Arturo Avalos

Graduate Student

Anthropology

Email

aavalos@smu.edu

Office Location

Heroy Hall 428B

Phone

214-768-8542

BA Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder
MA Anthropology, San Diego State University

I attended undergrad at Rio Hondo College before transferring to CU-Boulder and then doing study abroad in Regensburg, Germany before the pandemic began. As a result of the pandemic, I had to come home early, but the experience definitely left an impact on me. Mainly, it inspired a curiosity about transmigration among Mexicans to Germany and vice versa. This was further reinforced by my own family's history of migration. As a result, my MA-thesis focused on Germans in the Municipality of Chapala, where my family is from. I hope to look at Mexicans in Germany for my PhD and their formation of place and identity, as well as potential generational differences between newly arrived migrants and their offspring.

Entered program in 2024

Region of Study:

   Latin America, Europe