Leo Chavez

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Anthropologist and author Leo R. Chavez
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Anthropologist and author Leo R. Chavez

Leo Ralph Chavez, Ph.D., is an American anthropologist best known for his work in international migration, particularly among Latin American immigrants. His book, Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (Wadsworth Publishing, 1998), which provides an ethnographic account of Mexican and Central American illegal immigrants in San Diego County, California, is widely used in cultural anthropology courses throughout the United States.

Chavez is currently a Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Irvine, where he teaches mainly honors, research, and independent study courses in anthropology, sociology, and other similar disciplines. At UC Irvine, he is also the Director of the Chicano/Latino Studies program, as well as the Director of the Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society (CRLGS).

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