Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
23 THE REPORTER: I'm sorry. That went by me way too
24 fast. I apologize.
25 BY MR. Van AELSTYN:
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1 Q. You began as an Assistant Professor at Harvard University,
2 and then became an Associate Professor at Stanford University,
3 and then were elevated to a Full Professor at Stanford
4 University, and finally, you were elevated to the Gildred
5 Professor of Latin American Studies, an endowed chair at
6 Stanford University?
7 A. That's right. There is a position I have also held at
8 Stanford, which is that I was the Director of Latin American
9 Studies at Stanford for 12 years.
10 Q. In all of these positions that you have held in academia,
11 has there been a concentration on Latin American Studies?
12 A. Absolutely. It's my main area of expertise.
13 Q. In addition to your positions, you have conducted -- let
14 me turn to page 2, and under the heading of Research
15 Experience, you mention a number of dates and areas of the
16 world.
17 Is this field research that you have conducted?
18 A. This is field research I have conducted, that's right.
19 Q. Because of its relevance to this case, I will overlook --
20 we won't go into your field experience in other areas.
21 Could you please summarize for us the field research
22 that you have conducted in El Salvador, in particular, but you
23 have it here in Central America, listing 1981 through 2001?
24 A. 1981 through 2001 -- every one of those trips includes El
25 Salvador, by the way, but I just put Central America, because
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