Chris Kyle

Chris Kyle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research focuses on the political economy of contemporary Latin America, with special emphasis on Mexico. His current research investigates sixteenth-century European-style settlements in New Spain and contemporary economic/political processes in southern Mexico.

Dr. Kyle authored Feeding Chilapa: The Birth, Life, and Death of a Mexican Region and co-edited a special issue of Ethnohistory on agrarian relations in Mesoamerica. His work examines sociocultural consequences of legal reforms and historical transformations in rural communities.