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Patricia Fernández-Kelly is a Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, serving as Director of the Center for Migration and Development and Associate Director of the Effron Center for the Study of America. She is also a Research Associate at the Office of Population Research. Her work focuses on international economic development, gender dynamics, urban ethnography, and migration studies. Fernández-Kelly’s research has examined labor conditions in Mexico’s maquiladora program, transnational immigrant organizations, and the intersection of state policies with urban poverty. She has authored influential books like *The Hero’s Fight* (2016), which analyzes systemic marginalization of African Americans in Baltimore, and co-produced the Emmy-winning documentary *The Global Assembly Line*.
Her recent projects include studying Cuban-American working-class communities in South Florida. Key awards include the C. Wright Mills Finalist Award (2016) and an Emmy Award. Fernández-Kelly’s scholarship bridges ethnographic fieldwork with critical analysis of global economic systems and state institutions. She has collaborated with institutions like Berghahn Books and Rutgers University Press, producing interdisciplinary works on migration, race, and labor.
- Key Roles: Director of Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University
- Research Themes: Urban poverty, transnational migration, gender and class dynamics, ethnographic methodologies
- Current Work: Book project on Cuban-American working-class experiences in South Florida
