Professor
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Office Information:
4219 LSA Bldg, 500 S. State St., Department of Sociology, (734) 647-3659
Fields of Study: international sociology; inequalities and stratification; politics and social change; historical and qualitative approaches; immigration, race and ethnicity; sociology of revolutions; sociology of refugees. Countries that are the focus of her research: the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Spain.
phone: (734) 647-3659
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. University of Chicago,M.A. and B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Current Courses
AMCULT 304-001
American Immigration
AMCULT 404-001
Latinas/os in the U. S.: Social Problems and Social Issues
LATINOAM 304-001
American Immigration
LATINOAM 404-001
Latinas/os in the U. S.: Social Problems and Social Issues
SOC 304-001
American Immigration
SOC 404-001
Latinas/os in the U. S.: Social Problems and Social Issues
Highlighted Work and Publications
Political Disaffection in Cuba's Revolution and Exodus
Silvia Pedraza
Description from Publisher: In this book, Silvia Pedraza links Cuba's revolution and its mass exodus not only as cause and consequence but also as profoundly social and human processes that were not only political and economic but also cognitive and emotive. But, ironically for a community that defined itself as being in exile, virtually no studies of its political attitudes exist, and certainly none that encompass the changing political attitudes over 47 years of the exodus. The book uses participant observation and in-depth interviews to gain insight into the political disaffection of Cuban refugees... See More