Dr. David Piacenti

Visiting Lecturer in Sociology
302F  Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 289-8071
Fax: (804) 287-1278

Research:
Sociological and Anthropological Theory, Globalization, Immigration, Yucatec-Mayan Culture, Racial and Ethnic Identity, Culture and Cultural Change, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Labor History

Education:
Ph.D., Western Michigan University
M.A., Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
B.S., Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Selected Publications:

Piacenti, David. 2009.  "For Love of Family and Family Values:  How the Motivations of Immigrants can Inform Immigration Policy." Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy  V. 21.