Anthropologist Leo Chavez receives dual honors from field’s top association

Anthropologist Leo Chavez receives dual honors from field’s top association
- November 20, 2009
- 2009 Book Prize and Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America recognize more than 25 years of immigration research contributions
Leo Chavez, anthropology professor, has been named the 2009 recipient of two awards
from the American Anthropological Association (AAA). The Prize for Distinguished
Achievement in the Critical Study of North America, awarded by AAA’s Society for the
Anthropology of North America, recognizes his career-long research contributions to
the study of immigration and Latin American health issues. The former served as the
topic of his most recent book, The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens and the Nation, in which he details the ways immigrants are represented in U.S. media and general
public discussion. The book earned him AAA’s Association for Latina and Latino Anthropologists
2009 Book Prize. Chavez will be recognized with both awards at AAA’s annual meeting
in Philadelphia December 2-6.
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