Yadira Perez

Cultural Anthropology

Regional focus: Caribbean, especially the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean, Latin America, African Diaspora, United States and Japan.

Topical interest: Race (especially whiteness), ethnicity, nationalism, immigration and political economy.

My dissertation focuses on the Japanese community in the Dominican Republic, primarily addressing issues of whiteness, ethnicity, nation and immigration.

MA Paper: Whiteness in Motion: Whiteness in Motion: The Construction
of a Whiter Dominican Republic