Gabriela Ceja Morales

Research Interests: Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Tourism

Pronouns: she/her

Education
BA: Visual Arts, 2013, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
MA: Labor Studies, 2018, City University of New York, CUNY

Recent courses:
SOC 348 Urban Sociology
SOC 229 Population Problems
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 349 Classical Sociological Theory

Bio: I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University at Buffalo. I'm interested in the intersection of work, urban and environment. Specifically, I study the socio-environmental inequalities resulting from industrial activity. I have worked as an educator and as a labor organizer at immigrant worker organizations and unions in NYC, producing art and education projects to document and raise awareness on workers’ issues. Currently, I study the implications of the Tourism Industry in the Mexican Caribbean. I seek to understand how the state and the private sector intertwine to produce tourism, while co-producing spaces and experiences of disadvantage for low-income and historically marginalized indigenous communities.

Email: gcejamor@buffalo.edu