Faculty Member, American Studies & Chicano Sudies
About
I am an Assistant Professor in the American Studies and Chicano Studies Program at the University of Wyoming. I received my Ph.D. in Comparative Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008. My research and teaching interest is centered at the intersections of gender, age, time, and migration. I am currently working on my book manuscript titled, _The Fate of Transnational Migration: Muchachas Mexicanas in California’s Napa Valley_, where age and gender intersect in peculiar ways that dictates the journey north for teenage girls. I examine notions of time and waiting for migration, which provides insights into the complex lives of transnational migrants on both sides of the border. My next project is a contemporary study of race relations in the Napa Valley.
Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Wyoming, I was a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. During my tenure, I focused my time on revising my dissertation into a book manuscript and writing research articles for peer-reviewed journals. I was also a dissertation-writing fellow, 2006-2007, in the Feminist Studies Department (then Women’s Studies) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
At the University of Wyoming, I teach courses such as American Cultural Diversity; U.S. Women of Color; and Women, Gender and Migration.
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