Profiles in "Latina/o Studies" Expertise Area

  • Professor Espinosa is an Arizona-based artist, cultural activist; specialist in identity and liberation practices; voice, text, and acting coach. She performed and taught throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
  • Sarat's work explores the intersection of religion and migration in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, with special attention to ways in which people draw upon religion to formulate notions of belonging and confront challenges.
  • Avilés-Santiago is the Vice Dean of the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also a former Director of ASU's OVMAE.
  • Lopez explores disparities in early diagnosis and subsequent intervention services in underserved children and families including low-income, limited-education and racial/ethnic minorities, and Latinx children with autism..
  • Flores-González' current research explores the effects of racialization on the ways young adults understand national belonging.
  • Dr. Linton is a community-engaged scholar who utilizes legal analysis and ethnographic methods to chart not only reproductive rights in the United States and El Salvador but also grassroots organizing efforts.
  • Anita Huizar-Hernández is an associate professor in the School of International Letters and Cultures. She studies the ways literature, film, and other texts have consolidated or challenged myths about Arizona, the West, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.