# "The world is paying attention," Viterna's research on reproductive healthcare in El Salvador and Las 17 featured in May/June issue of Against the Current (2015) Sort ## **"As Guadalupe pointed out in a press conference following her release, *the world is paying attention*."** Viterna's analysis with Salvadoran attourney Santos Guardado on human rights violations against Las 17, women in El Salvador accused of murder according to the country's criminalization of abortion, was featured in Against the Current. “[El Salvador Feminists Fight for Justice](https://againstthecurrent.org/atc176/p4415/).” May-June. ## Viterna in the News [### JOCELYN VITERNA ](/jocelyn-viterna) Jocelyn Viterna is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Her current research examines how the passage of anti-abortion legislation in El Salvador transformed the Salvadoran legal, judicial, and medical systems, with powerful and negative... description [### SOCIOL 1000: Introduction to Sociology ](/sociol-1000-introduction-sociology) Spring 2025 This course introduces students to the complicated, conflictual, and often contradictory theoretical origins of sociology as a discipline. We begin by reading the standard sociological “canon”—Marx, Weber, and Durkheim—and interrogating why... description [### SOCIOL 3316: Politics and Social Change ](/sociol-3316-politics-and-social-change) Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 The Politics and Social Change Workshop promotes the development of a community of scholars interested in how power relations shape social patterns in societies around the world. We define ‘politics’ broadly to include everything... description ## **JOCELYN VITERNA** ### Professor of Sociology, Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Harvard University ![Viterna headshot 2023](/sites/g/files/omnuum1826/files/viterna/files/head_shot_jan_2023_0.jpeg) ## Contact Prof. Viterna [jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu](mailto:///jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu) [Office Hours Sign-up](https://calendly.com/viternastudents/officehours) [Department of Sociology](http://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/) 33 Kirkland Street William James Hall 480 Cambridge, MA 02138 Faculty Assistant: [Sandra Llewellyn](https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/sandra-llewellyn)