Over the summer of 2020, I observed many social media posts forged in the weeks after the murder of George
Author: Cassaundra Rodriguez
Cassaundra Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Currently, she is working on a book project on how members of Mexican mixed-status families – that is families that include U.S. citizens and undocumented immigrants – experience and articulate belonging. Her research has been published in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, The Sociological Quarterly, and Sociology Compass.
Covid 19, Latinx Culture and Technology: Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Research
As I ask my parents about their day over dinner, our connection freezes. Although it is frustrating, we end up
A Conversation with Professor Larry La Fountain-Stokes on his new book, Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance
Larry La Fountain-Stokes is Professor of Spanish, American Culture, and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. In
Bodega Dreams in Austin, Texas
“The neighborhood might have been down, but it was far from out. Its people far from defeat. They had been
On Being Borg, On Being Puerto Rican
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not
Building the First Latinx Educational Midwest Conference at the University of Iowa
The first University of Iowa College of Education Latinx Educational Excellence in the Midwest Conference was held October 20 –
Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms
In recognizing and remembering the ongoing legacy of Black and Latinx feminisms we begin with a question: where can we
Unknown Activists, Invisible Promotoras
Latinx Feminists in the anti-rape movement[1] have long embodied the realities and challenges expressed in the Combahee River Collective Statement
Arpaio’s Pardon and the Insidious Relationship between Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latinx Sentiment
Reading the news, I felt a pit in my stomach. I was struck by the physical reaction, knowing full well