About Our Faculty & Staff
SOCIOLOGY & HUMAN SERVICES

Areas of Expertise

• U.S. Latina/o Literature
• Chicana/o Studies
• Women’s and Gender studies
• Spanish for Second Language Learners 
• Spanish for Heritage Speakers

Education

• Ph.D., Spanish, with subspecialties in US Latino and Latin American Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Houston, 2015
• Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Houston, 2014
• M.A., Spanish Latin American Literature, University of Texas-Pan American, 2009
• B.A., Spanish, University of Texas-Pan American, 2007

Expertise

• Human animal studies
• Feminist/queer studies
• Social theory
• Agriculture and Regenerative Food Systems

Education

• Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2005
• B.A., Fort Lewis College, 1995

Expertise

• Environmental Sociology
• Human Ecology
• Global Food Systems
• Political Economy

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon, 2008
• M.S., Environmental Studies, University of Oregon, 2003
• B.S., Natural Resource Management, Conservation Ecology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1999

Expertise

• Spanish
• Linguistics
• Teaching diverse students
• Discourse analysis
• Creative Writing

Education

• Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Florida, 2014
• M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Colombia, 2006
• B.A., Comparative Literature, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 2003

Areas of expertise

• Borders and languages
• Narrative medicine
• Village aid to Latin America

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology, The University of New Mexico, 1996
• M.A., Latin American Studies, The University of New Mexico, 1990
• B.A., Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

Areas of expertise

• Indigenous feminisms
• Women of color feminisms
• Indigenous sexual decolonization

Education

• Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2019
• Certificate in College Teaching, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2018
• M.A. Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2012
• M.A. International Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2007
• B.A. International Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 2004

Areas of Expertise

• Population and consumption
• Circular economy
• Informal recycling sector
• Public policy

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology, Universitat Autonomo de Barcelona, 2020
• M.A., Political Science, University of Colorado Denver, 2016
• B.A., Population Studies, Fort Lewis College, 2000

Expertise

• Gerontology
• Social Psychology
• Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Education

• M.A., Sociology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
• B.A., Sociology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Areas of expertise

• Hispanic Studies 
• Monsters in Literature and film
• Criminology 
• Critical Theory
• Spanish for the Professions 
• Creative Writing 
• Early Modern Spanish and Colonial Literature 

Education

• Ph.D., in Spanish Literature, University of Florida
• M.A., in Spanish, University of Florida
• Lawyer, Universidad de San Buenaventura (Colombia)  

Areas of Expertise

• International migration
• Poverty and inequality
• Crime
• Race and ethnicity
• Research methods

Education

• 2013    Ph.D., Sociology, University of New Mexico
• 2009    M.A., Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico
• 2005    B.A., International Relations, University of Colorado