Justin Perez

Education:

B.A., Anthropology, University of Notre Dame; M.A., Anthropology, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Dissertation:

HIV/AIDS and LGBT Rights in Peru's Upper Amazon

Thesis Advisor:

Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Research Topic:

Queer Amazonia: Transactional Selves and Transnational Lives in Peru and Argentina

Mentor:

Sylvanna Falcón, Professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz