Anna Wherry
Graduate Associate
Anna Wherry is a Ph.D. student in anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School. Her research has examined the circulation of legal concepts and the development of criminal jurisprudence across the Americas, especially in Colombia and the United States. More recently, she has investigated the movement of prisoners between both countries. She is currently a post-graduate fellow with Yale’s Lowenstein Center for International Human Rights. As a fellow, she provides legal assistance to former FARC combatants at Colombia’s transitional court, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace.