Dr R Sánchez-Rivera has a Ph.D. in the Centre for Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge. They hold a B.A. in Political Science and History from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus and an M.A. in Regional Studies—Latin America and the Caribbean from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Research Interests
Eugenics, Racism, Reproductive Justice, Historical Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness, Critical Race Theory, Disability Studies, Gender, and Queer/Cuír Theory
Research Projects
Current: What Happened to Mexican Eugenics: Racism and the Reproduction of the Nation
Current: The Cultural Politics of Reproduction in Latin America (alongside Dr. Rebecca Ogden, University of Kent)
Teaching
Lecture: Soc11: Histories of Race: The Science Fiction of "Race"
Lecture: Soc11: Histories of Race: The Legacies of Scientific Racism: Racial Projects, Assimilation/Segregation
Currently Supervising: Soc1-Introduction to Sociology, Soc3-Modern Societies II: Global Social Problems and Dynamics of Resistance, Soc4-Concepts and Arguments in Sociology, Soc10-Gender, Soc11-Racism, Race, and Ethnicity, Soc12-Empire, Colonialism, and Imperialism
Supervision Coordination: Soc1-Introduction to Sociology, Soc2-Social Theory, Soc3-Modern Societies II: Global Social Problems and Dynamics of Resistance, and Soc11-Racism, Race, and Ethnicity
Key Publications - Books
What Happened to Mexican Eugenics?: Racism and the Reproduction of the Nation (Under Review: Cambridge University Press)
Sánchez-Rivera, R. & Géliga, J. (eds.) Lo Cuír y Racialización en Puerto Rico (Queerness and Racialization in Puerto Rico) (Proposal-Under Review, Editora Educación Emergente)
Key Publications - Book Chapters
Sanchez-Rivera, R (2021) “Whatever…it is Only a Joke”: Exploring Memes, Racialization, and Discrimination in Puerto Rico during Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and COVID-19 in Internet, Humor, and Nation in Latin/x America (Forthcoming-Spring 2021)
Sanchez-Rivera, R. (2019) Posicionalidades: Queerness y Eugenesia en Latinoamérica (Positionalities: Queerness and Eugenics in Latin America) in Libro de Actas: Del Otro Lao
Sanchez, Rachell. "Reggaetón, Trap Y Masculinidades En Puerto Rico." In: Adiós a Las Armas: Masculinidades En Retirada Y Otros Avances. 2017. (Accepted-February 2017)
Key Publications - Journal Articles
Sanchez-Rivera, R. (2020) The Legacies of “Race” Science, Anti-Chinese Racism, and COVID-19 in Mexico, Bulletin of Latin American Research (Forthcoming, November 2020)
Sanchez-Rivera, R. (2020) The Making of La Gran Familia Mexicana: Eugenics, Gender, and Sexuality in Mexico, Journal of Historical Sociology (Forthcoming)
Sanchez-Rivera, R. (2020) Reggaetón, Trap y Masculinidades: Dinámicas sociales a ritmo del perreo combativo en Puerto Rico (Reggaetón, Spanish Trap, and Masculinities in Puerto Rico), Taller de letras in association with Tintas of the University of Milan. (Forthcoming-November)
Sanchez, Rachell. 2017. "Imágenes Y Representaciones De Control De Natalidad, Esterilización Y Anticonceptivos En La Prensa Puertorriqueña: El Mundo, El Imparcial Y Claridad De 1943 a 1974." De Raíz Diversa-Revista Especializada En Estudios Latinoamericanos 4, no. 7: 101-36.
Key Publications - Other
Sanchez-Rivera, R. (2020) “Shilling for US Empire in Puerto Rico”: The Legacies of Scientific Racism in Economic Science, The Abusable Past at the Radical History Review. (June 22)
Sanchez, Rachell. "Human Rights Violations and the Chalchihuitán-Chenalhó Land Dispute." Mexico|Politics and Security Section. LatinNews.Com, January 2018, 105-11.
Sanchez, Rachell. "The Structural Dynamics and Limitations of the New Policy on Disappearances." Mexico|Politics and Security Section. LatinNews.Com, December 2017, 57-62.
Grants and Projects
2020: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
2020: Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), School of Advanced Study-University of London, Events Grant Scheme-Podcast Series, “The Cultural Politics of Reproduction in Latin America"
2019: Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, Conference Travel Grant
2019: Global Challenges Research Fund, University of Kent: International Conference for “The Cultural Politics of Reproduction in Latin America”
2019: Society for Latin American Studies, Conference and Seminar Grants: Seminar Series and Reading Groups for “The Cultural Politics of Reproduction in Latin America”
2018: Faculty Research Group Support, Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, for “International Black Radicalism”
2018: Simon Bolivar Fund, Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge
2018: Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, Travel Grant
2017: Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, Conference and Travel Grant
2017: Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, Travel Grant
2017: Simon Bolivar Fund, Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge
2016: Santander Mobility Grant, Fieldwork-Mexico City
2014: Dissertation Field Research Travel Grant, Columbia University in the City of New York, Fieldwork-Puerto Rico
Research Groups & Affiliations
Professional Affiliations:
Latin American Studies Association
Society of Latin American Studies
Research Groups:
Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc)
The Cultural Politics of Reproduction in Latin America
Awards
2020: Teaching Award, Supervisor Award, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge (2019-2020)
