Ruth Hernández

Ruth Marleen Hernández is a Lecturer in Sociology at Skidmore College who researches gender, migration, and Latinx communities through performance-based methodologies. Her current project examines how Mexican migrant families sustain transnational connections via social justice theater.

Hernández integrates activist experience from Mexican and US NGOs into her teaching, particularly in her course SOC 251D: Latinx Communities. This course partners with the Saratoga Immigration Coalition (SIC) to develop student applied sociology skills while addressing local migrant inequities.

Her pedagogy draws from personal experiences as a first-generation Mexican immigrant and working-class background, informing her mentorship approach for marginalized students.