Meet our Autumn 2025 Tinker Visiting Professors

It was our pleasure to welcome our Tinker Visiting Professors for Autumn 2025:

Silvia Giorguli is a prominent sociologist and demographer who has been the president of El Colegio de México since 2015. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, a Master's in Demography from El Colegio de México, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University. As a professor in the Center for Demographic, Urban, and Environmental Studies since 2003, her research has primarily focused on international migration in the Americas, transitions to adulthood in Mexico and Latin America, and the intersection of demographic dynamics, education, and public policies. Her scholarly work includes leading significant projects such as the "Mesoamerican Migration Project" and the "Recent Immigration Survey in Latin America", and she has served as the main investigator for the project "Access to social rights and return migration in Mexico". Additionally, Giorguli has held roles such as Senior Research Advisor for the State of the World Population 2023 published by UNFPA, and has participated in various prestigious academic committees, including the Scientific Academic Committee of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis in Vienna, and the Academic Committee of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. Her contributions to academia have been recognized with several awards, including the Medal Gabino Barreda from UNAM in 1993 and the Horace Mann Medal from Brown University in 2018.

She taught International Migration in the Americas.

José Antonio Guevara Bermúdez is an expert in international law with over 20 years of experience in human rights, humanitarian, refugee, and criminal laws. He earned his Law Degree from Iberoamericana University and a PhD in Human Rights from Carlos III University of Madrid. Dr. Guevara Bermúdez has held significant roles in the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, and academic positions at Iberoamericana University, among others.

His career includes extensive work as a diplomat, public servant, and human rights defender. He has led efforts in advocacy for the ratification of international treaties and the establishment of human rights mechanisms, contributing to significant legal reforms and policy developments.

Dr. Guevara Bermúdez’s academic contributions include numerous publications addressing the eradication of impunity for human rights violations in Latin America. His works, such as The United Nations and the Prohibition of Arbitrary Detention: An Introduction (2022), focus on achieving justice, truth, and reparations for past atrocities. Additionally, he has participated in designing protections for human rights defenders and individuals in vulnerable situations, and he has coordinated teams producing policy documents and reports for international bodies, including the International Criminal Court.

He taught Impunity and Justice for Atrocity Crimes in Latin America.