Virginia J. Ochoa-Winemiller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Location
Kartnoutsos Hall 638, Jersey City campus
Phone
Education
- (2004) Ph.D. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University.
- (1999) M.A. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University.
- (1995) Licenciatura (B.A.). Department of Anthropological Sciences, Yucatán Autonomous University, México.
Courses Taught
- LATI 114 Studying Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S.
- LATI 120 Latin American Issues in Cultural Perspective
- LATI 122 Archaeology of Mesoamerica
- LATI 201 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
- LATI 202 Ethnicity and Racialism in Mexico and Central America
- LATI 209 Sex and Gender in Latin America
- LATI 212 Drugs: History, Production, and Trade in Latin America
- LATI 215 Migration and Transnationalism in Latin America
- INTD 149 Human and Intercultural Relations
- LANG 305 Civilization and Culture of Spain
- GEOG 250 GIS I Contemporary Applications of GIS
- HON 340 Upper-Level Seminar I: The Arts. Food, culture, and landscapes of Peru
- HON 340 Upper-Level Seminar I: Archaeology of Mesoamerica
- ISCC 2492 Independent Study-Social Sciences (Capstone)
- ISSS 2492 Independent Study-Social Sciences (Introduction to Urban Studies)
Research Interests
Archaeology, ancient Maya and the Intermediate area, sociopolitical development (chiefdoms) and urbanism, interregional interaction, pottery analysis and production, ethnoarchaeology, Geographic information systems (GIS), 3D GIS and spatial analysis, 3D Scanners and metrology.
Publications
- (2023) Domesticidad y vida cotidiana urbana en una capital del Norte de Yucatán. La ocupación de un conjunto habitacional del Preclásico Tardío a la época Colonial en Dzibilchaltún, Yucatán, México. British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd
- (2021) Racialism, drugs, and migration. Contemporary issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Anthology editor. San Diego, C.A.: Cognella Academic Publishing
- (2020) Latin American and Caribbean readings: Landscapes and cultures. Anthology editor. San Diego, C.A.: Cognella Academic Publishing.