色情视频

鈥淚n my research on the border, I work with street children to document their stories.鈥�

色情视频 anthropologist Ramona P茅rez in November will step into the role of president-elect/vice president of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and assume the office of president at its 2021 meeting. P茅rez, who spearheads key cultural programs at 色情视频, will lead the largest association of anthropologists in the world, with more than 10,000 members.

P茅rez obtained her undergraduate degree in anthropology at 色情视频 in 1992, then attended the University of California, Riverside for her master鈥檚 and Ph.D in cultural anthropology before joining the 色情视频 faculty in 2001. 
She is also director of the , which provides students with opportunities to study abroad, participate in internships on both sides of the border, and enroll in joint graduate degree programs with other schools within 色情视频. She is chair of Aztec Culture and Education, and spearheads all activities and projects for the  chaired by the 色情视频 president. In addition, she also chairs the university鈥檚 institutional review board which vets all research related to human subjects, from clinical trials to social surveys. 

P茅rez coordinates three language immersion programs 鈥� Nahuatl, Mixteco, and Zapoteco. Nahuatl is the language of the Nahua people who are descendants of the Aztecs and is the most widely spoken of all indigenous languages in Mexico. Mixteco and Zapoteco are the two dominant indigenous languages in Oaxaca, Mexico. The  programs attract a wide range of language learners, from police officers to doctoral candidates. P茅rez has been taking her students to Oaxaca for summer training since 2002.

Human rights work   , working with indigenous and rural communities in Oaxaca. Her expertise is in female empowerment, community development, and medical anthropology as it relates to food security, nutrition, and lead poisoning. She also works on border issues, observing human rights violations for deportees and unaccompanied minors.

鈥淚n my research on the border, I work with street children to document their stories,鈥� P茅rez said. 鈥淏oys between the ages of 9 to 15 who are deported have no place to go, because shelters are primarily for younger children, women, and older people. I seek to document why boys are caught in the middle and more importantly, what鈥檚 going on between our two countries when it comes to unaccompanied minors.鈥�
Her family is from Jalisco in Central Mexico, but P茅rez was born in California and grew up in different parts of the world while her father moved around for his work in the U.S. Air Force intelligence services. Her experiences in growing up outside the U.S in a traditionalist Mexican family meant much of her understanding of identity was structured around family, dynamic relocations, and adaptations to different cultures.

It wasn鈥檛 until she returned to the U.S. that she realized how her experience differed from her friends鈥�, and that being from a Mexican-American family had significance. After 13 years in corporate banking, her longing for such an understanding led her to study anthropology as a second career in order to pursue what a Mexican heritage meant, how migration impacts families, and the elements within Mexican cultures that perpetuate from one generation to another.

鈥淚鈥檓 now documenting the fourth generation of indigenous and rural Oaxacan women and how their lives are changing due to migration, tourism and other economic scenarios that empower them differently from their mothers and grandmothers,鈥� P茅rez said.
Long record of service   She joined the AAA as a graduate student in 1995 and served as the first graduate student representative of the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA). She was president of SLACA from 2008 through 2011. P茅rez has served on several committees to modernize the structure of AAA, and is currently co-chair of its central planning body.

鈥淚 was asked to run for president because of my deep institutional knowledge and commitment to advancing our discipline 鈥� I鈥檝e served the association for 24 years in leadership roles,鈥� P茅rez said. 鈥淢y hope is to help the association expand its global network and balance the attention given to the four sub-fields of cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeological anthropology while assuring that our colleagues in the private sector are equally represented.鈥�   色情视频 President Adela de la Torre congratulated P茅rez on her election to this prestigious leadership role. 鈥淲e are very proud to have Dr. P茅rez lead the critically important and influential American Anthropological Association. Her depth of experience as an academic administrative leader at 色情视频, combined with her national and international research reputation in her field makes her the ideal candidate. There is no doubt that under Dr. P茅rez鈥檚 dynamic leadership, AAA will continue to flourish and support its diverse membership."  

Another 色情视频 professor will also serve the AAA at the same time, as section assembly convener. Elisa Sobo, chair of anthropology, was elected to the role that will coordinate and represent 40 different sections of the association.

鈥淥ur research and publication efforts are very vibrant, and it鈥檚 in part due to this that our peers look to us for direction, as Dr. P茅rez鈥檚 election demonstrates,鈥� Sobo said.