Brittany Romanello
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Brittany “Bri” Romanello earned her Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology at ASU. Using mixed ethnographic methods, her research explored how race, ethnicity, legal status, and religion shape Mormon Latina immigrants' lives, social networks, families, parenting, and well-being outcomes.
Bri is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow of Movement, Migration, and Place-Making on the Anza Trail (2023-2025). She collaborates with the National Park Service and American Conservation Experience on the Anza Trail to explore themes of human movement, identity, and place-making along the trail corridor within the Sonora, Baja California, Arizona, and California borderlands. Utilizing sociocultural and ethnographic research methods, she focuses on developing community-based projects that connect the public to the richness of the historical experiences of peoples along the trail and how these histories shape the lives, health and wellness of borderland communities.
- Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University
- Immigration Studies Certificate, Arizona State University
- M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University
- B.A. Spanish for the Professions, University of Nevada- Las Vegas
- Anthropology/ Gender Studies, La Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla Mexico
immigration, borders, race/ ethnicity, gender, religion, qualitative methods, community-based research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2024. Romanello B. “Latina Mormons Remember SB1070 and Other Anti-Immigration Enforcement in Arizona.” Journal of Mormon History. University of Illinois Press.
2024. Flores-González, N., Estrada, E., Téllez, M. Carreón, D., Romanello, B. “The Impact of the 100-mile Border Enforcement Zone on Mexican Americans in Arizona.” American Behavioral Scientist.
2023. Pasco, M., Roque, A. Romanello, B. Estrada, E. “Photovoice: Methodological Insights from a Multi-Site Online Design.” Field Methods. SAGE Journals.
2023. Romanello, B. “’ I fell in love, but he is white:” Latina Mormon immigrants on interracial marriage and gendered family relationships.” Latino Studies. Palgrave Journals. DOI: 10.1057/s41276-023-00414-6
2021. Romanello, B. “Not a Country or a Stereotype: Latina LDS Experiences of Ethnic Homogenization and Tokenism in the American West.” Religions. MDPI Journals. DOI: 10.3390/rel12050333
2020. Romanello, B. Multiculturalism as Resistance: Latina Migrants Navigate U.S. Mormon Spaces. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 53, no.1 5-31. DOI: 10.5406/dialjmormthou.53.1.0005
2019. SturtzSreetharan, C., Agostini, G., Wutich, A., Mitchell, C., Rines, O., Romanello, B., & Brewis, A. “I Need to Lose Some Weight”: Masculinity and Body Image as Negotiated Through Fat Talk.” Psychology of Men & Masculinities 21, no. 1 148-161. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000219
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter
2024. Romanello, B. "Diversities and Interethnic Relationships in Spanish-Speaking Mormon Congregations in the U.S." Migration, Ethnicity and Diversity Handbook. Edward Elgar Publishing and NYU Press.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 301 | Global History of Health |
| ASB 462 | Medical Anthro: Culture/Health |
| ASB 301 | Global History of Health |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 305 | Poverty and Global Health |
| ASB 305 | Poverty and Global Health |