Gabrielle Cabrera

Gabrielle Cabrera is a César Chávez Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College's Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies. Her research focuses on undocumented migrants in rural California, particularly the sociocultural dimensions of citizenship waiting processes. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rutgers University (2024) and a B.A. from the University of California, Merced (2017).

Research Interests:

• Anthropology of kinship structures
• Agricultural labor dynamics and social movements
• Gender studies with a focus on affect and desire
• Ethnographic methodologies and narrative production

Awards & Funding:

• César Chávez Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dartmouth College)
• Wenner-Gren Foundation grant
• National Science Foundation support
• Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund award

Advising & Grants: Currently no advisees listed. Research supported by multi-institutional funding streams focusing on migration and labor studies.