Assistant Professor

Sociology

Research and Teaching Interests

Florencia Rojo completed her PhD in sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. She conducts qualitative research on trauma, violence, and migration with Latin American immigrant communities. Her dissertation, "'You wanted norte': Central American Families and the Ongoing Trauma of Migration, Separation, and Deportation" examines the intersections of multiple, ongoing traumas in immigrants' lives across time and space. Her teaching approach bridges scholarship and social justice work, through courses including: community-based research, re-thinking violence in society, sociology of immigration, and others.

Regular Classes

SO101 Inequality in the U.S.

SO290 Rethinking Violence in Society

SO390 Community-Based Research