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Lisa M.   Martinez

Background:

Lisa M. Martinez, Associate Professor, received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2004.  Her areas of expertise are political sociology, Latina/o sociology, and immigration. She is a member of the DU Latino Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship (DULCCES), an interdisciplinary program dedicated to researching issues affecting Latina/o communities such as access to health care, education, politics, and immigration.  Professor Martinez has studied the role of community-based organizations in mobilizing Latinos for political action in Colorado and is currently working on an interdisciplinary project with her DULCCES colleagues on the pathways to mobility among Latino, immigrant youth. She has published in Social Forces, Mobilization, and American Behavioral Scientist. Her course offerings include social inequality, sociology of immigration, political sociology, Latina/os in American society, gender in society, and research methods. 

Martinez Curriculum Vitae