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Director, Center for Latin American Studies

Ph.D. University of Texas

Dr. Scott Whiteford, the Director for the Center for Latin American Studies, has been carrying out research in Latin America that integrates issues in economic development, political ecology, environmentalism, migration, social movements and power. His most recent research has been collaborative with colleagues from Argentina, Mexico, and the U.S./Mexico border. Previous research has been in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Dr. Whiteford’s research has been supported by the Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright Commission, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center Advanced Study of International Development. He served on a number of fellowship review panels including the National Science Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation and Fulbright.

Selected Publications

·    The Impacts of NAFTA on Small Farmers in Mexico, Co-edited with Juan Rivera and Manuel Chávez. New York: Scranton University Press In Press.

·    La Ecología Política en la Cultura del Agua de Querétaro. Co-edited with Sergio Quesada Aldana. Querétaro: Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro 2006.

·    Seguridad, Agua y Desarrollo: El Futuro de La Frontera México-Estados Unidos. Co-edited with Alfonso Andrés Cortez Lara and Manuel Chávez Márquez .Tijuana: Colegio de la Frontera Norte 2005

·    Globalization, Water and Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity. Co-edited with Linda Whiteford. Santa Fe: School of American Research 2005.

·    Managing a Sacred Gift: Changing Water Management Strategies in Mexico. Ed-edited with Roberto Melville. La Jolla: Center for United States Mexico Studies, University of California, San Diego 2002.

·    Nueva Economía Política de la Globalización y Bloques Regionales. Co-edited with Manuel Gomez Cruz, Rita Schwentesius, and Manuel Chavez. Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, 2001.

·    Crossing Currents: Continuity and Change in Latin America. Co-edited with Michael Whiteford. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall 1998.

·    Workers from the North: Plantations, Bolviaian Labor and the City Northwest Argentina. Austin: University of Texas Press 1981.

Teaching

At Michigan State University, where Dr. Whiteford taught before moving to the University of Arizona, Dr. Whiteford was presented the Teacher-Scholar Award, Outstanding Mentor Award and the Distinguished Lecturer Award by the Central States Anthropology Society.

At the University of Arizona, Dr. Whiteford teaches two graduate seminars for the Center, “Migration, Inequality and Borders of the Americas” and Qualitative Research Methods. He is co-teaching a new undergraduate colloquium on the U.S./Mexico border.