Research Interests
Global capitalism, citizenship, racism, labor, the methodologies and politics of research, Latin and Latinx America
Specializations
Sociocultural Anthropology, EthnographyResearch Background
Her first book, Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Work in the Deep South, based on six years of politically engaged research with poultry workers and their allies, explores how Latin American migration into Mississippi’s poultry industry has impacted communities and prospects for worker organizing. Her more recent work investigates the intensification of immigrant policing in the South, with an emphasis on racialized effects and community responses, and the experiences of undocumented young people in higher education.
Education
PhD, Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 2008; MA, Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 2001; BA, University of Florida, 1998
Current Courses
- ANTH 714 – ISSUES-PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH (W, 5:45 PM – 8:15 PM)
- ANTH 850 – ENGAGING ETHNOGRAPHY (W, 12:20 PM – 3:20 PM)