Alfredo is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose research interests rest at the intersection of critical race studies, urban studies, and Latinx studies. His recent research project examines how policymakers, stakeholders, residents and other urban actors mobilize racial categories in ways that advance gentrification. Drawing from archival, ethnographic, and interview data Alfredo illustrates the ways race and racism adapt to maintain racial inequality even as neighborhoods and cities become more racially diverse and majority-minority.
Alfredo is currently a lecturer for the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Jose State University. Previously, he held a UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA. In addition to a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Southern California, Alfredo also holds a master’s in urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.