Miguel A. Avalos is a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research is motivated by the question, “How do racially minoritized communities navigate state violence, especially within borderlands?” He uses diverse qualitative methods to examine Latinx transborder commuters’ everyday experiences in the United States-Mexico borderlands, focusing primarily on cross-border, dwelling, and home-making practices.
Areas of Expertise
Global and transnational sociology, Latinx sociology, border studies