James Quesada
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Dr. James Quesada is a Nicaraguan
American
Anthropologist and professor at San Francisco State University
's Department of Anthropology. (Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco/University of California, Berkeley). His work focuses on Cultural and Medical Anthropology, the Ethnography of Structural and Political Violence, Social Suffering, Critical Medical Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Culture Change, Transnational Migration and Refugee Migration, North America, Central America, and the Inner City.
He is currently Director and Principal Investigator of the Latino Laborers Initiative at the César E. Chávez Institute at San Francisco State University. He was the Chair of the Department of Anthropology at San Francisco State University between 2004-2007.
Nicaraguan
Nicaraguans are people inhabiting in, originating or having significant heritage from Nicaragua. Most Nicaraguans live in Nicaragua, although there is also a significant Nicaraguan diaspora, particularly in Costa Rica and the United States with smaller communities in other countries around the world...
American
Nicaraguan American
Nicaraguan American are Americans of Nicaraguan ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 177,684 Americans of full or partial Nicaraguan ancestry living in the U.S...
Anthropologist and professor at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
's Department of Anthropology. (Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco/University of California, Berkeley). His work focuses on Cultural and Medical Anthropology, the Ethnography of Structural and Political Violence, Social Suffering, Critical Medical Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Culture Change, Transnational Migration and Refugee Migration, North America, Central America, and the Inner City.
He is currently Director and Principal Investigator of the Latino Laborers Initiative at the César E. Chávez Institute at San Francisco State University. He was the Chair of the Department of Anthropology at San Francisco State University between 2004-2007.