Faculty
Alejandro M谩rquez
Assistant Professor
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Office: CPR 239
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Bio
Alejandro M谩rquez is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Faculty in the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (ISLAC) at the 51在线. His research focuses on the intersection of social movements, care, and emotions, particularly as it relates to the Immigrant Rights Movement and its efforts to help (im)migrants and asylum seekers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He is interested in how experiences of collaboration, conflict, and hardship (re)shape movement participants鈥� views and strategies. His work shows how the everyday practices of the movement produce positive and negative emotions and how they both contribute to continued participation. Dr. M谩rquez has published ethnographic scholarship in Critical Sociology and Humanity & Society. Previously, he was the CFD Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies at Vassar College.
Education
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2021