Bio
Dr. Re Cruz started her professional career with her field work among the Yucatec Mayas studying the transformation of Maya peasant life due to migration to Cancun, a major tourism center in the Yucatan peninsula. Her initial stage as a professor at UNT is marked by the research project focused on the growing Hispanic community in Denton. The goal is to identify the social and cultural conflicts that emerge when a small and disadvantaged but growing social group clashes with the larger and broader North American system. Currently, Dr. Re Cruz is bringing in research on these cultural clashes to the broader multi-ethnic landscape of the North Texas region through the creation of the Immigration Resource Council for Conflict Resolution. This program deals with the cultural misunderstandings emerging from a global society and aims at building a harmonious and mutually respectful social order.
Education
Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1996
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 1992
M.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1987
B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1985
Courses
ANTH 3220: Mayan Culture
ANTH 4300: Migrants and Refugees
ANTH 5050: Preparation for Practice and the Applied Theory
ANTH 5021: Anthropological Thought and Praxis II
Selected Publications
Nunez-Janes, M., & Re Cruz, A. (2009). Latino/a students and the power of digital story telling. Radical Pedagogy.
Levine, M., & Re Cruz, A. (2008). Conversations between anthropology and film making. Journal of Film and Video, 60(2/3).
Nunez-Janes, M., & Re Cruz, A. (2008). Digital storytelling as a culturally relevant pedagogy for Latin students. Journal of Spanish Language Media, 1: 192-199.
More Publications
Re Cruz, A. (2002). Fortunes and misfortunes in “The other Cancun.” Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America.
Re Cruz, A. (2000). God, sun, and corn. Espacios Sagrados.
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Maya women, gender dynamics, and modes of production. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 38(7/8): 573-587.
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Migrant women crossing borders. A comparison of internal and external Mexican migration. Journal of Borderland Studies, 13(2): 83-97.
Re Cruz, A. (1997). Mexican-American community in the United States. Cultural Diversity in the United States.
Re Cruz, A. (1996). The thousand and one faces of Cancun. Urban Anthropology, 25(3): 283-310.
Re Cruz, A. (1996). The two Milpas of Chan Kom: Scenarios of a Maya village life. SUNY Press.
Selected Presentations
Re Cruz, A. (2009). Migrant experiences in Maya ecotourism community projects. Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM.
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Encountering diversity in the schools. Workshop on social encounters of cultural diversity in urban arenas as part of the Urban Anthropology Comission of IUADES. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Tourism border zones. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA.
More Presentations
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Turismo solidario y de comunidad. Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis, TN.
Re Cruz, A. (2007). A Maya community through the prism of community development programs: The case study of Chan Kom. Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, FL.
