Dr. Heide Castañeda is a distinguished scholar with a research portfolio in critical border studies, legal and medical anthropology, migration, health, and citizenship, focusing on the U.S./Mexico border, Germany, and Morocco. Dr. Castañeda is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.
Dr. Castañeda is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.
BOOKS
A radical rethinking of the field, unsettling conventional ideas of mobility and borders to highlight the ways in which they produce health inequalities. Illustrates how a critical perspective can deepen our understanding of the relationship between migration and health, a defining global issue of our century.
Routledge 2023
Examines the complex identity negotiations of Amazigh people—also known as Berbers—as they build community and claim visibility in a new landscape. Their experiences disrupt American ideas of race and ethnicity as well as familiar immigration narratives.
NEW! New York University Press 2026
Investigates a pressing but previously unexplored aspect of immigration in America—the impact of immigration policies and practices not only on undocumented migrants, but also on their family members. This innovative ethnography paints a full picture of the experiences of mixed-status families as they navigate the difficulties that inevitably arise when at least one family member lacks legal status..
Stanford University Press 2019