Iván Sandoval-Cervantes

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Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Expertise: Migration, Human-Animal Relationships, Social Movements, Anthropology, Kinship, Globalization, Activism, Nationalism

Biography

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes is an expert on the anthropology of migration, gender, indigeneity, kinship, and care. He also focuses on multi-species ethnography, legal anthropology, and the anthropology of social movements, specifically the study of activism and animal rights in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands.

His research specialties include globalization, animal rights movements, and the relationship between indigeneity and nationalism in regards to the Mexican military.

Sandoval-Cervantes has been published in numerous academic publications including A Geography of Coexistence and Anthropology News.

Education

  • Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Oregon
  • M.Sc., Philosophy of Social Science, London School of Economics
  • B.A., Anthropology, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla

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Annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations make adjustments in current political climate
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Each year during Hispanic Heritage Month, huge celebrations can be expected across the U.S. to showcase the diversity and culture of Hispanic people. This year, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns, a federally led English-only initiative and an anti-diversity, equity and inclusion push have changed the national climate in which these celebrations occur. Organizers across the country, from Massachusetts and North Carolina to California and Washington state, have postponed or canceled heritage month festivals altogether.
History of Latino community in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas is one of the top international destinations in the world these days. A city full of diversity, but its roots come from Hispanic influence.
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Speaking with the street vendors standing at Las Vegas intersections and highway off ramps on Public Good — a podcast audio series about Southern Nevada's urban public spaces and the people who depend on them.
Cry of celebration: NLV event honors Hispanic Heritage Month
Las Vegas Review Journal
“¡Viva México!” Julián Escutia Rodríguez shouted outside North Las Vegas City Hall building Thursday night.
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