Maria Escobar

Maria Escobar, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Albright College, located in Selwyn 206. She can be reached at mescobar@albright.edu. Her research focuses on the Sociology of Race, Immigration Studies, and Qualitative Sociology, exploring topics such as the geographies of inclusion/exclusion for Hispanic youth and comparative citizenship frameworks. She teaches courses including Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Race, and Race and the School to Prison Pipeline.

Her scholarly contributions include publications in Rural Sociology and chapters in the Oxford Encyclopedia of International Criminology, reflecting her engagement with interdisciplinary social science research.