During the month of
July several faculty from the Jesuit Universidad Iberoamericana - Puebla
visited and carried out a seminar on Inequality, Salaries, and Migration at the
Sociology/Anthropology Department at Fordham University. The seminar counted with the participation of
the following Ibero faculty and students: Dr. Miguel Angel Reyes, Prof. Miguel
Lopez, and seven Ibero seniors (including Ricardo Pacheco and Mónica Gudiño),
as well as, Dr. Humberto Morales Moreno (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de
Puebla). Meanwhile Fordham faculty Dr. Darryl Mcleod (economics department), and
Prof. O. Hugo Benavides also participated in the seminar along with Dr. Maria
Amelia Viteri (Universidad San Francisco - Quito) and the graduate student
Maria José Soto (also from Universidad Iberoamericana - Puebla).
Foreign cohort from Universidad Iberoamericana, including Profs. Humberto Morales Moreno and Miguel Lopez Lopez, and seniors from their Business and Economics department.
Richard Pacheco's presentation at the seminar.
The seminar is part of a larger international and
interdisciplinary project spearheaded by Dr. Miguel Angel Reyes, that is
currently applying for funding from the Mexican's government national research
agency, CONACYT. The project looks to
research and integrate economic factors that affect migrants across the
Americas, starting with the particular case studies of Mexican migrants in New
York City, USA, and Bolivian migrants in Barcelona, Spain. The international research team includes
several migration specialists and anthropologist including Dr. Sonia Parella
(Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona), Dr. Marcela Ibarra (Universidad
Iberoamericana - Puebla), and Prof. O. Hugo Benavides (Fordham University).
Puebla cohort with Fordham University Professors, Dr. Daryl Mcleod (Economics Department) and Dr. O. Hugo Benavides (Sociology/Anthropology Department).
Dr, Miguel Reyes (Universidad Iberoamericana - Puebla) presenting at the Seminar on Inequality, Salaries and Migration at Fordham University, July.
