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Alicia Re Cruz

Title: Professor

Department: Anthropology

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • Doctorado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1996
    Major: Antropología Social y Cultural
  • PhD, State University of New York at Albany, 1992
    Major: Anthropology
    Dissertation: The Milpas of Chan Kom. A Study of Socioeconomic and Political Transformations in a Maya Community
  • MA, State University of New York at Albany, 1987
    Major: Anthropology
  • BA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1985
    Major: Geografía e Historia; especialidad en Etnologia y Antropología de América

Current Scheduled Teaching

ANTH 5021.100Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2025
ANTH 5021.400Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2025
ANTH 4900.105Special ProblemsSpring 2025
ANTH 3210.100Meso AmericaFall 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 5300.400Migrants and RefugeesFall 2024
ANTH 5920.105Non Thesis Research 1Fall 2024
ANTH 5930.105Non Thesis Research 2Fall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ANTH 5021.100Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2024 SPOT
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisSpring 2024
ANTH 5700.016Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2024 SPOT
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisFall 2023
ANTH 3220.001Mayan CultureFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.100Migrants and RefugeesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisSpring 2023
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisFall 2022
ANTH 3210.100Meso AmericaFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5300.200Migrants and RefugeesFall 2022 SPOT
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisSummer 10W 2022
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisSpring 2022
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisFall 2021
ANTH 5950.305Applied ThesisFall 2021
ANTH 3220.100Mayan CultureFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2021
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisSpring 2021
ANTH 5950.305Applied ThesisSpring 2021
WGST 5400.001Human Trafficking and GenderSpring 2021 SPOT
WGST 5950.007Master's ThesisSpring 2021
ANTH 5950.105Applied ThesisFall 2020
ANTH 5950.305Applied ThesisFall 2020
WGST 5950.001Master's ThesisFall 2020
ANTH 3210.001Meso AmericaFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.105Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2020
ANTH 5950.305Applied ThesisSpring 2020
WGST 5400.001Human Trafficking and GenderSpring 2020
ANTH 5900.105Special ProblemsSpring 2020
WGST 5900.001Special ProblemsSpring 2020
WGST 5900.001Special ProblemsSpring 8W2 2020
WGST 5900.002Special ProblemsSpring 8W2 2020
ANTH 5700.016Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2020
ANTH 3996.001Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2019
ANTH 3220.001Mayan CultureFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2019
ANTH 4701.037Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 3W1 2019
ANTH 5700.037Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 3W1 2019
WGST 5850.001Professional InternshipSpring 2019
WGST 5900.001Special ProblemsSpring 2019
WGST 5400.001Gender and Human TraffickingFall 2018 SPOT
WGST 5400.791Gender and Human TraffickingFall 2018 SPOT
WGST 5900.001Special ProblemsFall 2018
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2018
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisSpring 2018
WGST 5850.001Professional InternshipSpring 2018
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisFall 2017
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisFall 2017
ANTH 3220.001Mayan CultureFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2017
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.820Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2017 SPOT
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSummer 3W1 2017
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSpring 2017
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisSpring 2017
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2017
ANTH 5900.905Special ProblemsSpring 2017
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisFall 2016
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisFall 2016
ANTH 5050.810Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2016 SPOT
ANTH 5050.820Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2016 SPOT
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2016
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSummer 5W2 2016
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
WMST 5900.001Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2016
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSpring 2016
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisSpring 2016
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisFall 2015
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisFall 2015
ANTH 4021.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtFall 2015 SPOT
ANTH 3210.001Meso AmericaFall 2015 SPOT
ANTH 5050.810Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2015 SPOT
ANTH 5050.820Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2015 SPOT
ANTH 5900.905Special ProblemsFall 2015
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2015
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSummer 5W2 2015
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2015 SPOT
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2015
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSpring 2015
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisSpring 2015
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisFall 2014
ANTH 5950.905Applied ThesisFall 2014
ANTH 4021.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtFall 2014 Syllabus
ANTH 3220.001Mayan CultureFall 2014 Syllabus
ANTH 5050.810Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2014
ANTH 5050.820Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2014
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2014
ANTH 5900.905Special ProblemsFall 2014
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsSummer 3W1 2014
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2014
ANTH 5800.805Applying Anthropology: Practicum ISpring 2014
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2014
ANTH 4021.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtFall 2013 Syllabus
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesFall 2013 Syllabus
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2013 Syllabus
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2013
ANTH 5021.810Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2013
ANTH 5021.820Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2013
ANTH 4021.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtFall 2012 Syllabus
ANTH 3220.001Mayan CultureFall 2012 Syllabus
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesFall 2012 Syllabus
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2012
ANTH 5950.805Applied ThesisSummer 5W1 2012
ANTH 5950.705Applied ThesisSpring 2012
ANTH 5950.805Applied ThesisSpring 2012
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2012
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IIFall 2011
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesFall 2011
ANTH 4300.820Migrants and RefugeesFall 2011
ANTH 5050.810Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2011
ANTH 5050.820Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2011
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2011
ANTH 5900.805Special ProblemsFall 2011
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum ISummer 5W1 2011
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2011
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2011
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IFall 2010
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesFall 2010
ANTH 4300.820Migrants and RefugeesFall 2010
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2010
ANTH 5900.815Special ProblemsFall 2010
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2010
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IISpring 2010
ANTH 4920.001Cooperative Education in AnthropologySpring 2010
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ANTH 5900.825Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IFall 2009
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IIFall 2009
ANTH 5050.810Pre Practicum: Problems and Cases in Applied AnthropologyFall 2009
ANTH 5050.820Pre Practicum: Problems and Cases in Applied AnthropologyFall 2009
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum ISummer 5W1 2009
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2009
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2009
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IISpring 2009
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IFall 2008
ANTH 4250.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtFall 2008
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsFall 2008
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2008
ANTH 4920.705Cooperative Education in AnthropologySummer 10W 2008
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsSummer 3W1 2008
ANTH 5021.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2008
ANTH 4920.001Cooperative Education in AnthropologySpring 2008
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2008
ANTH 5300.001Migrants and RefugeesFall 2007
ANTH 4610.003Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2007
ANTH 3100.005People and CulturesSummer 3W1 2007
ANTH 4610.090Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2007
ANTH 4610.091Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2007
ANTH 5610.090Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2007
ANTH 5610.091Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2007
ANTH 5015.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2007
ANTH 5015.026Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2007
ANTH 5015.810Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2007
ANTH 5015.820Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2007
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IISpring 2007
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2007
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IFall 2006
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IIFall 2006
ANTH 4250.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtFall 2006
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2006
ANTH 4610.003Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2006
ANTH 3100.005People and CulturesSummer 3W1 2006
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2006
ANTH 5900.805Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2006
ANTH 5910.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2006
ANTH 4610.090Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2006
ANTH 4610.091Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2006
ANTH 5015.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2006
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum ISpring 2006
ANTH 5810.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IISpring 2006
ANTH 4250.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtSpring 2006
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2006
ANTH 5800.705Applying Anthropology: Practicum IFall 2005
ANTH 3100.011People and CulturesFall 2005
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsFall 2005
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2005
ANTH 5900.709Special ProblemsFall 2005
ANTH 5910.705Special ProblemsFall 2005
ANTH 4610.003Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2005
ANTH 3100.005People and CulturesSummer 3W1 2005
ANTH 4900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2005
ANTH 5900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2005
ANTH 5910.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2005
ANTH 4610.090Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySummer 5W1 2005
ANTH 5015.001Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2005
ANTH 4250.001Development of Anthropological ThoughtSpring 2005
ANTH 4900.702Special ProblemsSpring 2005
ANTH 5810.702Applying Anthropology: Practicum IIFall 2004
ANTH 3100.011People and CulturesFall 2004
ANTH 5900.712Special ProblemsFall 2004
ANTH 4610.003Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2004
ANTH 4610.008Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2004
ANTH 5610.001Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Aguado Odina, Teresa; Ballesteros Velásquez, Belén; Nuñez-Janes, Mariela, del Olmo Pintado, Margarita, Re Cruz, Alicia, et al. (2007). Racism: What It Is and How to Deal with It. A Guide to Talk About Racism.
  • Aguado Odina, Teresa; Ballesteros Velásquez, Belén; Nuñez-Janes, Mariela, del Olmo Pintado, Margarita, Re Cruz, Alicia, et al. (2007). Racismo: Qué es y Cómo se Afronta.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1996). The Two Milpas of Chan Kom: Scenarios of a Maya Village Life.
  • Book Chapter

  • Pritchett, M., Ala'i-Rosales, S.S., Cihon, T.M., Re Cruz, A. (2022). From Fuller to Fawcett: A Human Rights History of Research Ethics in Behavior Analysis. Research Ethics in Behavior Analysis: From Laboratory to Clinic and Classroom. https://shop.elsevier.com/books/research-ethics-in-behavior-analysis/cox/978-0-323-90969-3
  • Alai-Rosales, S., Re Cruz, A. (2021). Finding Spirit: Teaching in Nepantla. Metacontingencies: Behavior Analysis of Compassion, Social Justice, & Being Human.. Taylor Francis Publishing.
  • Re Cruz, A. (2018). Cuando fronteras y testimonios se confabulan para el surgimiento de una Antropología de Emergencia. Genero, Migraciones y Derechos Humanos.
  • Nunez-Janes, M.E., Combes, B.H., Re Cruz, A., Martinez-Ebers, V.J. (2018). “La Colectiva: Peer Mentoring on the Path to Thrival”. Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance.. United Kingdom, Routledge.
  • Re Cruz, A. (2014). Etica y poder en la intervención antropológica. Gestión del acceso al campo y devolución de los resultados.
  • Re Cruz,A.. (2010). De Resposabilidades, Compromisos y otras Reflexiones que Llevan a la Antropologia Aplicada . In Dilemas Eticos en Antropologia. Las Entetelas del Trabajo de Campo Etnografico..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2009). Educación para Inmigrantes. Una Perspectiva desde Texas. In Integración Escolar a Debate.
  • Nuñez-Janes, M. and Re Cruz, A.. (2009). El Uso de Historias Digitales como Herramienta Pedagógica.
  • Re Cruz, A. Chan Kom. (2008). Tourism and Migration in the Making of the New Maya Milpas. In Yucatan in the Era of Globalization. Blakanoff, E. (ed.).
  • Re Cruz,A.. (2007). Maya Watching Japanese Telenovelas; The Other too Close. In Alternative Orientalism in Latin America and Beyond.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2006). Corn Milpas and Tourism Milpas: Maya Migration in Cancún. In Lifeways in the Lowlands: New Approaches to Maya Archaeology. Mathews J. and Bethany Morrison (eds.).
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2006). La Ética en el Discurso Académico y de Investigación Antropológica. In IV Congreso de Investigadores del Instituto Nacional de Antropológia e Historia, Lopez-Razagado, M.I., Morales, C. and Lechuga, C. (eds.).
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2004). Working with Peoples and Places Through Action. In Rights, Resources, Culture and Conservation in the Land of the Maya. Anderson, G. and B. Faust (eds.).
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2001). Fortunes and Misfortunes in "The Other Cancún". In Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America. A Reader in the Social Anthropology of Middle and South America. Third Edition Heath (ed.).
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2001). God, Sun, and Corn. In Sacred Spaces. Man and the Divine in México, Central América and the Southwestern United States.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1999). Disruption of Peoples'Health and Social Order. La Canícula Among the Yucatec Maya of México. In The Past and Present Maya. Essays in Honor of Robert M. Carmack. John M. Weeks (ed).
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1997). Mexican-American Community in the United States. In Cultural Diversity in the United States. Larry Nylor (ed.).
  • Book Review

  • Re Cruz, A.. (2004). Zapotec Science. Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca. By Roberto J. Gonzalez. University of Texas Press..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2000). The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture. By Neil Folley. Berkeley: University of California Press..
  • Journal Article

  • Re Cruz, A. (2023). Viñetas narrativas de mujeres centroamericanas buscando asilo en la frontera de México con Estados Unidos. AIBR. https://www.aibr.org/antropologia/netesp/1603.php
  • Re Cruz, A. (2021). The Objectification of Suffering as Policy.. Cultural Anthropology. The Damage Wrought: Immigration Before, Under, and After Trump. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-damage-wrought-immigration-before-under-and-after-trump
  • Pritchett, M., Alai-Rosales, S., Re Cruz, A., Cihon, T. (2021). Social justice is the spirt and aim of an applied silence of human behavior: An examination and reflection on the variables related to moving from colonial to participatory research practices. Behavior Analysis in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00591-7
  • Miller, K.L., Re Cruz, A., Alai-Rosales, S. (2019). Inherent Tensions and Possibilities: Behavior Analysis and Cultural Responsiveness. Behavior and Social Issues. 5 1-21. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42822-019-00010-1#citeas
  • Re Cruz, A. (2017). Antropología de Emergencia en el trabajo con menores y mujeres centroamericanas en busca de asilo. Astrolabio. Revista Internacional de Filosofia.
  • Re Cruz, A., Kober, R. (2017). Fluid Vulnerabilities of the Living Border: Central America Asylum Seekers in Texas. Maintaining Refuge: Anthropological Reflections in Uncertain Times.
  • Re Cruz, A. (2013). A Conversation Across Rural, Urban and National Borders: a Comparison Between Maya Migration to Cancun and Mexican Migration to Texas. Aboriginal/ Indigenous Peoples in Urban Centers: Tracing Mobility in a Post Nafta World.
  • Re Cruz, A. (2013). Faith and Consumption: Feel-good Products, the Maya and the Growth of Corporations. Aboriginal People in Urban Areas: Methodological Challenges in Research on Mobility.
  • Re Cruz, A., Nunez-Janes, M.E. (2013). Latino/a Students and the Power of Digital Storytelling. Radical Pedagogy.
  • Re Cruz, A., Henry, L.R., Nunez-Janes, M.E., Jordan, A. (2013). Synonyms of Engagement: Forging an Engaged Anthropology in North Texas. Annals of Anthropological Practice 37.
  • Re Cruz, A. (2013). Why do they talk about Spirits”: Anthropological Interventions in Classroom Settings with Latin@ Immigrant Students. Anthropology in Action, Journal for applied anthropology in policy and practice.
  • Re Cruz, A., Lucko, J. (2013). Interculturality: Where Do we Go from Here?. Anthropology in Action, Journal for applied anthropology in policy and practice.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2012). El Negro y el Cafe son Colores Feos..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2009). When Immigrants Root and Transnational Communities Grow. .
  • Levine, M. and Re Cruz, A.. (2008). Behind the Scenes of An Ethnographic Documentary: Dialogue Between Anthropology and Film.
  • Levine, M. and Re Cruz, A. (eds.). (2008). Conversations Between Anthropology and Film Making.
  • Nuñez-Janes, Mariela and Alicia Re Cruz. (2008). Digital Storytelling as a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Latino Students.
  • Levine, M. and Re Cruz, A.. (2008). Introduction.
  • Re Cruz, A., C. Wasson, and T. Gibbs (eds.). (2007). Organizational, Conceptual and Pedagogical Intricacies in the Making of the On-line Program in Applied Anthropology. The North Texas Case..
  • Nuñez-Janes, Mariela and Alicia Re Cruz. (2007). Pedagogical On-line Strategies.
  • Re Cruz, A., C. Wasson, and T. Gibbs (eds.). (2007). The Whys and Hows of an On-line Program in Applied Anthropology.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2006). Turismo y Migración entre los Mayas de Yucatán: Las Nuevas Milpas de Chan Kom.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2005). Taquerías, Laundromats and Protestant Churches, the Landmarks of the Hispanic Barrios in Denton, Texas.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2003). Milpa as an Ideological Weapon: Tourism and Maya Migration to Cancún.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1998). Maya Women, Gender Dynamics, and Modes of Production.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1998). Migrant Women Crossing Borders. A Comparison of Internal and External Mexican Migration..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1996). Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1996). The Thousand and One Faces of Cancún.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1996). Una Comunidad Maya de Yucatán: Transformación Social y Expresión Simbólica.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1994). Lo Sagrado y Lo Profano de la Identidad Maya Entre los Emigrantes de Yucatán.
  • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Re Cruz, A.. (1998). Se Llevaron a Libertad, Quedó Su Palabra..
  • Monograph

  • Re Cruz, A.. (2005). Handbook. Ethnographic Field School in Chetumal, México..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2002). Memorias de la Frontera. Edited compilation of the Program of Border Studies..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2001). Ethnographic Field School in Maya and Border Communities in Quintana Roo..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1999). Ethnographic Field School on Border Studies. Revisited..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1998). Ethnographic Field School on Border Studies.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1998). Ethnographic Field School on Participatory Action Research, Revisited..
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1997). Ethnographic Field School on Participatory Action Research.
  • Newsletter

  • Nelson, A.S., Nunez-Janes, M.E., Re Cruz, A. (2020). An Invitation to a Sentipensante Practice through Experiential Learning at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Other.
  • Nunez-Janes, M., Nelson, A., Re Cruz, A. (2020). An Invitation to a Sentipensante Practice Through Experiential Learning at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Napa Notes.
  • Popular Press Article

  • Re Cruz, A.. (2008). Design and writing of "American Culture".
  • Re Cruz, A. Producer. (2008). The Mayan Dreams of Chan Kom. Tourism, Migration and Changing Identities in the Yucatán. Running time, 28 minutes. In collaboration with Melinda Levin.
  • Re Cruz, A. and Nuñez-Janes, M.. (2007). Latino/a Students and the Power of Digital Storytelling.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2006). Design and writing of "Migrants and Refugees".
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2004). Design and writing of "Theory and Praxis II".
  • Re Cruz, A.. (2004). Los Otros: Emigrantes Mayas en Yucatán.
  • Re Cruz, A. and Levin, M. Los Otros. (2003). Maya Migrants in Cancún, México. Running time, 30 minutes. An anthropological documentary shot in the present day traditional Maya village of Chan Kom, and Cancún, in México.
  • Re Cruz, A.. (1996). Women Crossing Borders.
  • Special Issue

  • Re Cruz, Alicia and Tyson Gibbs. (2007). Teaching Practice. Practicing Anthropology. 29

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Re Cruz, A., Jain, P., James, G., "Engaged Anthropology and World Epistemologies: A Conversation on Rural Sustainable Development," sponsored by Wenner-Gren Foundation, Federal, $19779 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Re Cruz, A., "Rural Sustainability Workshop," sponsored by UNT VENTURE Funding - UNT International, University of North Texas, $15000 Funded. (2015 - 2015).
  • Re Cruz, A., Jain, P., James, G., "Engaged Anthropology and World Epistemologies: A Conversation on Rural Sustainable Development," sponsored by Wenner-Gren Foundation, Federal, Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Grant - Teaching

  • Nunez-Janes, M. (Principal), Re Cruz, A., Nelson, A., "Borderlands: The U.S. - Mexico Border," sponsored by Career Connect, University of North Texas, $810 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Re Cruz, A. (Co-Principal), James, G.A. (Co-Principal), Jain, P. (Principal), "Workshop Grant: Engaged Anthropology and World Epistemologies: A Conversation on Rural Sustainable Development," sponsored by Wenner-Gren Foundation, NFP, Funded. (2014 - 2016).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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