University of California, Santa Barbara

Faculty Member, History

Assistant Professor

University of California, Santa Barbara

About

Research interest:

I am currently working on two manuscript projects:

My first book project, "La Frontera" examines family labor, and land reform in Baja California. I am particularly interested in analyzing the intersections of race,gender, regional, and transnational migration in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands.

My second manuscript, “The Politics of Gender, Migration, and Hierarchy in Nayarit's Haciendas, 1870-1930,” examines a critical period when indigenous and mestizo communities lost their rights to communal lands in Nayarit. During this time period, 75% of the most productive land went into the hands of twelve families. My work examines how life changed for campesino men and women, and how gender, and hierarchy shaped labor in Nayarit’s haciendas.

Article Projects, 2011

"Historical Roots of Rural Migration: Agrarian Reform and the Displacement of Rural Farmers in Nayarit, Mexico, 1900-1952."

“Transnational Lives and Family Identities in the Baja California Borderlands, 1875-1937.”

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