College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty & Staff Profiles
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Name: |
Maria Aysa-Lastra |
| Title: |
Associate Professor |
| Education: |
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
M.P.P., Georgetown University
B.A., Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
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| Office: |
329 Kinard Hall |
| Phone: |
803/323-4654 |
| E-mail: |
aysalastram@winthrop.edu |
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| Area(s): |
International migration, Population, Quantitative
Methods, Stratification, Latino Populations
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Dr. Aysa-Lastra is an associate professor
of sociology at Winthrop. She received her doctorate in demography from
University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests focus on international
migration, labor stratification, social vulnerability and immigrant
integration. Her recent work focuses on Latino immigrant populations in the
United States and Spain. Aysa-Lastra has published in refereed journals such as
Rural Sociology, Journal of Refugee Studies, Journal of Family Violence,
International Journal of Population Research and Bulletin of Latin
American Research, among others. She has also published several book
chapters and has edited two books.