Mellon Mays Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sylvia Zamora

Join the OSR on Wednesday April 10th, 2024 from 12-1:30pm for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Keynote speaker Dr. Sylvia Zamora. Dr. Zamona is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University hailing from Los Angeles. Her research and teaching focuses on the racialized experiences of Latinos in the U.S. and across Latin America.

Her book, Racial Baggage: Mexican Immigrants and Race Across the Border examines racialization as a transnational process that not only changes immigrants themselves, but also everyday understandings of race and racism within the United States and Mexico.

In her upcoming talk, Dr. Zamora will shed light on the profound ways in which the immigration experience can reshape our understanding of race in both home and host countries. Your attendance promises to broaden perspectives on these critical societal dynamics.