Josiah McConnell Heyman (born 1958)[1] is an American anthropologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he is also an Endowed Professor of Border Trade Issues and the director of the Center for Interamerican and Border Studies.[2] He is known for his studies of the United States-Mexico border, which he has been studying for over 30 years. He has also researched the increasing extent to which the border has been enforced by the United States Border Patrol.[3][4]
Josiah McC. Heyman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | CUNY Graduate Center (Ph.D., 1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Thesis | The working people of the United States-Mexico border in the region of the northeastern Sonora, 1886-1986 (1988) |
Education
editBachelor of Arts in 1980 in Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1988 from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
References
edit- ^ "Heyman, Josiah McC". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Ph.D., Josiah McC. Heyman. "Josiah McC. Heyman, Ph.D." faculty.utep.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ O'Dell, Rob (2013-12-17). "More border agents assisting local police". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ "The billion-dollar industry of border security". CBS News. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Josiah Heyman publications indexed by Google Scholar
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