
Graduate Student
Specialization:
Migration, gender & sexuality, race & ethnicity, Central America, postcolonial feminist theory
Education:
B.A., Smith College, Massachusetts
Bio:
Alex Eleazar (they/she) is a PhD student and UCSB Doctoral Scholar interested the experiences of LGBTQ migrants, with a focus on identity formation and transnational community ties. Alex is a first-generation college student and received a B.A. in Sociology and minor in Gender studies from Smith College. At Smith, Alex was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow and researched the cultural and historical relationships between immigration detention and prisons.
Courses:
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2021)