Present | OLLAS Director, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska at Omaha ‐ Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2015 - 2017 | “Globalización Neoliberal, transformación social y migración internacional: Migrantes estadounidenses y españoles en Chile” |
Concurso Nacional Apoyo al Retorno de Investigadores/as desde el Extranjero; CONICYT | |
$103,000 | |
2013 - 2013 | “The Diaspora Outside of the Diaspora: Dominican Students in Michigan” |
Michigan State University | |
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Engagement Program in the College of Social Sciences | |
Role: For mentoring research on Dominican Students in Michigan | |
$650 | |
2009 - 2012 | Summer Research Grant |
Department of Sociology, Michigan State University | |
2011 - 2011 | Jay Artis Endowment Fund for Graduate Study in Sociology |
Department of Sociology, Michigan State University | |
$1,500 | |
2010 - 2010 | Julian Samora Endowment Scholarship |
Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University | |
$2,000 | |
2010 - 2010 | Kenneth E. and Marie J. Corey Research Enhancement Award |
College of Social Sciences, Michigan State University | |
$750 | |
2009 - 2009 | Research Enhancement Award for Research in Chile |
Graduate School, Michigan State University | |
$1,600 | |
2009 - 2009 | Summer Research Grant |
Graduate School, Michigan State University | |
$1,600 | |
2009 - 2009 | Summer Research Grant |
Department of History, Michigan State University | |
2005 - 2009 | Fulbright |
CONICYT Fellowship for Doctoral Studies in the United States | |
2008 - 2008 | “The Process of International Migration: Biography, History and their intersections with social structures” |
Tinker Field Research Grant | |
Pre-dissertation Research in Chile | |
$1,750 | |
2001 - 2001 | Ford Foundation |
Universidad de Chile | |
Research Contest: Towards a Characterization of Chilean Social Structure |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2008 - Present | Latin American Studies Association, University of Nebraska at Omaha | 2005 - Present | American Sociological Association, Theory section; International Migration Section; Comparative Historical Sociology | 2013 - 2015 | Southern Cone Studies Section and International migration section, Council member International Migration section | 2012 - 2014 | American Historical Association, University of Nebraska at Omaha | 2007 - 2013 | Social Science History Association, Macro-Historical Dynamics and Migration/Immigration Networks | 2006 - 2013 | International Sociological Association, RC16 Sociological Theory; RC20 Comparative Sociology; RC31 Sociology of Migration; RC38 Biography an | 2006 - 2008 | Michigan Sociological Association, Michigan State University | 2007 - 2007 | Midwest Sociological Society, Michigan State University |
Honors and Awards
- All-University Excellence in Teaching Citation, Michigan State University – 2011
- RCAH Graduate Fellowship. Residential College in Arts and Humanities. Michigan State University – Academic year 2010-2011
- SSHA-Rockefeller Graduate Student Travel Award, 2011, 2008, 2007
- Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Teaching Fellowship Program. Michigan State University and James Madison College – Academic year 2009-2010
- Charles and Louise Tilly Graduate Student Travel Award. Social Science History Association, 2009 & 2010
- OISS–ISSP Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2005–2007
- IIE-BARSA Scholarship, 2005–2007
2012 | PhD, Michigan State University ‐ Sociology and History | |
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2007 | MA, Michigan State University ‐ Sociology | |
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2007 | MS, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile ‐ Political Sciences and International Relations | |
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2002 | Professional Degree, Universidad de Chile ‐ Sociology | |
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2000 | BS, Universidad de Chile ‐ Sociology | |
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