“Law and Order in Latino Lives: The Incarceration and Racial Construction of Latinos in the United States, 1845-Present”
I am primarily interested in the intersections between race and incarceration. In particular, I have focused on the development of Latino racial identities as they have been shaped by various periods and forms of surveillance, criminalization, and punishment. For my doctoral research, I plan to investigate the historical role of citizenship status and region in the Latino experience with the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to my dissertation, I am working as a research analyst with the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium, an organization that helps colleges and universities advance their institutional missions. I hold a BA in American Studies from Yale University, where I received the Percival Wood Clement Prize for the best senior essay on the U.S. Constitution and its first ten amendments.