M. Gabriela Torres is Professor and William Isaac Cole Chair in Anthropology and Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Faculty Affairs at Wheaton College. She specializes in the study of violence—particularly gender–based violence—and state formation. She is co-editor in chief of Feminist Anthropology, editor of the volumes Marital Rape and Sexual Violence in Intimacy, and author of over two dozen peer reviewed articles and chapters on gender based violence, and sexual violence and diversity in higher education. Dr. Torres has worked as an expert witness since 2011 in US and Canadian courts and has provided over one hundred country conditions declarations on gender-based, and anti-indigenous violence. Dr. Torres is an experienced conflict management professional and worked as Ombudsperson for sexual harassment and assault for the American Anthropological Association from 2018-2021.