Julio Fernando Salas Vargas leaning forward with his hands clasped, sitting on the gray brick front steps of a building. He has short black hair, a short beard, and wears round black glasses, a black windbreaker, light jeans, and white sneakers.

I am a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Centering Latin-American origin immigrant families, my research interests lie at the intersections of immigration, culture, emotion, race & ethnicity, inequality, and health. I am interested in the most intimate aspects of immigrant family life and how members navigate society’s, their family’s, and their own ambivalence, taking into account their race and ethnicity, class, age and generation, and family structure. You can view my published work on my Google Scholar page. You can also visit my graduate student page here.

Updates
Oct 2024 I am a 2024-2025 Fellow for the Penn-Birmingham Transatlantic Fellowship Program
Sep 2024 Selected for 2024 Professional Development Grant for Emerging Scholars Studying Poverty and Economic Mobility among Latino Populations from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
Aug 2024 Selected to be a 2024-2025 Diversity and Community Fellow for the Office of Graduate Diversity at U.C. Berkeley