Research Interests
- Immigration: crisis in Europe, effects of being undocumented, effects of racism and historical trendsÂ
 - Socio-Economic Development: ethnicity, race, inequality, industrial policy and regional development
 - Social Movements: formation, case studies in Guatemalan Pan-Mayan movement and Market Basket Protests
 
Education
- BA from Allegheny College in International Studies and Spanish
 - MA from University of New Hampshire in Political Science
 - Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts, Lowell in Global Studies