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 explores how race, ethnicity, legal status, and religion shape Mormon Latina immigrants' lives, social networks, families, parenting, and identity.
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 of communities in the borderlands.
Additionally, she is a Faculty Researcher for the longitudinal study The Arizona Youth Identity Project (https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/research/centers-initiatives/az-youth-…), the Arizona Delegate for the Southwest Oral History Association, and a bilingual medicolegal death investigator for the Maricopa County Medical Examiner. Bri enjoys spending time outside, reading, cooking, thrift shopping, listening to cumbia music, watching films, and gardening.
- Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University (2023)
- Immigration Studies Certificate, Arizona State University (2020)
- M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University (2019)
- B.A. Spanish for the Professions, University of Nevada- Las Vegas (2011)
- Anthropology/ Gender Studies, La Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla Mexico (2009)
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.
Media and Public Scholarship
Bojórquez, Kim and Alberty, Erin. “Mormonism experts predict aried reactions after SEC settlement.” Axios Salt Lake City. February 22, 2023 (LINK)
Romanello, Brittany. Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda. Martin, Nathan D. Estrada, E. Gonzales, Angela. “What matters to Arizona young voters?”The Sanford School. ASU. Nov 5, 2022 (LINK)
Romanello, Brittany. “Mormon Church’s Celebration of Latino Cultures Puts Spotlight on Often-Overlooked Diversity.” The Conversation, November 4, 2022. (LINK)
Bojórquez, Kim. “The Rise of Latino Latter-Day Saints.” Axios, August 25, 2022. (LINK)
Romanello, Brittany. “What young Mormon voters can teach us about Arizona’s changing political landscape.” ASU New College Global Human Rights Hub. April 4, 2022 (LINK)
Fletcher Stack, Peggy. “LDS Relief Society Presidency Nears the Expected End of a Remarkable, Even Radical, Run.” The Salt Lake Tribune. March 27, 2022 (LINK)
Romanello, Brittany. “Six things to know about Latinas and Mormonism.” ASU New College Global Human Rights Hub. February 1, 2022 (LINK)
Kemsley, Tamarra. “They Do ‘Much of the Day-to-Day Service’ — Why Latinas Represent the Future of the LDS Church.” The Salt Lake Tribune, January 28, 2022 (LINK)
Bunning, Rachel, “Out of the classroom and into the community.” ASU News. May 24, 2019 (LINK)
McClelland, Will “ASU Project Uses Immigration Stories to Inspire Community Mural.” The State Press. April 3, 2019 (LINK)
Greguska, Emma “Mural paints a true picture of immigration.” ASU News. Dec 3, 2018. (LINK)
Mentions in the Media:
"Women Claiming Power:" https://www.the-exponent.com/women-claiming-power-in-dialogue/
"2020 in Review: An Overview of Recent Articles in Mormon History" https://juvenileinstructor.org/2020-in-review-an-overview-of-recent-articles-and-books-in-mormon-history/?fbclid=IwAR3j0uuhHyiTyTHOdJgDvAVfZXIpUEulq-91S-00GJlOSA1gfPrVwfyIru4
"Mormon women are finding their voices. Are Mormon men listening?" https://religionnews.com/2020/05/09/mormon-women-are-finding-and-using-their-voices-are-men-in-the-church-listening/
Courses
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 |