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Yolanda Hernández Albújar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Philosophy at Loyola University, specializing in Gender & Migration, Transnational Families, and Qualitative Methodologies. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master's in Latin American Studies from the University of Gainesville, and a BA in Education from the Universitat de Barcelona.
Her research focuses on gender dynamics in conflict zones, forced migration, and climate change impacts, with fieldwork in Syria, Lebanon, Italy, and Honduras. She leads projects analyzing transnational family structures and climate migration intentions in Copán, Honduras. She is co-Principal Investigator on two major grants: one examining psychosocial well-being in transnational families and another exploring climate change perceptions.
Key contributions include edited books like Migrant Scholars Researching Migration (Routledge, 2024) and upcoming work on Transnational Families (Tirant lo Banch). She serves on editorial boards for Visual Studies, World Food Policy, and Fomento Social.
Her recent publications emphasize gendered experiences in war (Syria/Palestine/Ukraine comparisons), pandemic childbirth experiences, and domestic labor conflicts during confinement. She critiques state responses to refugees, highlighting hypermasculine war narratives and intersectional barriers faced by displaced women.
