Starting in Fall 2011, Lorena Muñoz will be joining Geography as a new Assistant Professor.
Lorena is an urban/cultural geographer whose research focuses on the intersections of place, space, gender, sexuality and race. Through qualitative frameworks she examines the production of Latina/o informal economic landscapes in trans-border spaces.
Geography welcomes new Assistant Professor Lorena Muñoz.
Lorena is an urban/cultural geographer whose research focuses on the intersections of place, space, gender, sexuality and race. Through qualitative frameworks she examines the production of Latina/o informal economic landscapes in trans-border spaces.
Her current project examines how queer Latina immigrant women who work in the low wage service sector, negotiate and perform their gendered and queer identities differently across 'pseudo' heteronormative, male-dominated spaces of low-wage labor in Los Angeles. Her other research interests are focused on minority students access to STEM education. Her research is currently funded by the National Institute of Health.
Her new office is 427 Social Science. Stop by and say hi!
