ASU Transborder Studies

We strive to stimulate academic discovery that solves critical problems at the intersection of borders and society.

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Our students have presented at symposiums, interned in Washington D.C., won awards, and accomplished so many more things. Here's a thread of just a few🧵🪡

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We’re very excited that our Director, Irasema Coronado, faculty affiliate, Professor Martinez, and one of our graduate students, Laura Dicochea, will be at this event!

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Students of our faculty member, Dr. Brendan O'Connor, authored this incredible piece in @azcentral "Skilled foreign workers need to learn English. It shouldn't be this difficult" https://t.co/lmFOzLvTs9

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Congrats to a fantastic student staff member alum from our team! Esme is a graduate with her BA from @ASU_Transborder and will be moving onto a brand new role with an awesome partner doing impactful work in just a few weeks!

@SybilFrancisCFA @arizonafuture @ASUTheCollege

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Exciting news!

ASU has been named "Education Partner of the Year" by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund for 2023!

We are proud to support Hispanic students in their pursuit of higher education and to work with partners like HSF who share our commitment to student success. �Exciting news!

ASU has been named "Education Partner of the Year" by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund for 2023!

We are proud to support Hispanic students in their pursuit of higher education and to work with partners like HSF who share our commitment to student success. �Exciting news!

ASU has been named "Education Partner of the Year" by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund for 2023!

We are proud to support Hispanic students in their pursuit of higher education and to work with partners like HSF who share our commitment to student success. 🎓

[Michael Crow @michaelcrow]

.@ASU has been named @HSFNews' 2023 "Education Partner of the Year." This award recognizes our commitment to helping more students attend and graduate from college, and I thank everyone who has played a role in advancing this important work. https://t.co/OCqEn8aoKd

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Over a decade ago, the @ASU_Transborder received an immense gift: Simon Burrow’s collection of over 40 maps that illustrate the evolution of the U.S.-Mexico border region over the past 400 years. https://t.co/Nz6adfG3Zw

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Join us for a special presentation with Dr. Silvia Rodriguez, author of "Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance Among Immigrant Children" Wed., April 12 @ASUTheCollege @ASU_Transborder @dr_emirestrada
https://t.co/bbm3sUIDRD

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@jrpatino12 was a last minute addition to our panel but we’re very thankful for the support from him and @AlientoAZ

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José Patiño was born in Mexico and raised in Maryvale. He migrated at the age of six with this family.
Jose is an educator, advocate, and DACA recipient. José holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from ASU
and an M.Ed from GCU. (Bio cont.)

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@undocu_scholar @asupoly @CISAASU

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Dr. Rafael Martínez is an assistant professor of Southwest Borderlands in the College of Integrative
Sciences and Arts. Dr. Martínez’s work focuses on immigration, migration, the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands,
and the American Southwest. (Bio cont.)

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@PayanTony @BakerCtrUSMEX @RiceUniversity

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Tony Payan, Ph.D., is the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the
Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. (Bio cont.)

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José, Aliento’siento’s Prop 308 in-state tuition & access to scholarships for all Arizona students, regardless of
immigration status campaign. (Bio end.)

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This panel is next week and we wanted to share a bit about our panelists!

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(Bio cont.) He has advocatimmigrants’grants’ rights since 2007. He stopped a bus of
undocumented immigrants set to be deported, engaged in a direct action where he interrupted
President Obama’sObama’s speech, and lobbied for the DREAM Act and Immigration Reform.

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Her passion is advancing environmental justice and
building BIPOC political power for a progressive, inclusive and healthier world. (Bio end.)

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(Bio cont.) Co-Executive Director. She currently works at the AZ Donor Alliance which supports local nonprofit
organizations in creating positive systematic change.

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At ASU, he teaches courses on the American Southwest, the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and Arizona history. As an advocate of community-based-history projects, he is engaged in
public projects that seek to connect academic work with community development. (Bio end.)

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Dr. Rafael Martínez is an assistant professor of Southwest Borderlands in the College of Integrative
Sciences and Arts. Dr. Martínez’s work focuses on immigration, migration, the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands,
and the American Southwest. (Bio cont.)

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Payan’s research focuses primarily on border studies, particularly the U.S.-Mexico border. His
work centers largely on issues of borderlands as areas of habitation, including the various conditions
that affect life in liminal spaces. (Bio end.)

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(Bio cont.) He is also a professor of social sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Between 2001 and 2015, Payan was a professor of political science at The University of Texas at
El Paso.

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She is co-editor of the book Children
Crossing Borders: Latin American Migrant Childhoods published in 2022. (Bio end.)

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(Bio cont.) She has an M.A. in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Arizona. Her area of specialization is comparative politics, her
research focuses on human rights on the U.S.-Mexico Border.