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Rosario Rizzo Lara

Rosario Rizzo Lara

Assistant Professor,

Contact

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office Phone(909) 537-3894
Office LocationSB-437

Bio

Rosario Rizzo was born and raised in Mexico. She is passionate about migration and human rights. She has lived and studied in different countries such as the US, Belgium, Germany, and Denmark.  Her primary expertise is in Mexican and Central American migration. She is particularly interested in studying migration policy in Mexico and the US, the causes of migration, the effects of immigration enforcement, human rights violations and violence, and social movements.

Teaching:

 Sociology of Migration and Social Movements.

Education

B.S. in International Business Management, Universidad Veracruzana

M.A. in Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Ph.D. in Migration and Modernity: Historical and Cultural Challenges, University of Kent and Freie Universitat Berlin