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Iván Darío Vargas Roncancio, B. Law, MA
Ph.D Student
Romance Studies—Spanish and Latin American Studies
Duke University
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 530-902-1840
Education
Bachelors of Law, 2007
School of Law, National University of Colombia-Bogotá.
B.Law advisor: Dr. Farid S. Benavides Vanegas
Thesis: The Construction of Indigenous Identity through Colonial Legal Discourse: 16th and 17th
Century Indigenous Testaments in Santa Fe de Bogotá (With Distinction).
M.A. Bioscience and Law, 2011
School of Law-Genetics Institute, National University of Colombia, Bogotá.
M.A. advisor: Dr. Gabriel R. Nemogá Soto .
Thesis: Traditional Ecological Knowledge Systems and their Modes of
Transformation in the Colombian Amazon (With High Distinction).
Languages
Spanish: Native Language
English: Second Language (Advanced Proficiency-speaking, reading and writing)
Portuguese: Basic reading skills.
Employment
-Junior Specialist 2011- 2013. Center for Public Policy Research, Department of Psychology, University of
California-Davis.
-Editorial Coordinator. 2008-2010. Journal Pensamiento Jurídico, ISSN: 0122-1108 (Index: Latindex and
Publidex), National University of Colombia, Law School, Bogotá.
-Lawyer. 2008-2010. Legal cases in Civil and Commercial Law. Bogotá.
-Copy Editor. 2009-2011. Gerardo Molina Research Institute for Socio-Legal Studies (UNIJUS), National
University of Colombia, Law School. Bogotá.
-Research Assistant. 2010. Project: Ethical and Legal Problems in Human Genome Data Management in
Colombia (PLEBIO Group). National University of Colombia, Genetics Institute. Bogotá.
-Researcher. 2009-2010. Policy and Legislation in Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Traditional
Knowledge (PLEBIO Group). National University of Colombia, Genetics Institute and Law School. Bogotá.
-Teaching Assistant. 2007-2008. Courses: International Relations, Criminology, Law and Postcolonial
Theory. National University of Colombia, Law School. Bogotá.
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-Research Assistant. 2007. Project: Colombian Legal Systems in Areas of Armed Conflict. Center for the
Study of Law, Justice and Society (DeJUSTICIA), Bogotá.
-Research Assistant. 2006-2008. Postcolonial Studies Group (COPAL), National University of Colombia,
Law School, UNIJUS Research Institute. Bogotá.
Publications
Book Chapters
Hobbs, S.D., Johnson, J.L., Bederian-Gardner, D., Lawler M., Vargas Roncancio, I.D., Mendoza, M.L., &
Goodman, G.S (in press). Evaluating eyewitness testimony of children. In I.B. Weiner & R.K. (Eds.),
Handbook of forensic psychology (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2008). “Civilization and Postcolonial Theory”. In Farid Benavides Vanegas (Ed),
The Construction of Subaltern Identities Within Legal and Literary Discourse in 19 th Century Colombia,
Bogotá: National University of Colombia.
Academic Articles
Vargas Roncancio, I.D (Forthcoming) A New Metabolic Rift?: Marxist Ecology and GMOs, In Gabriel Nemoga
(Ed.). PLEBIO Research Documents, Bogotá: National University of Colombia.
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2010). Elements for an evaluation of the expansion of transgenic crops in Latin
America: Ideas from a Marxist Ecology. Journal of the Masters Program in Economic Law-Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana, 6.
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. & Nemogá Soto, G. (2010. January-April). Contracts for Accessing Genetic Resources:
A Comparative Analysis, in Pensamiento Jurídico Journal, 27: 157-202.
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2008. May-August). The Construction of Indigenous Identity through Colonial Legal
Discourse: 16th and 17th Century Indigenous Testaments in Santa Fe de Bogotá. Pensamiento Jurídico
Journal, 22: 293-332.
Public Policy Reports
Cordon, I., Narr R., Vargas Roncancio, I.D., Kalomiris, A., Ruiz, S., Mendoza, M., & Goodman, G. (2012).
TANF Caseload Projection: Bibliography. Davis, CA: Center for Public Policy Research, University of
California, Davis. Report prepared for the California Department of Social Services.
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2010). Comparative Analysis: Access to Genetic Resources and the Andean Decision
N. 391/1996, edited by Nemogá Soto. PLEBIO Research Documents, No. 5 (1). Bogotá: National
University of Colombia.
Nemogá Soto, G., Vargas Roncancio, I.D., & Rojas, D. (2009). Consultation on Policy and Legislation in
Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, PLEBIO Research Documents, National
University of Colombia: Bogotá.
Conference Presentations
Cordon, I., Goodman, G., Mendoza, M., Vargas Roncancio, I., Ruiz, Sandra, Narr, R., Kalomaris, A.
Developmental Correlates of Adult Learning Disabilities in Low-Income Spanish Speakers. (Conference
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paper submitted on Nov. 2012 for the 121 st American Psychological Association Annual Convention,
Honolulu, Hawai’i, July 31- August 4, 2013).
Cordon, I., Goodman, G., Mendoza, M., Vargas Roncancio, I., Ruiz, Sandra, Narr, R., Kalomaris, A.
Development of a Spanish-Language Learning Disability Screen Measure (Conference paper
submitted on Nov. 2012 for the 16th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference,
Washington, D.C., May 29-31, 2013).
Grants and Fellowships
-Winner of the Call for Ph.D studies abroad, No. 529, 2011. Administrative Department of Science,
Technology and Innovation-COLCIENCIAS, Colombia,
-Co-Winner of the Call for Research Proposals No. 512, 2010. “Scientific, Economic and Environmental
Determinants on Colombian Bioprospection (2003-2010)”. Administrative Department of Science,
Technology and Innovation-COLCIENCIAS, Colombia.
Literary
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2008). One (Uno), CLAVE Magazine, Year 5 (11). Cali, Colombia.
Vargas Roncancio. I.D. (Unpublished manuscript). The Traveler´s Book (El libro de los Itinerantes), Bogota:
Second Unedited Poetry Manuscript Competition.
Translations and Copy-editing
Translation-Books
De la Cadena, Marisol (2013), Archivos Alternativos: Entendiendo la política indígena al modo Andino
(Alternative archives: Understanding Indigenous Politics the Andean Way) (Working Title),
Translated by I.D. Vargas Roncancio (Work in progress).
Translation-Papers
Lyons, Kristina (2010). “De Objeto Ambiental a Asunto Publico: La vida política del suelo en Colombia”
(“From Environmental Object to Matter of Concern: The Political life of Soil in Colombia”). Bogotá:
Paper presented at the Biotechnology Institute of the National University of Colombia (IBUN)
(Translated by I.D. Vargas Roncancio)
Lyons, Kristina (2010). “Hacia una epidemiología del paisaje: Pensamientos desde el suelo“ (“Towards an
epidemiology of the landscape: Thoughts from the soil”). Bogotá: Paper presented at the
Colombian National Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH). (Translated by I.D. Vargas
Roncancio)
Translation-Web pages
(2010). International Business Center Web Page, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.
Copy-editing
Books
Marquardt, Bernd, (2011). El Bicentenario del Constitucionalismo en Colombia e Hispanoamérica 18102010 (The Bicentenial of Colombian and Hispanoamerican Constitutionalism, 1810-2010). Bogotá:
UNIJUS-National University of Colombia.
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Dissertations
Mariela, Sánchez (2009). Ph.D. Dissertation in Psychology. Catelló de la Plana: Universitat Jaume I de
Castelló.
Articles
Several Law and Society-related materials between2 009-2011.Pensamiento Juridico Journal, Bogotá:
National University of Colombia. Vol. 22-29.
Honors
2011. M.A. Thesis “With High Distinction”, Bogotá: National University of Colombia.
2008. Recognition: Top 5 Law Students. Law School, Bogotá: National University of Colombia.
2007. Recognition: 2nd Highest Law School Graduation Exam Score, National Bogotá: University of
Colombia.
2003. Honorable Mention. Best Student Paper: “Outsourcing, Trade Union´s Rights and the 1991
Colombian Constitution” (Empresas de Servicios Temporales, Libertad Sindical y Constitución). Bogota:
Lawyer´s Labor Working Group.
Public interest activities
-Community Service Volunteer. 2004-2005. Lancaster University, England. Volunteer service with
university students having physical and learning disabilities.
-Community Service Volunteer. 2004. Coventry University, England. Volunteer service with university
students having physical and learning disabilities.
-Workshop Leader. 2001-2003. International Book Fair, Bogotá, Colombia. Teaching United Nation´s
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
-Member of the Ministry of Culture Youth Council. 1999-2001. Colombia. Consultant on Infant and Youth
Cultural Policies in the City of Bogotá.
-Member of the National Council, Children´s Movement for Peace in Colombia. 1997-2001. Sponsoring
institutions: UNICEF, REDEPAZ, Word Vision, Save the Children, and Scouts of Colombia. This movement
was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (1997, 1998).