Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar

Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, within the College of Liberal Arts. Her research focuses on the intersections of mobility, religion, race, and gender in the urban Mediterranean, particularly examining how migration and religious changes reshape European belonging and political solidarity.

• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2010

Her work explores topics such as:

• Migrant experiences in Spain, including elderly return migrants, new African migrants, and Spanish youth emigrants.
• European conversions to Islam, analyzing gender, kinship, and global travel dynamics.
• Urban design and hospitality toward Middle Eastern migrants in Scandinavia.

Her publications reveal trends in migration studies, religious conversion, and the gendered/racial dimensions of multiculturalism. She teaches courses on cultural anthropology, gender, Europe, and global migration.