Latino Soldiers & Politics Research Project
Julio Cedillo
Undergraduate Sociology Student
Julio Cedillo was born in Tyler, Texas, and raised in San Diego, California. He is a fourth-year sociology major pursuing his bachelor's degree with a concentration in sociological research methods. Before Berkeley, he received his associate's degrees in Sociology, Chicana/o Studies, and Social & Behavioral Sciences from San Diego City College. His research agenda focuses on economic, political, and postcolonial sociology. He is currently a fellow in the Haas Scholars Program and the Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research Fellowship alongside Professor Lara-Millán .
Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz was born and raised in Chicago. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology and co-directs the Latinx Social Science Pipeline initiative and the Anticolonial Lab. Michael joined Berkeley's faculty as part of the Latinx and Democracy cluster. He received his PhD (Sociology) from Brown University, his MA (Sociology) from the University of Illinois-Chicago, and his BA (Political Science and Mexican and Caribbean Studies) from Northeastern Illinois University. His research and teaching explore the politics of race, knowledge, and temporality, primarily in Latinx communities and movements. Michael's current research focuses on Puerto Rican diasporic anticolonialism and state repression, demographic imaginaries and population politics, race and political trust, and Du Boisian sociology. With colleagues in Chicago, he co-leads Digitizing the Barrio, a Puerto Rican-focused community archive.