Dr Rosario Rizzo Lara is a MOVES graduate and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at California State University San Bernardino. Her research focuses on Contemporary Migration from Central America to the United States.
Email: rosario.rizzolara@csusb.edu
Publications
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “La Caminata del Migrante: a social movement.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (15 June 2021).
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “Managing Irregularized Migration in Mexico: Rhetoric of a Renewed Approach.”Journal of Borderland Studies(26 August 2022).
Conference presentations and talks
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “Rethinking Migration as a Social Movement.” Conversations with PhDs, University of Kent, 15 March 2021.
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “The implementation of the New Migration Policy in Mexico: Rhetoric of a Human Rights-based Approach.” Panel: Human Rights in Latin America. International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention “Globalization, Regionalism and Nationalism: Contending Forces in World Politics”, 6-9 April 2021.
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “De la Clandestinidad a la Luz: Resilience Mechanisms Developed by Central American Migrants.” M5 Panel: Migrant Identity and Belonging. 25th Annual World Convention of the association for the Study of Nationalities, 5-8 May 2021 (online).
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “Coping with securitization: The case of Central American Migrants.” Paper presented in the Panel: “Reflecting on human and social capital: The role of soft skills for (im)mobility,” at the 18th IMISCOE Annual Conference, 7-9 July 2021.
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “Reflexiones geopolíticas sobre la guerra en Ucrania.” Panelist. Universidad Veracruza, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, 9 March 2022.
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido.” Keynote speaker, Seminario Permanente de Investigación: Temas Selectos en Migración, Trabajo y Género, Second Ediition. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, 19 May 2022.
Rosario Rizzo Lara. “Investigating the framing and making of the October 2018 Migrant Caravan.” Digitization of Migration Research Methods: Promises and Pitfalls. IMISCOE Research Methods section. Warsaw, Poland, 30 May 2022.
Invited guest lectures
“Mecanismos de Resiliencia: el caso del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica.” Guest Lecture in “Centroamérica: Migración, Derechos Humanos y Género” Upper division International Relations course, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, 18 November 2020.
“Una mirada a los mercados nostálgicos en la UE durante la contigencia global.” Programa de Estudios sobre América del Norte. Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, 21 May 2020.
“Repensando la migración como movimiento social.” Guest lecture in the course. “Vinculación 1. Centroamérica: migración y derechos humanos y género. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, 3 November 2021.
Other activities
“The October 2018 Migrant Caravan: from clandestine migration to a social movement.” Blog post, Migration and Diversity Research Center, VU Amsterdam.
Charla con Rosario Rizzo Lara. Interview. InterViú podcast, Agendamx. 4 June 2021.
“Caravana de personas en movilidad.” Podcast “Mas allá de las Fronteras”. 13 November 2021.
