Josiah Heyman:
CLASS OF 1976
Allderdice High SchoolClass of 1976
Pittsburgh, PA
University of TexasClass of 9999
El paso, TX
Michigan Technological UniversityClass of 2002
Houghton, MI
CUNY Graduate CenterClass of 1988
New york, NY
Johns Hopkins UniversityClass of 1980
Baltimore, MD
Josiah's Story
I've always been a bookish kind of guy, so I stayed in school straight through the doctorate. I am a cultural anthropologist, and I teach and do research at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). This year, I was identified as belonging to the top 2% of cited scientists in my field, anthropology, for my career and for the past year. I am now professor and director of the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies. As you can imagine, my specialty is borders, in particular the U.S.-Mexico border, and as a result I've learned Spanish and have lived in Mexico & traveled throughout the country. I've written or edited five books and about 150 scientific articles and book chapters, and have won a very important prize in Anthropology, the Curl Essay Prize. ...Expand for more
I also have worked for many years for a more effective and humane immigration policy, and have consulted in Washington, Austin, and El Paso, about alternative border and immigration policies. I love to teach and I am very proud of my teaching, which is both accessible and yet has very high intellectual goals.
I have been married since 1985 to Merlyn DeLuca Heyman, and we are very happy together--two rebel punks now in our rebel middle age (our first date was the Clash at Bonds!). We have one son, Robert, who is most importantly a thoughtful young man with good values and concern for other people. He now works for an immigrant rights organization, Las Americas, here in El Paso. He married in 2021.
You can contact me at jmheyman (at) utep (dot) edu
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