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Margarita Huayhua, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sociology / Anthropology

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Liberal Arts 393B

Education

2010University of MichiganPhD

Teaching

  • Introduction to Social Thought
  • Introduction to Anthropology
  • Language and Social Diversity
  • Race & Ethnicity: Social Relations in the "Post-racial" Era
  • Ethnic Comparative Relations: Beyond Boundaries

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Directed readings and analysis in selected sociological topics. Cross-listed as WGS 350 with appropriate topic.

An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.

An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.

An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.

An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.

Focus on key social problems that harm our contemporary existence including our ability to sustain ourselves and the planet. The course is organized around key topics on social inequalities and injustice. The course is designed to facilitate applied research and the application of sociological and anthropological theories to real social conditions.

A comparative analysis of interracial and interethnic relations in various areas of the world including the U.S., Latin America, Africa, and Europe. An examination of the causes of interethnic conflict, assimilation, ethnic solidarity, and changes in ethnic identity.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Focus on key social problems that harm our contemporary existence including our ability to sustain ourselves and the planet. The course is organized around key topics on social inequalities and injustice. The course is designed to facilitate applied research and the application of sociological and anthropological theories to real social conditions.

A study of the concepts of "race" and "ethnic group" and the role these concepts play in social interaction and social differentiation.
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A study of the concepts of "race" and "ethnic group" and the role these concepts play in social interaction and social differentiation.
Register for this course.

A comparative analysis of interracial and interethnic relations in various areas of the world including the U.S., Latin America, Africa, and Europe. An examination of the causes of interethnic conflict, assimilation, ethnic solidarity, and changes in ethnic identity.
Register for this course.

Research

Research interests

  • Everyday interactions and the reproduction of social hierarchies
  • Language, power, and race
  • Social hierarchies among women
  • Indigenous people & South America

Select publications

  • Margarita Huayhua (2018).
    Building Differences: The (Re)production of Hierarchical Relations among Women in the Southern Andes
    Indigenous Languages, Politics and Authority in Latin America edited by Alan Durston and Bruce Mannheim, 231-246.
  • Margarita Huayhua (2016).
    Social Subordination and Language
    The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology edited by Nancy Bonvillain, 109-124.
  • Margarita Huayhua (2014).
    Racism and Social Interaction in a Southern Peruvian combi
    Ethnic and Racial Studies 3, 37(13), 2399-2417.

Margarita Huayhua (PhD University of Michigan 2010) is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Huayhua is a sociocultural anthropologist with a background in linguistic anthropology, video production, translation, Quechua language, and education.