Dr. Cristina Mora

Biography

G. Cristina Mora is a Chancellor's Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Her award-winning research focuses on issues such as racial and ethnic categorization, racial politics, and immigration. She earned her B.A. in Sociology from UC Berkeley in 2003 and completed her PhD in Sociology at Princeton University in 2009. Among her notable works is the book 'Making Hispanics,' published in 2014 by the University of Chicago Press, which offers a socio-historical account of the emergence of the 'Hispanic/Latino' panethnic category in the United States. Her research has received wide recognition, earning her the Dissertation Award in 2018 and the Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association. Her work has been featured in national media outlets such as The Atlantic, The New Yorker, NPR, and Latino USA. Currently, she is working on a book titled 'Normalizing Inequality: Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide,' which examines the rise of income and racial inequality in California and efforts towards diversity and inclusion. In 2023, Mora received a million-dollar federal grant from the Department of Education to establish the 'Latino Social Science Pipeline' initiative at UC Berkeley.

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