Camilla Fojas
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Mail code: 4308Campus: Tempe
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Camilla Fojas is Foundation Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Her research explores the material and immaterial infrastructures and mediated cultures of the Americas and the Pacific through the axes of empire, surveillance, and race with a focus on the U.S.-Mexico border. He new book Brutal Border: Infrastructures of Cruelty is forthcoming from NYU Press and she is at work on a new project on robots and the automation of security at US borders. She has published 6 monographs and 3 co-edited books. Her recent books include Border Optics: Surveillance Cultures on the US-Mexico Frontier (NYU Press, 2021), Zombies, Migrants, and Queers: Race and Crisis Capitalism in Pop Culture (Illinois, 2017), and Islands of Empire: Pop Culture and U.S. Power (UT Press, 2014).
- Ph.D. Comparative Literature (film and cultural studies of the Americas), New York University
- Master’s degree. Comparative Literature, New York University
- Bachelor’s degree. Comparative Literature and Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| JUS 640 | Theoretical Perspect/Justice |
| AMS 502 | Amer Studies: Theory & Method |
| AMS 502 | Amer Studies: Theory & Method |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| APA 210 | Intro to Ethnic Studies in US |
| JUS 210 | Intro to Ethnic Studies in US |
| AFR 212 | Intro to Ethnic Studies in US |
| WST 640 | Visual & Narrative Culture |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| AMS 599 | Thesis |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| AMS 599 | Thesis |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SST 590 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| AMS 502 | Amer Studies: Theory & Method |