Alejandro Sandoval

Alejandro Sandoval is a rising sophomore at the University Chicago born in Mexico and raised in Miami studying Philosophy and Sociology. He is passionate about studying philosophical insights into the processes of discrimination in modern society, as well as the sociological roots of varying degrees of discrimination and integration experienced by different immigrant groups. Growing up as a Mexican immigrant in Miami, observing disparities in systemic treatment and material conditions across different immigrant populations has driven his passion to investigate the intersection between sociology, philosophy, and the experiences of immigrants in the United States. He is excited to utilize his passion and curiosity for these subjects to assist ABF Post-Doctoral Fellow Hardeep Dhillon on her research on the legal history of the exclusion of South Asian immigrants in the United States. He also hopes to continue learning languages past English, Spanish, and Arabic to be able to expand his investigation of the treatment of underrepresented diasporas in the United States.