My research bridges gender studies, history of science and medicine and sociological theory, offering a diverse array of transnational perspectives on the critical studies of eugenics and ‘race’ science.
My book titled “Slippery Eugenics: An Introduction to the Critical Studies of Race, Gender and Coloniality” (Sage, 2024) highlights the global interconnectedness of eugenic ideas and practices historically, as well as how the legacies and continuations of eugenics are manifested through state policies and individual self-regulation. This book illustrates how internalized eugenic practices and ideas “slip” into contemporary understandings of gender, sexuality, class, disability, and racialization.
My second book project titled “An Exploration of Mexican Eugenics: Racism and the Reproduction of the Nation” which will be published in 2026, as part of the University of Iowa Press ‘Reproductive Justice’ series. This book explores the historical development of eugenic discourse and practices in Mexico from the 19th century to the present-day, providing the tools to recognize the continuation of eugenic practices and ideas in everyday life, decades after the world shunned the ‘science’ of eugenics.
I have also published, both in Spanish and English, in a range of leading academic journals, including in the Journal of Historical Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Sociology, and Caribbean Studies.