Alicia Barceinas Cruz

Alicia Barceinas Cruz serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky, with her office located at 861 Patterson Office Tower.

Her educational qualifications include:

• PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2024)
• MPP from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago (2017)
• BSc in Biology from the School of Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2010)

Dr. Barceinas Cruz's research integrates critical geopolitical perspectives with environmental scholarship. Her work examines the complex relationships between border enforcement, migratory flows, and ecological transformations, particularly through feminist and decolonial frameworks. She investigates how environmental policies impact Indigenous communities and Latin American populations, emphasizing sustainability challenges in transnational contexts. Her methodological approach combines political ecology with multispecies studies to analyze human-environment interactions under conditions of social inequality and climate change.