Assistant Professor

Sociology

Research and Teaching Interests

Florencia Rojo completed her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. Informed by her training as a medical sociologist and her work with immigrant families and communities of color, her three primary areas of teaching-scholarship are im/migration, violence, and community-based research. In each intersecting domain, she considers how research—as a language of power—can be used to challenge dominant power relations. She works with academics and non-academics, traditional and lay experts alike, as equal research collaborators. Her teaching approach bridges scholarship and social justice work through critical community-engaged pedagogies. She is currently conducting a participatory action research project on food justice with youth and adult community collaborators from Colorado Springs.

Regular Classes

SO101 Inequality in the U.S.

SO290 Rethinking Violence in Society

SO290 Crimmigration

SO390 Community-Based Research