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  • Center for Interamerican and Border Studies

 
     500 W. University Ave.  CIBS Building, 1514 Hawthorne (corner of Crosby)  El Paso, TX 79968
 
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Mission and Goals

The Center for Inter-American and Border Studies contributes to UTEP’s mission, vision, and goals by conducting and promoting research, academic programs, and public outreach on the Americas and Border Studies. These include culture and language, the arts, economics, trade, society and migration, history, ecosystems and environment, sciences and engineering, poli tics and ggovernment, health, and education.

Funders and Collaborators

Funded by UTEP and the State of Texas, CIBS hosts an IDR community of practice to “Identify High-Impact Research on Immigration and Borders” (UTEP ORSP and Office of the Provost) and collaborates with the Center for Environmental Resource Management (CERM) on USDA funded research on the future of water in the binational Paso del Norte region. CIBS reports to the College of Liberal Arts.

KEYWORDS

  1. Borders
  2. culture
  3. environment
  4. health
  5. human rights
  6. human security
  7. Latin America
  8. Mexico
  9. migration
  10. trade
  11. U.S.-Mexico border

IN THE NEWS

  1. Immigration Research Part of UTEP Summer Program

EXPERTISE

Developing and supporting large, university wide, interdisciplinary projects, including fostering collaboration, identifying grant opportunities, building and supporting teams, proposal development and project management.
Addressing place-based characteristics of the U.S.-Mexico border region, the country of Mexico, and selected regions of Latin America. Particular strengths in migration, mobility (travel and trade), community health, environment, human rights and human security.
Support the educational role of the University though support of and participation in undergraduate and graduate training and research, including undergraduate and MA programs in Latin American and Border Studies.

CAPABILITIES

Consultation (and in select cases, collaboration) with researchers on the adaptation of research and educational goals and methods to the specific place-based context of borders, especially the U.S.-Mexico border, and similarly selected regions of Latin America. Grant administration. Hosting of international faculty, researcher, and student visitors (when space is available).

KEYWORDS

  1. Borders
  2. culture
  3. environment
  4. health
  5. human rights
  6. human security
  7. Latin America
  8. Mexico
  9. migration
  10. trade
  11. U.S.-Mexico border

IN THE NEWS

  1. Immigration Research Part of UTEP Summer Program

MEMBERS

Heyman, Josiah
Director
Professor
Liberal Arts - Sociology and Anthropology

Torezani, Silvia
Visiting Assistant Professor Of Anthropology and Latin American Studies
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Liberal Arts - Sociology and Anthropology

Slack, Jeremy
Assistant Professor Of Geography and Latin American Studies
Associate Professor
Liberal Arts - Sociology and Anthropology

KEYWORDS

  1. Borders
  2. culture
  3. environment
  4. health
  5. human rights
  6. human security
  7. Latin America
  8. Mexico
  9. migration
  10. trade
  11. U.S.-Mexico border

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