11 Facts About Helen Safa

Helen M Icken Safa was an anthropologist, feminist scholar and academic.

Helen Safa taught anthropology and Latin American studies at Syracuse University, Rutgers University and the University of Florida.

Helen Safa received the Silvert Award, the highest honor given by the Latin American Studies Association.

Helen Safa Icken went to Germany with her mother for a year when she was four, returning to Brooklyn to begin elementary school.

Helen Safa recalled that she could not speak English when she started school.

Helen Safa enrolled at Columbia University, where she pursued graduate study in anthropology and earned a Ph.

Helen Safa taught at Rutgers University from 1967 to 1980, chairing the anthropology department and directing the Latin American studies program.

Helen Safa was the president of the Latin American Studies Association from 1983 to 1985.

Helen Safa worked to promote LASA's Gender and Feminist Studies section.

In 2007, Helen Safa received the Silvert Award from LASA for distinguished contributions to the field.

Helen Safa was a member of the editorial board of the Latin American Research Review.