Indigenous woman in the remote Andean highlands during the war in Peru and traces her early years as a young child living in an epicenter of violence to her contemporary life as a postwar survivor. Graciela's story is not only of war, but also of the complex ways in which humans navigate connection, trust and betrayal.

"AIDS, Stigma, Marriage, and Economic Empowerment: Exploring Intersections of Women’s Marginalization in West Nile Uganda" (with Katherine Gnauck). Human Organization 76, no. 4 (2017): 315-325.

Examines the various axes of discrimination women face in the West Nile region of Uganda and implications for their health and economic survival.