Carlos Piña (1957) is an anthropologist at the University of Chile. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees at York University, Toronto, specializing in social research methodologies, international relations, and environmental studies. He has published many articles and has taught classes on social science methodology and research techniques, especially regarding the autobiographical and epistolary genres. He is one of the compilers of Juan Emar's Cartas a Guni Pirque (2010).