People

Maria Sabater Nuñez is the Assistant Director of the Social Study of Disappearance Lab (SSDL) in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and a Masters in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Her background is in human rights policy and international conflict resolution with a particular focus on sustainable peace and digital research. She joined SSDL in September 2024.

Emily Hoffman is the Editorial and Curatorial Manager of the Social Study of Disappearance Lab (SSDL) and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the state child protection apparatus in Eastern Oklahoma, and the cultural itinerary of "child abuse and neglect" as an alibi for failed social provisioning. She joined SSDL in September 2022 and took a leading role in the conceptualization of the Lab’s mission, in addition to supporting its administration and development. She now leads the development of the Disappearance Archive, a new archival project for SSDL.

Claudio Lomnitz is the Director of the Social Study of Disappearance Lab (SSDL), starting the SSDL to formalize the work of students, who had been supporting collectivos throughout Mexico in their search for the disappeared. He is the Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology and the Chair of the Department of Anthropology. He currently works on the history, politics and culture of Latin America, and particularly of Mexico.