MARGARITA RIVERA ARRIVILLAGA
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2024 - present Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Kansas, USA.
Fulbright awarded first-year PhD student.
2018 Master of Arts (MA) in Demography, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
Thesis: – Inequalities in the diagnosis and control of diseases in Mexico: An approach to the case of hypertension.
2014 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Highest Distinction, Cum Laude
Thesis: Women as Managers: An Evaluation of Changing Practices in the Framework of the Chagas WHO - UVG research in Comapa, Jutiapa
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
2022 MOOC, “Incorporating an Intersectional Gender Perspective in Implementation Research” (5-week program) WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
2019 Diploma in Anthropology of Art (6-month program), Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), México & Laboratorio Transdisciplinario de Investigación y Reinvención (LATIR), Mexico
2015 International Diploma in Anthropology of the Cities. (6-month program), Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, & Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico
Final project: Artistic Interventions and Transformations of Public Space
SKILLS
Research
Gender, Public Health, Human Rights
Field research in rural and urban contexts in Latin America.
Participatory Action Research and Community-Based Participatory Research.
Art-based Research (collaborating with social actors in the production of social representations - photography, video, audio, drawing, and embroidery).
Ethic’s certificated for Social Research (NIH 2013 and MIT 2019).
Languages
Spanish (Native Proficiency)
English (Professional Proficiency)
French (Professional Proficiency)
German (Limited Working Proficiency)