Eric Minzenberg

Eric Minzenberg

Department Chair
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Professor Eric Minzenberg, PhD is a cultural anthropologist. He has served as Chair of the Earth Science Department at Santa Monica College since 2016. His background includes serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the western tropical forests of Ecuador (1995-1997), interning with UNICEF in Turkey (May-August 2001), and completing his dissertation research in the Brazilian Amazon. He has led Study Abroad programs to Belize, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Mexico. He speaks Portuguese and Spanish. At Santa Monica College he teaches Anthropology 2 (Cultural Anthropology), Anthropology 14 (Sex, Gender and Culture), Anthropology 19 (The Culture of Food) and Anthropology 21 (Peoples and Power in Latin America).

Education

  • PhD, Anthropology University of Florida (2005)
  • MA, Magnum Cum Laude, Latin American Studies, San Diego State University (2000)
  • BS, Forestry & Natural Resource Managment, UC Berkeley (1986)

  • AA, Biology, West LA College (1982)

Awards/Honors

  • NAACP Community Service Award (2007), presented in Hamilton, Ohio.
  • Graduated Magnum Cum Laude in MA Latin American Studies (2000) at San Diego State University.
  • Latin American Studies Doctoral Teaching Award (2005), University of Florida.
  • Graduate Certificate in Tropical Conservation & Development (2005), University of Florida.
  • NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ((#6391954) 2003-2004.
  • US Department of Education Grant, Foreign Language Area Scholarship (2000-2002).

  • US Department of Education Grant, Foreign Language Area Summer Scholarship (1999).

Publications

Minzenberg, Eric and Richard Wallace. 2011. Amazonian Agriculturalists Bound by Subsistence Hunting. Special Issue on Amazonian Geographies. Journal of Cultural Geography 28 (1) 99-121.

[Book Review]. Minzenberg, Eric. 2008. The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures. Marshall C. Eakin. Palgrave MacMillan. 2007. 448 pp. The Latinamericanist.

[Book Review]. Minzenberg, Eric. 2007. Voices from the Global Margin: Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives. William P. Mitchell. University of Texas Press. 2006. 268 pp. Oral History Review 34(2). pp. 167-68.

Resume

  • Chair, Earth Science Department, Santa Monica College - 2016-present.
  • Professor Anthropology, Santa Monica College - 2008-present.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Latin American Studies, Miami (Ohio) University - 2006-2008.
  • UNICEF Intern, Turkey (2001).

  • Peace Corps Volunteer, Ecuador (1995-1997).

Courses

  • ANTHRO 2 - Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTHRO 14 - Sex, Gender and Culture
  • ANTHRO 19 - The Culture of Food

  • ANTHRO 21 - Peoples and Power in Latin American

Office Hours

Monday 8:30 - 10 a.m.
Wednesday 8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
and by appointment