CURRICULUM VITAE

Sergio Quesada-Aldana

Office: Home: The University of Georgia 1091 Nona Drive 290 S. Hull Street Athens, GA 30606 Athens, GA 30602 706-548-4409 (Home) 706-542-0121 (LACSI) 706-207-4094 (Mobile) 706-542-6714 (Anthropology) E-mail: squesada@uga.edu 706-542-8432 (Fax) EDUCATION Ph.D., Medical Anthropology, 1989. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Dissertation title: Underdevelopment within developmentalism. M.A., Anthropology, 1985. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. B.A. (Licenciatura), Social Anthropology, 1977. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

City, Mexico.

PRESENT RESPONSIBILITIES Senior Academic Professional, Latin American & Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI)

and Department of Anthropology and LACSI Curriculum Coordinator, University of Georgia, August 2006-present.

Undergraduate Coordinator. Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia,

August 2010-present. Curriculum coordinator responsibilities: Organize and lead the LACS proseminar series (LACS

2001, LACS 2002); serve as coordinator of all other curricular activities related to the BA degree in LACS; recruit UGA Latin Americanist faculty to serve as instructors for the cap-stone seminar; assist the director in promoting LACS scholarship at the University of Georgia; inform faculty, students, and the university community of the LACS undergraduate major; oversee LACS study abroad programs; consult with LACSI faculty regarding course offerings, exchange and joint research projects; handle routine inquiries about the LACS major from units within the University System of Georgia and from outside the system; assist the Director, Assistant Director, Officer Manager/Student advisor in counseling students interested in pursuing the LACS major and LACS studies abroad programs. I am also participate in the LACSI Curriculum Committee, and also in the LACSI Advisor and Executive Committees (Without voting).

Quesada-Aldana, p. 2 Courses taught: ANTH 3900 Professional Development / Junior Seminar (Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016) ANTH 3430 Indians of Mexico and Central America (Spring 2007) ANTH/LACS 4224/6225 Mexican Civilization (Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) ANTH 4911 Senior Capstone Seminar (Fall 2010, 2011, 2012) ANTH 4900/6900 Special Topics in Anthropology (Fall 2006) ANTH 4950 Individual Topics in Anthropology (Fall 2006, 2008) ANTH 4960 Directed Readings (Spring 2008) LACS 1000 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Fall 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) LACS 2001 Introduction to LACS (Spring 2007, 2008, 2009, Fall 2008, 2009) LACS 2002 Introduction to LACS II (Fall 2007, 2008, Spring 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) LACS 4911 Senior Capstone Seminar (Spring 2007) PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, January

2000-2006. Responsibilities: Oversee all activities related to research and graduate studies

campus-wide; prepare and submit annual federal PIFOP grant for graduate faculty and program development; obtain federal, state and local funding for general research programs; obtain state and local funding for annual “Alejandrina” research award and oversee award-granting process; preside over University Council of Research and Graduate Studies; review and submit to the UCRGS, research proposals and proposals for the development and reorganization of graduate programs; oversee the implementation of university research and graduate legislation; coordinate the publication of university biannual research journal, maintain the graduate and research catalog, prepare annual reports for the office of Research and Graduate Studies, serve as general institutional representative in all matters related to research and graduate studies.

Advisor to the Rector (President) of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro,

Mexico, January 1997- January 2000. Responsibilities: Developing programs in the humanities; seeking linkages with

U.S. and European institutions of higher education; preparing documents and

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reports and attending conferences and meetings related to the globalization of education; reviewing, translating and preparing summaries and commentaries of documents for the use of the rector.

Head of Graduate Studies, Graduate School of Anthropology, History and Philosophy,

Department of Philosophy, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, September 1990-September 1997.

Academic Secretary, Department of Philosophy, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro,

Querétaro, Mexico, September 1994-September 1997. Director, Academic Exchange Program between the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

and the University of California, Santa Barbara, September 1990-2000. Coordinator and Principal Researcher, Zimapán Hydroelectric Project, Research project

jointly funded by the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (Mexico), the Federal Commission of Electricity (Mexico) and the World Bank, July 1990-December 1992.

Coordinator, Michigan Partners of the Americas, Dominican Republic Training Program,

U.S.A.I.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, August 1988-August 1989.

Coordinator and Principal Researcher, Food Systems and Society Program, Universidad

Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico, September 1985-July 1987. (See Research for details).

Assistant Director, Office of Medicine and Security in Labor, Bureau of Bio-Psycho-

Social Research, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Government of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1979-1980.

Director, Department of Anthropology, Bureau of Bio-Psycho-Social Research, Ministry

of Labor and Social Security, Government of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1977-1979.

PREVIOUS TEACHING AND RESEARCH Professor of Anthropology, Graduate School of Anthropology and History, Department

of Philosophy, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, July 1987-2006.

Courses taught: (Graduate level): introduction to medical anthropology,

ethnomedicine, political economy of health, cultural ecology, anthropological

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theory, epistemology and health, Mesoamerican civilizations, seminar in thesis writing, directed readings; (Undergraduate level): social anthropology, anthropology and ethnology, evolution and anthropology.

Professor of Anthropology, School of Law, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro,

Querétaro, Mexico, January 2003-2005 (every year). Course taught: Doctoral seminar in judicial anthropology.

Invited Professor, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Winter

Semester 1998. Course taught: Epistemology and health Invited Professor, Dartmouth in Querétaro Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New

Hampshire, Winter Semesters 1992-1995. Course taught: Mexican culture and civilization Visiting Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Summer 1995. Course taught: Latin America: A social sciences perspective Invited Professor, American Heritage Society, Querétaro, Mexico, September 1993-June

1995. Course taught: Mexican culture and civilization Visiting Professor of Anthropology, School of Anthropology, Universidad Autónoma del

Estado de Mexico, Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico, September 1993-June 1994. Course taught: Medical anthropology Invited Professor, School of Sociology, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Winter

semesters 1992-1993. Courses taught: (graduate level) Community health and (undergraduate) Social

anthropology Invited Professor, School of Nursing, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Winter

semester 1992.

Course taught: Post-basic maternal and infant health care: An anthropological perspective

Quesada-Aldana, p. 5 Invited Professor, El Colegio de Michoacán, Winter semesters 1991 and 1992.

Course taught: (doctoral seminar): Health and illness as symbolic processes

Visiting Researcher and Graduate Advisor, Department of Anthropology, University of

California, Santa Barbara, Summer 1992. Research: Anthropology of development and advising graduate students Visiting Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Graduate School of Anthropology,

Mexico City, Mexico, January-May 1990. Course taught: Introduction to medical anthropology Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, School of Medicine,

Mexico City, Mexico, January-June 1987. Course taught: Medical anthropology Researcher, Padre Kino Project. Multidisciplinary research project supported by the

Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources, Government of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, December 1985-May 1987.

(See Research for details). Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University,

East Lansing, Michigan, September 1984-June 1985. Course taught: Vanished peoples and lost civilizations Lecturer, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, 1975-1980. Courses taught: History and national folklore, History of culture RESEARCH I am currently researching the implications of migration to Georgia of a community of

peasants from the State of Querétaro, Mexico. In the last decade, these peasants were forced to relocate when the construction of a major World Bank-funded hydroelectric project, a product of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), destroyed their communities in the early 1990's. I am exploring the impact of the loss of their main source of work, their land, and the subsequent loss

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of their cultural identity and how this impacts their environment, their economic well-being, their health status and their cultural traditions.

“The Affirmation of Cultural Identity: A Pilot Program with W.R. Coile Middle School

Hispanic Students”. $4,700.00 Grant Research Proposal supported by Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) and UGA University Alliance (Public Service and Outreach). October 29, 2008 to May 31, 2009.

“The Political Ecology of Water in Querétaro, Mexico.” Joint project funded by the

Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Michigan State University, January 2001–2005.

"Monitoring the resettlement of the population resulting from the construction of the

Zimapán Hydroelectric Project." Project funded jointly by the National Institute for Indigenous Affairs (Mexico), the Federal Commission of Electricity (Mexico) and the World Bank Fund, July 1990-2001.

“The Cultural and Environmental Impact of Development in Rancho Largo, Querétaro”

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, December 1996-December 2000. "Food and public health in the southeastern region of the Gulf of Mexico." Project under

the direction of the Food Systems and Society Program and funded jointly by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the Planning and Development Commission of the State of Tabasco and the National Council of Science and Technology. Included fieldwork carried out to fulfill requirements for Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State University, September 1985-July 1987.

"Padre Kino Research Project." A multidisciplinary research project investigating

pioneer/missionary Padre Kino's life and work in Northwest Mexico and Southwest United States, including his impact on ethnic groups and social classes. Project funded by the Secretary of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources, Government of Mexico, December 1985-May1987.

"Petroleum pollution and its effects on the health of Mexican residents in the coastal

regions." A comparative study of the health of residents of two fishing villages in the States of Tabasco and Veracruz, Mexico. Fieldwork carried out to fulfill requirements for the Masters Degree in Anthropology from Michigan State University, Summer 1981.

"Socio-anthropological research of a textile industry in Mexico City: the health of the

textile workers." Research carried out under my direction for the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Government of Mexico, 1979-1980.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 7 "Peasant migration and the sugar mill of Calípam of the Valley of Tehuacán, Puebla,

Mexico: the case of the sugar cane workers and their fountains of geographic, economic and social origin." Research funded by the Center for Advanced Research of the National Institute of Anthropology and History and under the direction of Dr. Scott Whiteford, professor of Michigan State University and researcher of C.I.S.I.N.A.H., 1977-1979.

"Mechanisms of domination in a sugar cane plantation: the case of Tlaquiltenango,

Morelos (Mexico)." Research carried out to fulfill the requirements of the Licenciatura thesis directed by Dr. Peter Singelmann, professor of the University of Missouri and visiting professor and researcher of the Universidad Iberoamericana, 1975-1976.

"The social-economic situation of the workers of a sisal (henequén) plant farm near

Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico." Field study carried out to fulfill requirements for the Licenciatura degree at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Summer 1974.

"The system of "mayordomias" and the economy in San Jerónimo Amanalco, State of

Mexico." Field study carried out to fulfill requirements for the Licenciatura degree at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Summer 1973.

"Social Organization in Cuitareo, Michoacán, Mexico." Field study carried out to fulfill

requirements for the Licenciatura degree at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Summer 1972.

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS OF BOOKS Development and its Social, Economic, and Educational Consequences. The Case of the Zimapán Hydroelectric Project. 2014: 115-125. U.S. Latinos and Education Policy. Research-Based Directions for Change. Ed. Pedro R. Portes, Spencer Salas, Patricia Baquedano-López, and Paula J. Mellon. New York & London: Rutledge Mexican Civilization: Cultural Identity of Mexican People. (In preparation). “Diversidad Cultural en la Identidad Cultural”. Coloquios Internacionales sobre

Otopames. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Toluca 2009: 243-251, La Ecología Política en la Cultura del Agua de Querétaro. Co-edition with Scott

Whiteford, Michigan State University Press and la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2005: 5-187.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 8 “Introducción”. In Quesada and Whiteford. Michigan State University Press and la

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro 2005: 5-14. “La Cultura del Agua en la Ecología Política de Querétaro”. In Quesada and Whiteford.

Michigan State University and la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro 2005: 53-64.

“Water Security and The Policy of Decentralization in Mexico,” co-author with Alfonso

Cortez and Scott Whiteford, in Water Policy: Security Issues, Scott G. Witter and Scott Whiteford (eds.), Stamford, Connecticut: JAI Press, 1999: 99-116.

“La Antropología del Desarrollo y los Campesinos: Reubicación Involuntaria en la Presa

Zimapán” (“The Anthropology of Development and Peasants: Involuntary Relocation in the Zimapán Dam”), in El Campo Queretano En Transición, Gaspar Real Cabello (ed.), University of San Diego Center For USA-Mexican Studies, 1997:77-84.

ARTICLES “Lo que el Siglo se Llevó… La Cultura Campesina Queretana y los Desvelos de la Antropología” (Gone with the Century…Queretano Peasant Culture and the Anthropological Anxiety). Voces Universitarias: Escuela de Bachilleres, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. pp. 7-10, 2003 "La Antropología de la Salud en la Medicina Tradicional”, (“The Anthropology of Health

in Traditional Medicine”), Gaceta Médica de Querétaro, No. 2, April-June, Vol. 12, 2003.

"La culpa no es del indio", (“The Indian is Not to Blame”), Revista Imagen

Universitaria, No. 3, January, No. 11, 2003. "El Juego de Pelota: Un legado de Querétaro", (“The Ball Court: A Legacy of

Queretaro”), Revista Superación Académica, SUPAUAQ, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 11, June, No. 28, 2002.

“Querétaro y Algunos de sus Paradigmas Antropológicos” (“Querétaro and Some

Anthropological Paradigms”), Revista Auriga, No. 14, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, July-December 1998.

“En Recuerdo de Héctor Samperio Gutiérrez y la Antropología del Derecho de los

Indios”, (“In Memory of Héctor Samperio Gutiérrez and the Anthropology of

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Indian Rights”), Revista Auriga, No. 14, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, July-December 1998.

“Un Pueblo Náhuatl de la Sierra de Acolhuacán: San Jerónimo Amanalco” (“A Nahuatl

Village in the Sierra of Acolhuacan”), Revista Auriga (Journal of Philosophy and Culture), No. 13, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1998.

“La Salud de Nuestra Sociedad, Su Valor Cultural (Our Health, Our Cultural Values).

Antropología de Querétaro. Facultad de Filosofía. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Pp. 112-116, 1998.

“La Universidad de Querétaro, ¿Patrimonio de Todos?” (“The University of Queretaro:

Inheritance of All?”), Revista Superación Académica, Nos. 13 y 14, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1997.

“Medicina Tradicional” (“Traditional Medicine”), Revista Crónica Municipal, No. 9,

Querétaro, Mexico, 1996. “La Cultura Del Tiempo” (“The Cuture of Time”), Revista EBA Aurea, (Journal of the

School of Fine Arts), No. 2, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1996. “La Farmacodependencia, La Cultura y Las Estructuras De Poder” (“Drug Dependency:

The Culture and Structures of Power”), Revista Auriga, No. 12, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1995.

“Las Relaciones De Dominación en el Campo Mexicano” (“Relations of Domination of

Mexican Peasants”), co-author with Jesús Tapia, Sociología, No. 9, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1995.

“Los Heraldos de Navidad: Sus Objetivos y sus Queretanos” (“The Christmas Heralds:

Their Objectives and Their Queretanos”), co-author with Carlos Dorantes, El Heraldo de la Navidad 1994, State Government of Querétaro, 1995.

“La Interdisciplina como un Caso de la Antropología del Desarrollo: Implicaciones

Teórico-Metodológicas” (“Interdiscipline as a Case of Anthropology of Development: Theoretical-Methodological Implications”), Auriga, No. 10, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1994.

"El Mexicano: Descubierto o Re-encontrado" ("The Mexican: Discovered or Re-

encountered"), Auriga, No. 9, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1994. "Querétaro y su Identidad Cultural" ("Queretaro and its Cultural Identity"), El Heraldo

De La Navidad 1993, State Government of Queretaro, 1994.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 10 "La Sangre: Generadora de la Vida y la Muerte" ("Blood: Generator of Life and

Death"), NTHE Centro Bajio, No. 3, 1993. "Los Posgrados en Humanidades de la UAQ" ("Graduate Programs in the Humanities at

the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro"), Reportero UAQu: Información y Difusión de la Escuela de Periodismo, Vol. II, No. 7, 1993.

"Presa de Zimapán: Reubicación Involuntaria y Antropología del Desarrollo" ("The

Zimapan Dam: Involuntary Resettlement and the Anthropology of Development"), Revista del Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de Querétaro, (Journal of the College of Civil Engineers of Queretaro), No. 2, 1992.

"Día de Muertos en Dos Comunidades Indígenas de Querétaro" ("The Day of the Dead

in Two Indigenous Communities of Queretaro"), Revista Extensión, (Journal of Extension), No. 5, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1991.

"La Asesoría y Monitoreo en un Reacomodo Involuntario: Proyecto Hidroeléctrico

Zimapán" ("Assessing and Monitoring an Involuntary Resettlement: The Zimapan Hydroelectric Project"), Avances, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1991.

"Antropología de Reacomodos Involuntarios: El Caso de la Construcción de una Presa y

la Participación del I.N.I." ("The Anthropology of InvoluntaryResettlement: The Case of the Construction of a Dam and the Participation of the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs"), Avances, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1991.

"Clases Sociales, Etnicidad y Sexo: Una Interpretación en la Antropología Médica"

("Social Classes, Ethnicity and Sex: A Medical Anthropological Interpretation"), Auriga, Universidad Autónoma de Querátaro, No. 4, 1991.

"La Fiesta de San Francisco en Magdalena de Kino, Sonora: La Influencia de Kino en un

Día Ajeno a El" ("The Holiday of San Francisco in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora: The Influence of Kino on Saint Francis' Day"), Revista Relaciones del Colegio de Michoacán, Vol. X, No. 38, 1989.

"Land Without Liberty: Continuities of Peripheral Capitalist Development and Peasant

Exploitation Among the Cane Growers of Morelos, Mexico," co-author with Peter Singelmann and Jesus Tapia, Latin American Perspectives, Issue 34, Vol IX, No. 3, 1982.

"El Desarrollo Capitalista Periférico y la Transformación de las Relaciones de Clase en el

Campo: Papel de los Campesinos Cañeros en la Industria Azucarera Mexicana" ("Peripheral Capitalistic Development and the Transformation of Class Relations in the Countryside: The Role of Sugarcane Peasant Workers in the Mexican

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Sugar Industry"), co-author with Peter Singelmann and Jesús Tapia, Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Year XLI, Vol. 61, No. 4, 1979.

"Características Socioantropológicas de un Grupo de Trabajadores de una Empresa Textil

Mexicana" ("Socio-Anthropological Characteristics of a Group of Workers from a Mexican Textile Enterprise"), co-author with C. Diaz, C. Marin, A. Martinez and A. Cuellar, Condiciones de Trabajo, Cuadernos de Medicina y Seguridad e Higiene, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Vol. IV, No. 1, 1979.

PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES and ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 2017. “Challenges for the 21st century: Preserving cultural identification in the Mexican

immigrant community in Georgia, USA”, Graduate School of Anthropology, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, December.

“The political economy of health in Mexican migrant communities”, Instituto

Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History), Querétaro, Mexico, December.

“Mexican civilization: Cultural identity of Mexicans”, guest lecture for ILS 30400 20th and 21st Century Latina/o Literature, Department of English, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, October.

“The cultural and linguistic identities of Latinos in the U.S.”, guest lecturer for SPAN 3010 Advanced Conversation and Composition, Department of Romance Languages, UGA, September.

OUTREACH ACTIVITES and TALKS 2017. “Preserving your Hispanic identify and culture in the U.S.”, talk presented to the

Lambda Theta Phi Fraternity, UGA, November, 2017.

“Día de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead), Hispanic Student Association, University of North Georgia, Watkinsville, GA, November.

“Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia”, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, GA, October. “Latin American and Caribbean Studies major at the University of Georgia”, LACS recruitment talk (with Rielle Navitski) to the UGA Undocumented Student Alliance, University of Georgia, September.

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“Latin American and Caribbean Studies major at the University of Georgia”, LACS recruitment talk in HIST 4220 U.S. and Latin American History, Department of History, University of Georgia, September. “Latin American and Caribbean Studies major at the University of Georgia”, LACS recruitment talk in SPAN 3010 Conversation and Composition, Department of Romance Languages, University of Georgia, September. “Mexican traditions and culture”, J.J. Harris Elementary School, Athens, GA, September. “Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia”, Mexican Consulate, Atlanta, GA, August. “¿Por qué celebramos el cinco de mayo?” (Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?), Plaza Fiesta Cicno de Mayo Celebration, Atlanta, GA, May.

Lecturer: “The Secret Research Life of Sergio Quesada.” Anthropology Proseminar; Dr. Bram Tucker, February, 2015. Baldwin Hall, The University of Georgia. Outreach: “Reflections on Our Hispanic Heritage”, Keynote Speaker. National Hispanic Heritage Month; National Poultry Research Center, US Department of Agriculture. October 7, 2015; Athens, GA. Interview: “Quinceañera celebration “Sweet Fifteen” in the Mexican and Latino culture”; With Johanes Rosello, Mundo Hispánico, August 9, 2013, Atlanta, GA. Interview: “El Cinco de Mayo. A cultural identity party among some Mexicans and a Drinking motive for everybody else…!” with Fernando Ordaz, on May 4 2013, at UGATV, Athens, GA., at UGA. Outreach: “Anthropology of Food”, Alpha Chi Omega’s Faculty Dinner. November 7, 2012, The University of Georgia. Interview: “Day of the Dead Celebrates Life Through Death”, and “For Dinner; Día de los Muertos”; November 1st, 2012, p. 9; The Red & Black, Athens, GA. Lecturer: “Political Economy of the Hydroelectric Building Project”. Anthropology Proseminar, Dr. Bram Tucker, October 28, 2012. Baldwin Hall, The University of Georgia. Panel: Hispanic Culture Symposium: “La Importancia de Reconocer y Hablar Nuestra Lengua”, with Margaret L. Quesada. Hispanic Student Association. September 25, 2012; Miller Learning Center, The University of Georgia.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 13 Outreach Conference: “Reaffirmation on Cultural Identity”. September 21st, 2012, Winder Barrow High School, Winder, GA. Leading Ceremony: “Mexican Grito” among Mexican Community at Pinewood; September 16, 2012, Athens, GA. Outreach Conference: “Your Education Your Best Investment”; Padres e Hijos; September 7, 2012, Fanning Institute, The University of Georgia Outreach Conference: “Succeeding Beyond UGA”. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions. May 1st,, 2012; Miller Learning Center, The University of Georgia. Outreach Conference: “Step up & Serve” ; Coile Middle School. April 20, 2012. Athens, GA. Panel: “Movimiento Latino: Latin Students at UGA: An opportunity and a Role”. Tate Center, Reception Hall, April 13, 2012. The University of Georgia. Panel: “Latino Student Can Compete and Win Based in a Good Education from UGA”. Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar Chapter. October 19, 2011, at 213 Sanford Hall. University of Georgia. Symposium: “Agroturismo en Bellavista del Rio, Querétaro. Una Interpretación

Antropológica” (Agro Tourism at Bellavista del Rio. An Anthropological Intepretation), with Gaspar Real. AMER: Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Rurales, A.C, May 26, 2011. At Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México.

Outreach Conference:" What is Medical Anthropology / Success as a Latino". Latino

Science Club, May 4, 2011, at Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, GA. Outreach Participation: Judge at 5th Annual Mr. and Miss Latin UGA Pageant, Lambda

Theta Alpha. April 14, 2011, at The Chapel. University of Georgia. Panel: “What does UGA mean for Latino Students? Our prospective Students and to

Their Parents”. Movimiento Latino. April 8, 2011, at Tate Grand Hall. Office of Institutional Diversity University of Georgia.

Discussant: “Contested Terrain : Migrants, Drugs and Violence on the Mexico/U.S. Borderlands“. The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Seattle, Washington, April 1st, 2011. Lecturer: “Day of the Dead in Mexican Cultural Identity”. RA Student Association ,

Quesada-Aldana, p. 14 November 17, 2011, at Brumby, University of Georgia. Outreach Conference: “The Meaning of Being Latino” at Latino Science Club, Cedar Shoals High School. March 25, 2011. Outreach Conference: “Reaffirmation of Cultural Identity among Middle School Kids”.

Coile Middle School, March 10, 2011. Panel: “Embracing Diversity Days”. “Hispanic Heritage”, September 13, 2010. at the Chapel, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Georgia. Discussant: “Latin American Documentary Film Series: The Last Zapatista” (1996). This documentary examines the legacy of Emiliano Zapata in contemporary Mexico. September 29, 2010, Student Miller Center, University of Georgia. Panel: “UGA Diversity”. “The Richer Cultural Diversity, the Richer Income in Human Capital...Ergo: a Better Education”; December 3rd 2010, at the Chapel, Department of Admissions, University of Georgia. Panel: “Las Ciencias Sociales ante la Globalización”. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico City, November 22, 2010. Keynote Speaker: “Tendencias de la Antropología Contemporánea en el entorno de la globalización”, Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, May 19 2010. Presentation: “The History of Cinco de Mayo”. Coile Middle School, May 5th, 2010. Keynote Speaker: “Latino: You can study at UGA”. Movimiento Latino: Student and Parents. Miller Learning Center, University of Georgia, April 9, 2010. Conference: “Latino, you can dream if you study”. Symposia: Sì Se Puede: Padres e Hijos. Miller Learning Center, University of Georgia, March 27, 2010. Panel: Immigration Reform: A Myth? Hispanic Student Association. February 23, 2010, 150 Miller Learning Center, University of Georgia. Keynote Speaker: “Etnicidad y Globalización en México”, at International Otopame Colloquium in Homage of Richard & James W. Dow. University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL., 14-18 September 2009. Keynote Speaker: “Ecología Cultural y Migración en Bellavista del Rio, Cadereyta, Querétaro”. Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, May 27, 2009.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 15 Keynote Speaker: “Marvin Harris y la Antropologia Norteamericana”. Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, May 26, 2009. Panel: Movimiento Latino. “Motivating UGA’s candidates”. University of Georgia. Tate Center. April 17, 2009 Conference: “In this Country: Yes you can,,,!” 4th annual ¡Sí, Se Puede! Latino Youth Leadership Conference. 253 Miller Learning Center, University of Georgia, March 28, 2009 Judge of Graduate Posters at Immigration & National Security: Second Annual UGA Global Educational Forum for Culture, Research, and Teaching, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, GA. March 25, 2009. Symposium: "NAFTA, Immigration and Drug Cartels: All in the same dish". Immigration & National Security : Second Annual UGA Global Educational Forum for Culture, Research, and Teaching, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, GA. March 23-27. Outreach Conference:”What is my identity here, now? What are the choices?” Coile Middle School, Athens, GA. February 26 Documentary film: “Mexican Quinceañeras: A rite of passage: with Robert Shore, Emory University, at LACSI- UGA, Athens GA. February 6, 2009. Outreach Conference: “Ethnic Identity Development - What is my Latin identity?” Coile Middle School, Athens, GA. January 29, 2009. Panel: “No Bull: Immigration Issues in the United States”, at UGA Zell B. Miller Learning Center 214. Second Annual "Lambda Theta Phi Week Latin Fraternity, Inc.” The University of Georgia, December 3rd, 2008. Keynote Speaker: “Hate Crime Against Latinos” at UGA Zell B. Miller Learning Center 147; Symposium: Hate Crime in U.S.A. "Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Latino Fraternity Inc" and "Lambda Phi Epsilon, Asian-Interest Fraternity, Inc". The University of Georgia, November 11, 2008. Symposium: Dia de los Muertos: “Culture of Dead” at B2 Main Library, Anthropology

Society, The University of Georgia, October 28, 2008. “Views on Mexico”. Invited Professor at the Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean 4720/6720 (Dr. Fausto Sarmiento), October 6th, 2008.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 16 Keynote Speaker: “Latin Heritage”. Hispanic Heritage Night at, W.R. Coile Middle

School, Athens, GA., October 2nd, 2008. Workshop on Immigration, Health and Education. Bellavista del Rio, Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico. August 19, 2008. “The Anthropology in Mexico and its impact in the World”. Conference presented at the 2nd Colloquium of Anthropology, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico. June 17, 2008. “Health and Migration”: Paper delivered at the "Society, Culture, and Global Health"

The Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute annual symposium. The Coverdell Center at the University of Georgia, April 21, 2008.

Conference: "Movimiento Latino", at the Hispanic Foundation, 302 Caldwell Hall. The

University of Georgia. April 11, 2008. Chile: Culture, Research, & Teaching. Paper presented at the Educational Forum for

Globalization on Culture, Research, & Teaching, at the Georgia Center. Mahler Auditorium. The University of Georgia. April 1st , 2008. Athens, Ga.

Latin American and Caribbean Student Association (LACSA): Round table discussion

(Immigration). The Tate Learning Center at the University of Georgia. February 4, 2008.

"Mexico Global Network" (Red de Talentos). Talk at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. The University of Georgia. January 28, 2008. Day of the Dead. Anthropology Society Speaker. Department of Anthropology, The

University of Georgia. October 29, 2007.

Mexico: Culture and History. Conference to Hispanic students from Coile Middle School. Athens, Ga. October 12, 2007. Latinos : Education and Culture. Conference to Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity

In the Forum: Cultural Identity Vs. Middle Ground. The University of Georgia. October 11, 2007.

“NAFTA: Mexico/U.S. Relations: drugs, immigration, corruption, etc.” Invited

Professor at the Geography 4720/6720 (Dr. Fausto Sarmiento), October 8, 2007. “El Orgullo Latino.” Conference given in the Hispanic Forum at the

Student Learning Center. The University of Georgia, October 2007.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 17 Talk: “Mexican Civilization”. Invited Professor at the History of Mexico 3220 (Dr. Thomas Whigham). The University of Georgia. August 9, 2006. Talk:“ Mexico/U.S. Relations.” Invited Professor at the Geography 4720/6720 (Dr.

Fausto Sarmiento), The University of Georgia. October 11, 2006. “Antropología de la Nutrición.” Paper presented in the symposium, Innocuity,

Preservation and Functional Foods, University of Illinois and the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, August 31, 2004.

“Ecología Política del Agua.” Paper presented in the XXVII Mesa Redonda de la

Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología, El Mediterráneo Americano: Población, Cultura e Historia, Xalapa, Veracruz, August 1- 6, 2004.

“La Evolución de Nuestro Posgrado.” Talk presented in the workshop, “La Planeación

Estratégica Integral para el Posgrado en la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro,” February 19-21, 2004.

“El Posgrado de la UAQ: Un Posgrado de Calidad.” Talk presented in the "XVII

Congreso Nacional de Posgrado 2003,” Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, October 27-28, 2003.

“La Identidad Cultural y la Etnicidad en la Globalización.” Paper presented in the

Programa de Divulgación Científica y Tecnológica en el Municipio de Jalpan de Serra, Querétaro, October 23, 2003.

“Metodología para Conseguir un Posgrado de Calidad.” Talk presented in the Primer

Congreso Nacional Sobre la Situación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en las Universidades Públicas de los Estados,” Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, October 6-7, 2003.

“Creation of Unequal Environments and Heath: The Politics of Water and Alienation.”

Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association LASA 2003 XIV International Congress,” Dallas, Texas, March 27-29, 2003.

“Food and Development.” Paper presented at the Symposium on Functional Foods and

Health Ties-Enlaces/US-AID/México, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, February 27-28, 2003.

“La Identidad Cultural.” Paper presented in the Programa de Divulgación Científica y Tecnológica en el Municipio de Tequisquiapan, Qro., Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, September 26, 2002.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 18 “El Papel de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en el Desarrollo Social.” Paper presented in the

Tercer Seminario de Cooperación Académica México-Suecia, State Council of Science and Technology, State of Queretaro, October 1-2, 2001.

“Problemas Conceptuales del Urbanismo en la Cultura.” Paper presented in the XXIV

Encuentro de la Red Nacional de Investigación Urbana, Procesos de Metropolización, Gobierno, Planeación Urbana y Participación Ciudadana, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, September 19-21, 2001.

“El Impacto del Desarrollo en Poblaciones Campesinas.” Paper presented in the XXVI

Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología Migración, Población, Territorio y Cultura, Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología, Zacatecas, Zac., July 29-August 3, 2001.

“Cultural Identity and Medical Anthropology.” Invited plenary conference presented at the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2000.

“Identidad Cultural y un Mito.” Plenary speaker for the medical session of the Hospital

Ángeles de Querétaro, January 28, 2000. “Identidad y Diversidad Cultural.” Conference presented in the Primer Coloquio

Interdisciplinario de las Áreas de Antropología Filosofía e Historia. Cultura, Identidad y Alteridad, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, November 12, 1999.

“Diversidad Cultural en la Identidad Cultural.” Paper presented in the III Coloquio Internacional sobre Otopames, Facultad de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, November 10, 1999.

“Antropología de la Salud.” Paper presented in the celebration of the XXI Aniversario de

la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, September 10, 1999.

“The Destruction of Rural Mexico: NAFTA and the Forced Resettlement of Mexican

Peasant Communities.” Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Rural Social Society , Chicago, Illinois, August 4-8, 1999.

“The Impact of Globalization on Rural Mexican Communities.” Talk given in the Center

for Social and Behavioral Sciences Center, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, Monterey, CA, May 3, 1999.

“Conducting Field Research in Mexican Peasant Communities.” Talk given en the

Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences Center, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, Monterey, CA, May 4, 1999.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 19 “Water Security.” Conference presented in the Center for Latin American and

Caribbean Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, May 19, 1999.

“The History and Culture of Querétaro.” Conference presented in the Social and

Behavioral Sciences Center, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, Monterey, CA., April 29, 1999.

“The Zimapan Hidroelectric Project.” Conference presented at the California State

University, Bakersfield, Department of Anthropology, Bakersfield, CA., April 28, 1999.

“Día de Muertos en Rancho Largo.” Paper presented in the Primer Coloquio: Muerte y

Cultura en México, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, December 1998.

“La Antropología de la Salud en la Medicina Tradicional.” Paper presented in the V

Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, December 1998.

“Ecología Política del Agua: El Caso de Santa María Magdalena.” Poster presented in

the Cuarto Coloquio Regional de Investigación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, November 1998.

“Políticas Públicas en la Educación Media Superior y Superior.” Paper presented in the

Tercer Foro Temático at the table entitled “Políticas Públicas en la Educación Pública y Privada Media Superior y Superior”, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, October 1998.

“The Role of Higher Education in Regard to the NAFTA Experiment and the Mutual

Benefits of Trilateral Academic Programs.” Invited speaker at the University of Western Illinois, October 1998.

“The Role of Higher Education in Regard to the NAFTA Experiment and the Mutual

Benefits of Trilateral Academic Programs.” Invited speaker at Western Kentucky University, October 1998.

“Guadalajara and Chapala: Regional Impact of Water Uses and Decentralization of Water

Management in Mexico.” Invited speaker at The Center For Latin American and Carribbean Studies and MSU Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, September 1998.

“Managing Waste Waters and Decentralization: Issues of Sustainability and Health.”

Paper presented at the table: “Conflicting Agendas in Resource Management in

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Mexico: Issues in Decentralization,” at the XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 1998.

“The Socio-Cultural Impact of Dam Building in México.” Paper presented at the 14th

International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, VA., July 26-August 1, 1998.

“Los Norteños: El Caso Migratorio de los Afectados por el Proyecto Hidroeléctrico

Zimapán.” Paper presented at the round table entitled, “Chicanos/as y Mexicanos/as: Dos comunidades. Un mismo Pueblo,” XXV Conferencia Anual de la Asociación Nacional para Estudios de Chicanas y Chicanos, City of Mexico, June 1998.

“International Citizenship Issues of Identity ‘Mexicaness’: Presence of Identity.”

Invited speaker at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, April 1998. “Normas y Legislación en la Fortificación de Alimentos en México: La Cultura y la

Alimentación.” Paper presented at the Simposium Internacional. La Fortificación de Alimentos: ¿Una Alternativa Efectiva?, Escuela de Nutrición, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, February 1998.

“Una Nueva Frontera: Los Norteños de Zimapán o el Resultado de una Afectación.”

Paper presented in the II Coloquio Internacional La Frontera: Una Nueva Concepción Cultural, La Paz, Baja California Sur, February 1998.

“Graniceros: Un Caso de Medicina Tradicional.” Keynote Speaker at the Coloquio

Shamanismo, Curanderismo y Brujería en México, Facultad de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, December 1997.

“Metodología en Proyectos de Antropología del Desarrollo: El Caso de la Presa de

Zimpan.” Poster presented at the Coloquio Regional de Investigación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, November-December 1997.

“Filosofía de la Ingeniería.” Paper presented at the Semana Cultural 1997, Facultad de

Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, November 1997. “Ética Cultural y Raza; una Perspectiva Antropológica.” Paper presented at the Congreso

Regional de Filosofía. Filosofía, Sociedad y Política; Espacio en la Actual Coyuntura Mexicana, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, November 1997.

“Medicina Tradicional de Bajo Costo.” Paper presented at the XI Jornadas Médicas del

Colegio Médico de Celaya, A.C.: La Medicina en los Albores del año 2000, Celaya, Guanajuato, October 1997.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 21 “Perspectivas de la Antropología de la Salud.” Paper presented at the Encuentro

Conmemorativo La Antropología en Querétaro, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, April 1997.

“Subdesarrollo de Programas Culturales en el Caso del Proyecto Hidroeléctrico

Zimapán.” Paper presented at the Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Promotores del Cultura Populares de América Latina y el Caribe, Queretaro, Mexico, April 1997.

“Pautas Culturales de los Migrantes al Norte en los Afectados por el Proyecto

Hidroeléctrico Zimapán.” Paper presented in the Coloquio Internacional Sobre Migración Mexicana a Estados Unidos, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, December 1996.

“El Barroco y la Mexicanidad.” Paper presented in the IX Encuentro de Investigadores

de la Filosofía Novohispana, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, October 1996.

“La Hidroeléctrica Zimapán: Una Perspectiva De La Antropología Del Desarrollo.”

Paper presented at the XXIV Mesa Redonda De La Sociedad Mexicana De Antropología, Tepic, Nayarit, August 1996.

“El Barroco y La Mexicanidad.” Paper presented in the Ciclo de Conferencias de

Historia y Arte Barroco en Querétaro, Museo Regional INAH, Queretaro, Mexico, July 1996.

“El Impacto Cultural de los Migrantes Al Norte: Las Políticas de Indemnización del

Proyecto Hidroeléctrica de Zimapán.” Paper presented in the Coloquio Internacional: Las Relaciones México E.E.U.U. Desde La Perspectiva Regional, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, April 1996.

“El Papel Del Anciano En La Civilización.” Paper presented in the Primer Simposium

Regional De Gerontogeriatría, Universidad Autonoma de Querétaro, February 1996.

“Preparing and Training U.S. and Mexican Students as Field-researchers in

Anthropology.” Talk presented to the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, Colorado, November 1995.

“Las Implicaciones Antropológicas por Obras Hidráulicas: El Caso Zimapán.” Paper

presented in the Jornadas de Difusión de la Investigación Antropológica e Histórica en el Estado de Hidalgo, November 1995.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 22 “Cultura y Alimentación en la Región Otomí de Amealco, Queretaro.” Paper presented

in the Primer Coloquio Sobre Otopames, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, September 1995.

“La Nutrición y la Antropología.” Talk presented to participants of the Academic

Exchange Program with the University of Texas A & M, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, July 1995.

“La Comunidad Indígena en México.” Talk presented to participants of the Academic

Exchange Program with the University of Texas A & M, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, July 1995.

“Development Organization, Power And Social Science: Issues from a Mexican Case.”

Invited Speaker at Michigan State University, Department Of Anthropology, July 1995.

“Antropología Médica y Nutrición.” Paper presented in the Segunda Semana Cultural de

Nutrición, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, April 1995. “La Cultura de las Drogas, la Farmacodependencia: Problema de Todos.” Talk presented

at the Universidad del Valle de México-Campus Queretaro, March 1995. “La Misión De Jalpan, Sierra Gorda Queretana.” Keynote Speaker in the Primer

Encuentro de Historiadores, ‘La Gran Quiviria’ , Sierra Gorda, Queretaro, February 1995.

“El Barroco.” Paper presented to the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Queretaro,

Mexico, July 1994. “Educators: Establishing Educational Equity.” Invited Speaker in the Dartmouth

College Class of ‘94 Senior Symposium, Hannover, New Hampshire, March 1994.

“Zimapán: Un Caso Antropológico con una Problemática Interdisciplinaria.” Paper

presented to the Sociedad Mexicana De Antropología, XXIII Mesa Redonda, Villahermosa, Tabasco, February 1994.

“El Tratado de Libre Comercio, Repercusiones en el Ejercicio Profesional.” Talk

presented in the Programa de Diálogos Universitarios, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, May 1993.

“La Cultura y el Turismo.” Invited Speaker at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores del

Bajío, Celaya, Guanajuato, February 1993.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 23 “Antropología Médica.” Talk presented during the Celebración del Día del Nutriólogo,

Univerisdad Autonoma de Queretaro, December 1992. “Free Trade Agreements: Dream Or Reality?” Invited Speaker at Montcalm Community

College and Seven Other Colleges, Michigan, October 1992. “El Mexicano Redescubierto O Re-Encontrado.” Paper presented in the Foro: Medio

Milenio De Resistencia Indígena, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, October 1992.

“Introducción A Las Culturas Mesoamericanas.” Invited Speaker at the Instituto

Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Queretaro, September 1992.

“La Antropología y Los Proyectos Hidroeléctricos.” Paper presented at the Simnposio:

La Investigación, El Desarrollo Tecnológico Y Los Posgrados en Queretaro, September 1992.

“Agua Que No Has De Beber.....El Caso De Tlacote.” Paper presented at the Segundo

Congreso Salud-Enfermedad del INAH, Queretaro, August 1992. “La Cultura y la Universidad.” Paper presented in the Foro: Universidad y Cultura,

Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, April 1992. “El Impacto Sociocultural de la Presa Zimapán y la Participación del Equipo I.N.I.:

Impacto Sociocultural De Las Presas En México.” Invited Speaker at the Universidad Iberoamericana, November 1991.

“La Investigación en Querétaro.” Paper presented in the Simposio: La Investigación,

Desarrollo Tecnológico y Posgrados en Queretaro, August 1991. “The World Bank and the Mexican State Build a Dam (1990-1994): The Forced

Resettlement of Peasant Communities and the Anthropology of Development.” Invited Speaker at the University of California Santa Barbara, July 1991.

“Socio-Cultural Issues About Nafta.” Invited Speaker at the Trilateral Studies

Symposium, Michigan State University, May 1991. “Migración de Campesinos Queretanos a Los Estados Unidos.” Paper presented at the

Primer Simposio Para La Cooperación Académica Entre E.E.U.U. y México, March 1991.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 24 “Horizontes Históricos y Conocimiento Social en América Latina: La Investigación

Social Hacia un Programa de Investigación Epistemológica.” Talk presented at the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, September 1990.

“Zimapán: Campesinos Reubicados y su Repercusión Cultural.” Talk presented in the

Primer. Seminario INI-CFE Sobre Reasentamientos por Presas, Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, June 1990.

Commentaro in the Primer Foro Sobre Demografía: Querétaro En El IX Censo De

Población, Querétaro, March 1990. “Mexican Elections And Their Implications.” Invited Speaker at the Center For Latin

American and Carribbean Studies, Michigan State University, June 1989. “Development in Underdevelopment in Tropical México.” Invited Speaker for the

Thoman Fellows Program In Food, Michigan State University, May 1989. “The Political Implications of the Last Elections in Mexico.” Conference presented to

the Center for Latinamerican and Carribbean Studies, Michigan State University, May 1988.

“Interdisciplinary Teams and the Dengue.” Invited Speaker at the School of Medicine,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1988. “Peripheral Capitalist Development and Transformation of Class Relations in the Rural

Countryside.” Paper presented at the National Conference of the Latinamerican Studies Association, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, April 1979.

“The Rise And Demise Of Peasant Unions In The Tehuacan Valley: The Role Of The

State In The Mexican Sugar Industry.” Paper presented at the National Conference of the Latinamerican Studies Association, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, April 1979.

“A Peasantry Divided: A View From Below Of Political Linkage Systems And The

Sugar Industry In México.” Paper presented at the XIII International Conference of Americanists, Vancouver, Canadá, August 1979 (Co-Author with Scott Whiteford).

MENTORING STUDENTS Fall Semester (2009): Charly Byram

Quesada-Aldana, p. 25 Stacie Hecht, Anthropology Department Erin McCallum, Anthopology Department Spring Semester (2009) Justin Holcombe, Anthropology Department. Drew Hovancik, Anthropology Department. Sara Poythress, Anthropology Department Tracy Young, Anthropology Department PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Academic Committees: 2017 Member of the Tinker Foundation Graduate Field Research Evaluation

Committee

Member of the Committee for Anthropology Undergraduate Departmental Awards

Member of the LACSI Curriculum Board 2006-present.

Member of the Latino Advisory Board, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia, August 2006-present.

Member of the Goizueta Graduate Assistantships Review Committee/Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE) and The Graduate School, 2008- present.

2016 The Graduate Field Research-Tinker Foundation

Member of Committee for Anthropology Undergraduate Departmental Awards.

Member of Promotion Committee: for Dr. Meredith Welch-Devine, at the Office of Graduate School who was considered for promotion to Senior Academic Professional. University of Georgia, August 12 to October 10, 2016.

Member of Promotion Committee: I was requested to serve on the promotion as the committee chair committee for Dr. Paul Matthew, at the Office of Service-

Learning who was considered for promotion to Senior Academic Professional. University of Georgia, August 6 to October 12, 2014.

External Assessor: Peer Review Process. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. October 2008 to present.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 26 Member of the Commission for Judicial Pardons 2004, by invitation of Francisco Garrido

Patrón, Governor of the State of Querétaro Arteaga, 2004-2005. Member of the Council of the State Commission of Human Rights of the State of

Querétaro, 2004-2005. Representative of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro before the Technical

Committee of the Fundación Produce Querétaro, May 2004. Member of the panel of judges for the National Institute of Anthropology and History ‘s

Annual National Award “Premio Fray Bernardino Sahagun” for outstanding research in anthropology and history, 2003-2005.

Member of the Evaluating Committee of the State Council of Science and Technology in

the Area of Social and Human Development, Formación de investigadores a través de la realización de proyectos de investigación y/o desarrollo tecnológico que contribuyan a la solución de los problemas que afectan el desarrollo del Estado, 2002.

Member of the Advisory Committee for the Ph.D. in Law, School of Law, Universidad

Autónoma de Querétaro, 2002-2005 . Member of the panel judges for the National Award for Research in Labor, Premio

Nacional de Investigación Laboral, of the Secretary of Labor and Social Provision, 2000-2001.

Member of the External Evaluating Committee of the Center for Research and

Technological Development in Chemical Electricity (CIDETEQ), January 2000. Member of the Bioethics Committee, School of Natural Sciences, Universidad Autónoma

de Querétaro, 1999. President of the Commission to analyze, propose and create the B.S. in Anthropology,

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1994 to 1997. Representative of the UAQ President on the Interinstitutional Committee for the Design

and Development of the Ethnic Research Center for Oto-Pame Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1994-1995.

Advisor in the Area of Anthropology for the State Council of Science and Technology,

State Government of Queretaro, 1988-1991.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 27 GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2016 Travel Funds, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and LACSI, $120, to establish

research exchange with the Faculty of Anthropology, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México.

2008 Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) and (UGA) University Alliance Grant –

LACSI/Anthropology $4,700. October, 2008 to May 2009. Project: “The Affirmation of Cultural Identity: A Pilot Program with W.R. Coile Middle School Hispanic Students”.

Summer Faculty Research Grant - LACSI/Anthropology $3,000, The University of

Georgia. Summer 2006. Member of the National System of Researchers (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores-

SNI), National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Secretary of Education, Mexican Federal Government, $10,000 annual stipend to carry out research, 1994-2004.

Research Stimulus Grant, Level IV, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México, $500

monthly stipend to carry out research, 1994-2000. PROMEP Grant Apoyo Especial a la Investigación (Research Grant), Universidad

Autónoma de Querétaro, $2,500 award to support academic research, 1998-1999. Equal Opportunity Program, Graduate Office Fellowship, Fellowship awarded based on

ethnic-minority status and academic excellence, Michigan State University, 1988-1989.

Afirmative Action Graduate Assistantship, supplemental tuition grant, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1985. W.B. & Candace Thoman Fellowship Program, Michigan State University. Full-tuition

stipend awarded to ten outstanding graduate students nominated from their respective departments. Students participated in seminars and leadership training workshops, September 1984-June 1985.

Graduate Office Fellowship, Michigan State University. Fellowship granted based on

academic excellence and covered tuition costs for the Winter and Spring Terms 1984 and Spring Term 1985.

National Council of Science and Technology Grant (CONACYT), Mexico. Full tuition

and monthly stipend awarded to carry out doctoral studies at Michigan State University, September 1980-September 1984.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 28 TEACHING DISTINCTIONS University of Georgia Career Center Award 2017, Recognition from the UGA Career

Center for having contributed greatly to the career development of undergraduate students at UGA.

University of Georgia Career Center Award 2016, Recognition from the UGA Career

Center for having contributed greatly to the career development of undergraduate students at UGA.

University of Georgia Career Center Award 2015, Recognition from the UGA Career

Center for having contributed greatly to the career development of undergraduate students at UGA.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEES General director and editorial committee of the journal, Revista de Investigación y

Ciencia Sapĕre, Office of the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2000-present.

Editorial committee and referee of the journal Revista Superación Académica, of the

Sindicato Único del Personal Académico, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2000-present.

Editorial committee of the journal, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Frontera

Interior, a co-edition of the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Universidad Autónoma de Guanajuato, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, el Colegio de San Luis y los Centros INAH, México, 1999-present.

Editorial advisor for the journal, Revista AURIGA, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad

Autónoma de Querétaro, 1994-2003.

Editorial committee of the journal, Gaceta Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1998-2002 . Referee and editorial advisor for the journal, Revista EBA AUREA, Escuela de Bellas

Artes, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 1996. Responsible for the editorial section in Sociology for the Editorial committee of the

journal, Revista Ergonómica, Asociación Mexicana de Ergonomía, A.C., México, 1979.

Quesada-Aldana, p. 29 Responsible for the editorial section in anthropological and bio-psychosocial aspects for

the journal, Condiciones de Trabajo de la Dirección General de Medicina del Trabajo de la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (D.G.M.T.S.T.P.S.), México, 1978-1979.

MASTERS THESIS DIRECTED at UAQ 2005. Rosa María Ortiz Robles, “La Satisfacción Sexual en la Madurez: Creencias, Actitudes y Realidades”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro,

August. 2003 María del Carmen Salazar Piñón, “Cultura y Alimentación en una Comunidad

Otomí”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, March.

2002 Salvador Pérez Ramírez, “Creencias y Prácticas Entnomedicas en Atecucario, Michoacán”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, January.

2002 Marco Antonio Rubio Abonce, “Cultura, Salud Sexual y Reproductiva en adolescentes de educación Media”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, January.

2001 Martha Fabiola Larrondo Montes, “Justicia Distributiva”, Masters in Philosophy, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, October.

2000. “Cuerpo y Textil Mazahua”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, August.

2000 José Alonso Jerónimo Cabrera Ruiz, “Una Perspectiva Antropológica de las Tradiciones Funerarias”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, March.

2000 María Encarnación Ríos Collazo, “Antropología de la Muerte”, Masters in Anthropology, Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, March.

MASTERS THESIS COMMITTEES at UAQ 2005. Ana Cristina Medellín Gómez, “Federico Castro: Una Vida Consagrada a la

Danza”, Masters in Art, Facultad de Artes Modernas, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, May.

2005. Héctor Martínez Ruiz, “Historia de la Arqueología en Querétaro”, Masters in History, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, March.

2004 Eric Omar Rodolfo Juárez Valladares, “Unidades Domésticas y Uso del Bosque en San Juan de los Durán, Jalpan, Querétaro”, Masters in Anthropology,

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Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía, August. 2004 Martha Esther Valerio López, “Una Propuesta de Educación Humanista en el

Contexto de la Globalización”, Masters in Philosophy, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, March.

2003 Rosa María Guevara Díaz de León, “Las Humanidades, ¿Un Antropocentrismo Decadente?”, Masters in Philosophy, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, February.

2002 Hilda Elizondo Sepúlveda, “Lexico Para Referirse a las Etapas del Ciclo Reproductivo de la Mujer”, Masters in Linguistics, Facultad de Lenguas y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, February.

2001 María Concepción Lambarri Malo, “La Huelga General de Campesinos en San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato 1912”, Masters in History, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, August.

COMMITTEES AND PH.D. DISSERTATION DIRECTED at UAQ 2005 Inés Macín Luna, “La Crisis del Sistema Penitenciario y el Replantamiento de la

Pena de Prisión”, Ph.D. in Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, September.

2005 Martha Fabiola Larrondo Montes, “La Concepción Aquiniana del Derecho y la Justicia y su Recepción en los Canonistas”, Ph.D. in Law, Facultad de Derecho,

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, May. 2004 Felipe Leonel Valdéz Solís, “Análisis Crítico de la Ley de Amparo”, Ph.D. in

Law , Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, September. 2004. Francisco Javier Cisnel Cabrera, “La Propiedad Privada Sobre Inmuebles en

México” Ph.D. in Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, May.

2002 María de Lourdes Somohano Martínez, “La Conformación Urbana en Querétaro bajo el Gobierno Otomí. Siglo XVI, Ph.D. in History, Facultad de Historia, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, December.

2000 Juan Cajas, “Drogas, Nueva York y la Antropología de la incertidumbre”, Ph.D. in Anthropology, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la UNAM, February.

PH.D. DISSERTATION COMMITTEES at UAQ 2005. Gabriela Aguado Romero, “El Neoiusnaturalismo, una Reflexión

Epistemológica”, Ph.D. in Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México, October.

2004. Salvador García Alcocer, “Tridimensionalidad de los Tratados en el Derecho Procesal Constitucional”, Ph.D. in Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, October.

2004. Agustín Alcocer Alcocer, “Derecho Subjetivo, Poder Jurídico y Autonomía Privada”, Ph.D. in Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de

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Querétaro, June. UNDERGRADUATE THESIS COMMITTEES AT UGA 2013 Nathan Palardy: “Natural resources amenities, cultural heritage, and environmental sustainability: A cross country analysis of their impact on international tourism growth”. August, 9, 2013; School of Forestry, at UGA. 2013 Christine Bassett: “Diet, Nutrition and Adaptation in Medical Anthropology”; May 3, 2013; CURO/Department of Anthropology, at UGA. PH.D. DISSERTATION COMMITTEES AT UGA In progress

Michael Lonneman (ABD), Department of Anthropology, UGA.

Alarcon, Edgar, Department of Anthropology, UGA.

2016 Rocio Rodriguez Granados: “Indigenous of Environmental Change: Local Realities and Coping Strategies in the Colombian Amazon”. April 21 School of Forestry and Natural Resources at UGA. 2013 Geoff Kelley: “Big Bend at the Crossroads Transbordering Conservation on U.S.- Mexico Frontier”. Department of Anthropology, at UGA. 2013 Rocio Rodriguez Granados: Masters Exam: “Tikuna Perceptions of Climate Change and Landscape Use Transformations: Linking Human Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation in Colombia’s Amazonia”. School of Forestry and Natural Resources”. May12, 2013 at UGA. 2012 Nemer Narchi: “One Knowledge, Two Conduits: The Social, Demographic, and Toxicological Factors That Govern Seri Ethnomedicine. Department of Anthropology, at UGA. 2011 Paul Scanlon: “Cuisine as an Agent of Acculturation: Mexican-American Cultural and Culinary Incorporation and Acceptance”. Department of Anthropology, at UGA. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Quesada-Aldana, p. 32 American Anthropological Association Academia Queretana de Estudios Humanísticos, A.C. Current Anthropology Latin American Studies Association Rural Sociological Society Sociedad Queretana de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina REFERENCES

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International Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, Tel. (517) 353-1690; Fax. 517-353-7254. e-mail: eljefe@email.arizona.edu

Dr. Manuel Luis Carlos, Department of Anthropology, California State University

Monterey Bay, California 95076, Tel. (office): (831) 582-3513 or (home): (831) 728-2555.

e-mail: manuel_carlos@csumb.edu Dr. Luis Vargas, Director, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad

Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, Tel. (525) 516-1151. e-mail: vargas.luisalberto@gmail.com Dr. Raul Iturralde, Rector (President), Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro,

QRO, México, Tel. +52-442-216-8515. e-mail: prerio@uaq.mx Dr. Robert Jackson, Executive Director, Interamerican University Studies Institute, P.O.

Box 10958, Eugene, OR 97440, Tel. (541) 687-6968, Outside area code 541, call 1-800-345-IUSI (4874)

rjackson@iusi.org or rjackson@efn.org Updated: February 5, 2018