Undergraduate program Graduate Program   Faculty Stefano Varese, Chair Victor Montejo Steven J. Crum Ines Hernandez-Avila Martha J. Macri Zoila Mendoza Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie Edward Valandra Jack D. Forbes, emeritus Emerita professors   Native American Language Center Indigenous Research Center of the Americas C.N. Gorman Museum
		Stefano Varese   Professor and Chair, Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis Graduate Advisor in the Department of Native American Studies (1998-2002) Director of the Indigenous Research Center of the Americas-IRCA-NAS   Area of Interest: Anthropologist (social, political, and cultural). Specialized in indigenous people (American Indians, Native Americans) of the Americas. Areas of concentration: Indian community development, agroecological and sustainable development, cultural/economic/political self-determination, territorial management, rural-urban migration, transnational migration, cultural resource management, poverty alleviation strategies, human rights. Geographic Area: Amazon Region, Andean Region, Central America, Mexico, hemispheric and global perspectives,Latin America, Peru, Mexico, Oaxaca, transmigration Education and professional background * 1997-99 Member of the Advisory Board of SAIIC, South and Mesoamerica Indian Rights Center, Oakland, CA * 1996 Reviewer of the journal Development and Change, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands, Blakwell Publishers * 1995-2004 Member of the editorial board of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, UC Press * 1994 Reviewer of Latin American applicants to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation * 1994-Present Member of the Welte Institute for Oaxacan Studies, Inc. Oaxaca, Mexico * 1994 Donor of personal book collection of Peruvian Amazon to the Biblioteca Amazónica of the Centro de Estudios teológicos de la Amazonía, Quito, Peru * 1995-Present Member of the Board of Advisors of Abya Yala Fund for Self-development of Indigenous Peoples, Oakland, CA * 1994-1995 Acting Director, Chicano/Chicana Studies * 1987-1988 Ford Fellow and Visiting Professor at Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University. Co-taught G.E. course: The World outside the West in the Age of Imperialism. Graduate and undergraduate course in the Department of Anthropology: Theory and Practice of Ethnicity. * 1981-1986 Director, Unidad Regional de Oaxaca, Dirección General de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Educación Pública de México. Directed and administered a multidisciplinary team of 15 investigators and 36 bilingual indigenous promoters to research and implement culturally appropriate development projects for Chinantec,Mixe, and Zapotec Indian communities of the Northern Sierra Madre of Oaxaca. * 1976-1979 Principal Investigator, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Secretaría de Educación Pública de México.Investigated and produced studies on multiethnicity and social structure in Mexico. * 1970-1973 Director, División de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva, Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú. Generated, coordinated, and implemented the governmental policy regarding the indigenous peoples of the Amazon region. Click here for full CV.                     Contact information: Department Office: 2401 Hart Hall, (530) 752-3237, FAX (530) 752-7097 Mailing Address: Native American Studies, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616	Contact: Dept. of Native American Studies University of California Davis, CA 95616 (530) 752-0357 Fax (530) 752 7097 E-Mail svarese@ucdavis.edu Personal web pages Courses: Undergraduate: NAS 10, NAS 120, NAS 122, NAS 133, NAS 191, NAS 198 Graduate: NAS 212, NAS 220 Go to NAS Courses Indigenous Research Center of the Americas California Digital Library: E-repository of analytical articles on Indigenous self-development