Martha Balaguera

Assistant Professor
MN 5166
m.balaguera@utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Mississauga (UTM)

Fields of Study

  • Comparative Politics
  • Development Studies

Areas of Interest

  • Protest
  • Social movements
  • Borders
  • Violence
  • Transnationalism
  • Feminist theory
  • Queer and trans migrations
  • Critical carceral studies

Biography

Recent publications: “Trans-asylum: sanctioning vulnerability and gender identity across the frontier” In: ERS Ethnic and Racial Studies, Special Issue on “Queer Liberalisms” (forthcoming in 2023) and “Trans-migrations: agency and confinement at the limits of sovereignty” (re-print) In: The Border Reader (Duke University Press, 2023).

Education

BA, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
MA, University of Essex
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst