Marcos Mendoza
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Phone Number:
Email: mendoza@olemiss.edu
http://socanth.olemiss.edu/2013/08/marcos-mendoza/

Key Words: Latin America, environmental studies, political/legal anthropology, culture/society

Research Description:

I'm a sociocultural anthropologist with expertise in environmental studies, political ecology, Latin American studies, legal studies, organized crime, extreme sports, and globalization. My research focuses on environmental, political, legal, and economic issues in Latin America. I've advised many undergraduate theses with a regional focus on Latin America for the Honors College and the Croft Institute.

Honors Theses:

Starr, Samuel Patrick (2022) AMLO and Huachicoleo: The Effects and Implications of the Fuel Theft Crackdown in Mexico (full text)

Williamson, Catherine Elizabeth (2022) Homeland Calling: Myths as Mobilizers of Conflict in the Zapatista Rebellion and the Kosovo War (full text)

Williamson, Claudia Hayden (2022) The Politics of Migration in America: A Comparative Analysis of Federal Immigration Policy and Local Impacts in the United States and Ecuador (full text)

Cook, Madeline (2021) 'Con Los Brazos Abiertos': Venezuelan Migration and the Humanitarian State Under Ecuador's Moreno Administration (full text)

Flickinger, Abby (2021) The Politics of Everyday Subversion: Crisis, COVID-19, and Coming-of-Age in C?rdoba, Argentina (full text)

Benson, Jarvis (2019) The Haves and the Have Nots: Segregation and Marginalization in Puebla, Mexico (full text)

Prather, Holly (2019) When Words Are Not Enough: The Development of Human Trafficking in Venezuela Under the Maduro Administration (full text)

Gridley, MarlaRose (2018) The Yasuni ITT Initiative and the Creation of Global Green Sovereignty (full text)

Bell, Joseph Mac Weld (2017) !Patagonia Sin Represas! Hydropower Development and the Competing Spheres of Power in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia (full text)

Achgill, Madeleine (2017) Argentina's contemporary multiculturalism and its implications for Chinese identity in Buenos Aires. (full text)

Wright, Katie J. (2016) Portrayals of Pinochet: Historical Narratives in Chilean Schools. (full text)

Warden, Bryce Austin (2016) "Kirchnerismo and Postcoloniality: The Question of the Islas Malvinas within Contemporary Argentine Politics"