Sandibel Borges, Ph.D.

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I am an interdisciplinary researcher, writer, and educator. I am trained as a queer oral historian and feminist ethnographer. For over ten years, I have worked with queer migrant communities, documenting the lived experiences of LGB, queer, trans, and nonbinary Latine migrants in Southern California and Mexico City. As a queer migrant Latina (Mexicana) myself, I am professionally and personally invested in recuperating and documenting these stories. My goal is to create an archive of queer Latine migrant stories that is accessible to researchers, students, journalists, and, most importantly, queer migrant communities.

I work as an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. I have designed and taught the courses Queer Migrations and Diaspora, Queer Theories, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, and Gender, Race and Sexuality. My pedagogy is intentionally feminist and anti-racist, actively questioning and challenging hierarchies in the classroom. Heavily influenced by Women of Color feminist teachings and writings, I practice what I call “trickle up pedagogy” in the college classroom (see publications tab).

I have presented my work nationally and internationally, in English and Spanish, sharing my research and learning from others across borders.