Virginia J Ochoa-Winemiller
Summary
An archaeologist and human geographer. Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller specializes in the ancient Maya people and cultures from Mexico and Central America. Since joining NJCU in 2015, she has been both a professor and program coordinator of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies program. Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller confounded the NJCU Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latin(x) Studies in 2019.
Teaching
Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller has been engaged in academic teaching since 2004. Her teaching expertise includes courses in Anthropology (Cultural, Ethnography), Archaeology (Mesoamerica, Maya, Central America, Death, Ethnoarchaeology), Geography (Africa, Europe, US, Latin America, Human, World Regional, Urban), Geographic Information Systems (Introduction, Social, Urban), and Latin America (Food, Drugs, Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Sex and Gender, and Urbanism), subjects relevant to today鈥檚 student audiences. At NJCU, Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller offers online, blended, and face-to-face courses every semester.
Research
Since the 1990s, Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller has conducted research in several archaeological sites from M茅xico, Belice, and Honduras including Dzibilchalt煤n, Chichen Itz谩, Uxmal, Labn谩, Chau Hiix, Chichicaste, Dos Quebradas, to mention some. Her research is integrated combining geography, ethnographic methods, prehistoric archaeology, geographic information systems (GIS), and 3D technology. Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller work interests include 3D metrology and analysis of ancient production and distribution of clay artifacts, spatial analysis of ethnic housing, impact of globalization and urbanization in the construction of modern Maya ethnic identity, and the Ancient Maya use and perception of rural landscapes focusing on settlement patterns, social stratification, and origins of urbanism.
Areas of Expertise: Ancient and modern Maya, ancient Honduras, Archaeology, ancient ceramic production, ancient urbanism, GIS, and 3D metrology.
Recent Selected Publications:
Books
(2023) Domesticidad y vida cotidiana urbana en una capital del Norte de Yucat谩n. La ocupaci贸n de un conjunto habitacional del Precl谩sico Tard铆o a la 茅poca Colonial en Dzibilchalt煤n, Yucat谩n, M茅xico. British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd, trading as BAR Publishing. ISBN paperback: 9781407359533.
Textbooks
(2020). Racialism, Drugs & Migration. Contemporary Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Editor. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.
(2019) Latin American and Caribbean Readings: Landscapes and Cultures. Editor. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.
Refereed Articles
(2021) "Comercio, reproducci贸n y apropiaci贸n: La hibridaci贸n cultural en el oriente de Honduras." Memorias del XXXIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueol贸gicas en Guatemala 2019, Asociaci贸n Tikal, Guatemala.
Additional Information
NJ.com/Star Ledger
August 26, 2024
This N.J. Latina entrepreneur is helping her competitors succeed. Here鈥檚 why.
NJCU professor Dr. Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller, Associate Professor and program coordinator in NJCU鈥檚 Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Program is included as a subject expert in an NJ.com and Star Ledger article on Larina entrepreneurs.
Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller said: 鈥淪adly, Ashley is the exception and not a common case. Seldom, an individual will take time, something that for our Western society means money, to help those in need.鈥
Ochoa-Winemiller says Ashley鈥檚 willingness to help can be viewed as a 鈥渟trength鈥 that ties her back to her Latino community and culture.
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