Cristian L. Paredes, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of the Interdisciplinary Race and Ethnicity Program
Cristian L. Paredes is a sociologist who studies ethnic and racial issues, immigration, and social inequality in the U.S. and Latin America. His scholarship integrates theoretical and analytic insights from U.S. sociology and demography with interdisciplinary and international perspectives on ethnicity, race, inequality, and culture. His most recent work explores the social significance of fear of crime in Central America, and trust in a variety of institutions in different Latin American countries. Dr. Paredes was born and grew up in Lima, Peru. He has lived in the United States since 2003.
Education
PhD, Sociology
University of Texas at Austin. 2017
MA, Sociology
University of Houston, 2009
Bachiller, Business Administration
Universidad del Pac铆fico (Lima, Peru), 1999
Specialty Area
Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Social Inequality, Latin America
Publications/Research Listings
Paredes, Cristian L., and Keyla Navarrete. 2023. 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; International Journal of Sociology 53(1): 1-35.
Paredes, Cristian L., and Kyle Woolley. 2022. 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Sociology of Development 8(4): 450-84.
Paredes, Cristian L. 2022. 鈥� .鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Humanity & Society 46(2): 170-201.
Paredes, Cristian L. 2019. 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Ethnic and Racial Studies 42(12): 2143-66.
Paredes, Cristian L. 2018. 鈥�.鈥� Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4: DOI: 10.1177/2378023118762002.
Interview:
Voces del Espa帽ol, program conducted by Dr. 脡rika Erdely at UNAM Chicago (in Spanish). Interview 63: Ethnic and racial categories in Spanish in the U.S.: