Sandibel Borges
Sandibel Borges
Specialization
Race and Nations
Education
Ph.D. Feminist Studies, UCSB 2017
M.A. Feminist Studies, UCSB 2011
B.A. Women’s Studies, Spanish Literature, Washington State University 2009
Bio
Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Visiting Scholar at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), 2014-2015.
Research
By looking at the lived experiences of LGBTQ Latinx migrants in Los Angeles, California and LGBTQ returning migrants in Mexico City, Dr. Sandibel Borges examines how heteronormativity, white supremacy, exploitation, and surveillance are embedded in the immigration system. She further investigates the practices of resistance that LGBTQ Latinx migrant narrators employ against systemic violence.
Projects
Her dissertation project looks at the experiences of transnational queer Latina migrants in the U.S. and Mexico. It highlights the voices and struggles of queer Latina migrants in exploring the concept of “home” in their lives, in the midst of experiencing constant displacement. She is working with queer Latinas in Los Angeles, California and queer Mexicanas who migrated to the United States and returned to Mexico.