Miguel Gandert, M.A.
M.A., University of New Mexico, 1983  Office: Room 262A, 505-277-2205	Professor Journalism Communication

Research:

Photographically document Indo-Hispano culture in the Rio Grande corridor. To explore Mestizo cultural identity in the Southwest. These people do not fit any traditionally Western categories of culture.

Sample Publications:

• Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption, with Enrique R. Lamadrid, University of New Mexico Press, 2003.

• Nuevo México Profundo: Rituals of an Indo-Hispano Homeland, Museum of New Mexico Press, 2000.

• The Pilgrimage to Chimayo: Contemporary Portrait of a Living Tradition, Editor/Photographer/Researcher, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, 1996.

• Upper Rio Grande Hispano Farms Study, Photographer/ Researcher, National Endowment for the Humanities. 1996,

• "VSJ/Scenes from an Urban Chicano Experience," West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University, Exhibition.

Methods: Qualitative-photography and oral history. I like looking at cultures and letting them tell their stories.

Favorite Photographers: Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Rene Galpi.

Teaching Style: Very relaxed. I teach using hands-on experiences: making ads, making film, keeping students involved in the process.

Favorite Classes: Photojournalism.

Why UNM?: I grew up in New Mexico. I wanted to give something back to the state of my birth.

Spare Time: Spending time with my family; I have two daughters. Taking pictures.