Christina Sue
Romo Endowed Professor, Honors College
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Christina Sue is originally from the Pacific Northwest and received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington and her MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She was a faculty member at the University of Colorado-Boulder for 15 years prior to joining the Department of Sociology & Demography at UTSA in 2023. While at the University of Colorado, she served as undergraduate associate chair and directed the Honors Residential Academic Program. Christina Sue's research and teaching interests are in the areas of race, ethnicity, and immigration, with a regional focus on the United States and Latin America, and qualitative methodologies. She is author of Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico, which examines how national ideologies in Mexico influence Mexicans’ understandings of racism, race mixture, and blackness. In addition to being a contributing author to Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America, she collaborated on an associated project which examines the experiences of Mexicans of African descent living in the Pacific coastal region of Mexico. She also co-authored Durable Ethnicity: Mexican Americans and the Ethnic Core, which examines various dimensions of Mexican American experiences in Los Angeles and San Antonio, including ethnic and national identity construction, language use, and political views. Most recently, her work has focused on the consequences of how blackness is constructed by the Mexican state and baby naming practices among Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans. In addition to her book publications, Professor Sue’s work appears in various edited volumes and journals. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, being in nature, and traveling.
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