Dr. Carolina Alonso
Associate Professor of Borders & Languages
Affiliated Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies

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., in Spanish, with subspecialties in US Latino/a and Latin American Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Houston, 2016
  • 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

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Dr. Keri Brandt Off
Professor of Sociology & Gender & Sexuality Studies

Areas of Expertise:

  • Social Theory
  • Relations between humans and the more-than-human world
  • Regenerative Food Systems
  • Gender & Sexuality Studies

Education:

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

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Dr. Rebecca Clausen
Professor of Sociology & Human Services

Areas of 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

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Dr. Ana Diaz-Collazos
Assistant Professor
Teacher Education & Sociology

Areas of 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

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Dr. Janine Fitzgerald
Professor of Sociology & Human Services

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

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Dr. Deanne Grant
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Native American & Indigenous Studies

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

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Dr. Kyle Rakowski
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise:

  • Crime and Deviance
  • Juvenile Delinquency and Sociology of Youth
  • Social Inequality and Stratification
  • Social Network Analysis

Education:

  • Ph.D., Sociology, Washington State University (2023)
  • M.A., Sociology, Washington State University (2018)
  • B.A., Sociology and American Studies, Eckerd College (2015)

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Dr. Michael Rendon
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science

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

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Sarah Silins
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology & Human Services

Areas of Expertise: 

  • Juvenile Justice
  • Participatory Research
  • Children’s Rights

Education:

  • JD, Northwestern University, 2018
  • BA, Sociology and Human Services, Fort Lewis College

 

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Dr. David Vásquez-Hurtado
Associate Professor of Borders & Languages, Sociology & Human Services, and Criminology & Justice

Areas of Expertise:

  • Horror and Monstrosity in Latin American Film
  • Monstrosity in Early Modern and Colonial Hispanic Literature and Culture 
  • Cultural Criminology and Critical Theory 
  • Law and State of Exception in Colombia
  • Spanish for the professions

Education:

  • Ph.D., Hispanic Studies / Spanish, University of Florida, 2016
  • M.A., Spanish, University of Florida, 2016
  • LL.M., Administrative Law, Universidad Santiago de Cali (Cali, Colombia), 2006
  • Lawyer, (L.L.B, five years program) St. Bonaventure University (Colombia), 2001

 

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Dr. Benjamin Waddell
Professor & Chair of Sociology & Human Services

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

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