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My name is Andrea Román-Alfaro (she/ella). I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of New Mexico. I have a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Toronto.
I was born and raised in the coastal province of Callao. My family roots are in the Peruvian northern Andes, northern Lima, and the south of Spain. I have lived in Norway, the United States and Tkaronto [Toronto] in Canada. I currently reside in Albuquerque, the traditional territories of the Pueblo of Sandia. |
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My research investigates how violence, policing, and social regulation are experienced, interpreted, and institutionalized across the Americas. As a critical criminologist and sociologist, I examine the intersections of race, gender, class, and state power in shaping both the experience and governance of violence. Drawing from sociology, criminology, feminist theory, and Latin American studies, my work reveals how structural inequalities manifest through everyday harm and institutional practices, particularly affecting women and racialized communities.
My research has been published in The British Journal of Criminology, Gender & Society, Social Justice, Curriculum Inquiry, and the International Journal of Education for Social Justice.
My research has been published in The British Journal of Criminology, Gender & Society, Social Justice, Curriculum Inquiry, and the International Journal of Education for Social Justice.
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I'm currently working on my first book project, Working on Violence: Women and the Making of Everyday Life at the Urban Margins. This book asks what role women play in the production and management of violence at the urban margins. Focusing on a marginalized urban neighborhood in Callao, Peru, I examine how women navigate the convergence of historical racialized inequality, gendered expectations, domestic violence, criminal conflict, and the state’s alternating forms of abandonment and punishment. Rather than positioning women solely as victims, caregivers, or resisters, the book traces the everyday work through which women anticipate danger, interpret risk, mediate conflicts, protect others, negotiate with institutions, and, at times, deploy or reproduce violence themselves. I call this gendered violence work: the labor through which women work on violence across the household, neighborhood, and state, attempting to contain its effects and sustain the continuity of everyday life.
I am an engaged scholar combines research with community work and advocacy. I firmly believe in the transformative power of engaged scholarship. Thus, a big part of my time is dedicated to collaborating with communities to address social justice issues and develop alternatives for a more equitable future. Explore my research and public engagement page to see what I’m working on. |