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Amanda Latimer is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology, Politics and Sociology at Kingston University's Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, where she has taught since 2011. Her instruction spans politics and sociology of development (with global South focus), human rights, and social justice movements, earning two student-led teaching awards and HEA Fellowship recognition in 2019.
Her academic credentials include:
- BMus (minor in History) from McGill University, Canada
- BA in Anthropology (minor in Development Studies) from McGill University, Canada
- MA in Social Anthropology from York University, Canada
- PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at York University, Canada (current)
As a social anthropologist, Ms. Latimer's research examines how working people forge transnational alliances against neoliberal free trade agreements and deteriorating labor conditions, emphasizing historically-grounded resistance in Latin America/Caribbean. Her work bridges critical political economy with emancipatory thought from the Global South, analyzing imperialism's role in underdevelopment and exploring pathways to social justice through labor-solidarity frameworks.
Her publication portfolio reveals consistent focus on labor movements' intersection with global governance structures, particularly through dependency theory lenses. Recent works analyze superexploitation dynamics in 21st-century work regimes and regional integration challenges, highlighting theoretical contributions from scholars like Marini and Rodney while documenting grassroots mobilizations against trade liberalization.
Ms. Latimer has been recognized with:
- Paul A Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award (2022) for co-editing "The Dialectics of Dependency"
- HEA Fellowship (2019)
Information regarding student supervision and research grants is not publicly documented. No institutional labs or dedicated research teams are specified in available materials, though her ethnographic work implies field-based collaboration with transnational social movement networks.
