{"id":501301,"date":"2026-10-19T19:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501301\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:08:12","slug":"are-we-not-all-pursuing-freedom-uc-san-diego-postdoctoral-scholars-ask-bold-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501301\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Are we not all pursuing freedom?\u2019 UC San Diego Postdoctoral Scholars Ask Bold Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo provided by Jozef Callan Robles<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up surrounded by people whose lives were shaped by undocumented status, which inspired many of my earliest questions about immigration and the role of the state. My research focuses on how legal and racial categories are created and maintained, and what those categories mean for the people who live within, between and across them. I am especially interested in what happens when these categories shift, collide or fail to capture the complexity of people\u2019s lives. I value discovery and the freedom to remain curious, to ask difficult questions, challenge what we take for granted, and keep learning from the people and world around me, which is why I specifically wanted to pursue my work in academia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose to attend UC San Diego because it is a leading hub for research on migration, with scholars across the university approaching migration from different disciplines and perspectives. I was especially excited for the opportunity to join that intellectual community and to work with my mentor, Abigail Andrews [professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and the Migration Field Research Program], whose research engages many of the questions I care about. The Office of Faculty Success and Engagement has been an incredible resource, particularly in helping me navigate the transition into my postdoc and find my footing at UC San Diego. I\u2019ve also been incredibly grateful for the staff in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning who have made me feel supported and welcomed from the moment I arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo provided by Jozef Callan Robles \u201cI grew up surrounded by people whose lives were shaped by undocumented…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-501301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}