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Antonio Noé Zavaleta Ph.D
Antonio Noé Zavaleta studied anthropology
at The University of Texas at Austin, completing a doctoral degree in 1976. He retired in 2016 as Professor Emeritus after 40 years in the classroom and as...visualizza altroAntonio Noé Zavaleta studied anthropology
at The University of Texas at Austin, completing a doctoral degree in 1976. He retired in 2016 as Professor Emeritus after 40 years in the classroom and as Acting Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.
Dr. Zavaleta has defined his career in anthropology with the study of Mexican folk healing known as curanderismo and is internationally renowned for his work on the U.S.-Mexico Border, poverty and immigration.
In 2009 Zavaleta was awarded the Premio Ohtli, the “Pathfinder” award by the government of Mexico for his lifetime study of the border and in 2016 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Wolsey Hall School of Theology, in Oxford, England.
In 2016 Dr. Zavaleta published, El Niño Fidencio and the Fidencistas: Folk Religion in the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, the result of more than 30 years of study of the Niño Fidencio and folk religion.
Dr. Zavaleta currently serves as an elected member of the Texas Southmost College Board of Trustees and lives in Brownsville, Texas.visualizza meno
Libri di Antonio Noé Zavaleta Ph.D
Curandero Hispanic Ethno-Psychotherapy & Curanderismo: Treating Hispanic Mental Health in the 21St Century