Staff

Joe Wilder

Joseph Wilder is director of the Southwest Center, editor of Journal of the Southwest, and edits the Center’s two book series at the University of New Mexico Press and the University of Arizona Press. His Ph.D., from Notre Dame, is in political theory. (jwilder@email.arizona.edu)

Lupita Cruz

Lupita Cruz is the Southwest Center’s senior business manager. Lupita was born and raised in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, and has lived in the United States since she was fourteen. She is in charge of the center’s business operations, including Journal of the Southwest. (lmaldona@email.arizona.edu)

Jeff Banister is assistant editor of Journal of the Southwest and coordinator for the Southwest Center’s Mexico programs. He has a master’s degree in Latin American Studies and is writing his dissertation for a Ph.D. in geography at the University of Arizona. (banister@email.arizona.edu

Faculty

Maribel Alvarez, Ph.D., is assistant research social scientist and public folklorist, with a joint appointment in the Southwest Center and the University of Arizona Department of English. Click here for more information about Maribel and the Southwest Center’s folklore program. (alvarezm@email.arizona.edu)

John Messina, AIA, is a research architect with the Southwest Center and the University of Arizona School of Architecture. Click here for more on John and Southwest Center architecture. (jmessina@email.arizona.edu)

Gary Paul Nabhan, Ph.D., is research social scientist and research professor with the Southwest Center. Nabhan is also ofunder of Renewing America’s Food Traditions. Click here for more information about Gary and the Southwest Center’s program in ethno-botany. (gpnabhan@email.arizona.edu)

Thomas Sheridan, Ph.D., is research anthropologist and professor, with a joint position in the Southwest Center and the University of Arizona Department of Anthropology. Click here for more information on Tom and the Southwest Center’s program in anthropology. (tes@email.arizona.edu)

David Yetman, Ph.D. has been a research social scientist at the Southwest Center since 1993. He also hosts the Public Broadcasting System program The Desert Speaks, which originates at KUAT television at the University of Arizona. Click here for more information about Dave and the Southwest Center’s program in ethno-botany. (dyetman@email.arizona.edu)