Faculty

Dr. Roberto Barrios, Faculty Director & Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Roberto E. Barrios is a Guatemalan born anthropologist who has conducted research in Central America and Mexico during the last 25 years. His work has focused on transnational migration, forced displacement, and disaster prevention and recovery. Since 2013, he has worked in close collaboration with the Center for Research and Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in Mexico City and has extensive experience in directing undergraduate and graduate research projects in Latin America. He is currently Professor of Anthropology, Doris Zemurray Stone Chair of Latin American Studies, and the Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of New Orleans.