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Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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Departments and Programs

  • Anthropology
  • Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies

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Contact Information

Email: lourdes.gutierrez.najera@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-1626
Office: 6047 Silsby Hall

Education

A.A. Pasadena City College; B.A. University of California at Los Angeles, M.A. University of Michigan; M.S.W. University of Michigan; Ph.D. University of Michigan

Areas of Expertise

Indigenous migration, conflict, autonomy, and identity; migration/transnational migration; U.S.-Mexico border, Latinos in the U.S., migrant farmworkers in the U.S., gender

Selected Works

  • "Talking about Race," in Strategies for Teaching Anthropology, P. Rice (ed.), (2004).
  • "Changes in Empowerment: Effects of Participation in a Lay Health Promotion Program," with V. K. Booker, J. G. Robinson, and B. J. Kay, Health Education Quarterly, 24:4 (1997) 452-464.
  • Latinos and Child Welfare/Los Latinos y el Bienestar del Niño: Voces de la Comunidad, with R. Ortega and C. Guillean, (1996).

Current Projects

"Rehabilitating Homeless Youth: Shifting Identities of Street Children in San Jose, Costa Rica;" "Como Se Hayan: Zapotec Indigenous Migrant Expressions of Membership and Belonging"