James Daria

Cultural Anthropologist

Research

Research Interests

  • Labor and migration in the global food system
  • Modern slavery and exploitation
  • Labor and human rights of migrant farmworkers in North and Central America

Dissertation: Modern Slavery in Agricultural Sweatshops along the US/Mexican Border (Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2019).

Selected Publications

  1. Zlolniski, Christian and James Daria. 2024. “El Programa H-2A en el Valle de San Quintín: Notas Desde el Campo.” La Jornada del Campo, March 16, 2024. [“The H-2A Program in the San Quintín Valley: Notes from the Field.”]
  2. Daria, James and Anna Canning. 2023. “Certified Exploitation: Labor Rights Violations and Certifications in Mexico’s Agro-Export Industry.” Corporate Accountability Lab.
  3. Daria, James. 2023. “Rigged Elections: The Failure of Mexico’s New Labor Model to Protect Farmworker Rights.” Frontera Norte 35, Art. 13.
  4. Daria, James. 2022. “Fairwashing and Union Busting: Corporate Social Responsibility Programs in Mexico’s Agro-Export Industry.” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 38(3): 379–405.
  5. Daria, James. 2021. “The Conviviality of the Fandango: Living with Difference in the Music and Dance of Southern Veracruz, Mexico.” Transmodernity 9(6): 46–69.