Juror: Christina Gomez: Professor of Liberal Arts and Director of Academic Affairs for Diversity and Inclusion
Christina Gómez is a Professor of Liberal Arts and Director of Academic Affairs for Diversity and Inclusion. She is a sociologist, activist, and native Chicagoan whose book was recently selected for the One Campus, One Book program at the University of Alaska Southeast. Gómez told us about some of her favorite places around Chicago that inspire her. Christina Gómez’s research has concentrated on racial identity construction in the United States, discrimination, and immigration. She is the author of numerous articles that focus on skin color discrimination, construction of Latino identity, politics of bilingual education, and experiences of undocumented students in higher education. She has received many prizes and fellowships, including a Henry Luce Foundation Scholars Fellowship, National Science Foundation Fellowship, and Faculty of the Year Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019).