Faculty Profile for Dr. Sarah A Blue

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Dr. Sarah A Blue
Associate Professor — Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
ELA 332
phone: (512) 245-2170
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Jokisch, B., & Blue, S. A. (2024). Increased Family and Child Migration to the United States from Latin America and the Caribbean: the Paradox of Protecting Children’s Rights. Journal of Latin American Geography, 23(1), 100–129. https://doi.org/10.1353/lag.2024.a929689
  • Hartsell, A., & Blue, S. A. (2023). Legal Bordering of Asylum through Liminality. Political Geography, 106, 102958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102958
  • Blue, S. A., & Hartsell, A. R. (2023). Producing ‘Illegality’: The Racialization of Mexican and Central American Asylum Seekers in the United States. Geographical Review, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2023.2226174
  • Blue, S. A., Amy, T., Hilda, K., & Jason, D. (2022). Food Sovereignty and Property in Cuba and the United States. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 49(5), 1019–1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2021.1912026
  • Torres, R., Blue, S. A., Faria, C., Swanson, K., Segura, T., & Hernandez Hernandez, O. (2022). “Asylum is not for Mexicans”: Unaccompanied Youth and Racio-Governance at the US Border. Geopolitics. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2022.2086459

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Professor Award, Graduate Student Forum. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Service-Learning Initiative Faculty Fellow Award. 2012 - 2013

Selected Grants

  • Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Principal), Goldstone, Dwonna Naomi (Supporting), Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Supporting), Eger, Elizabeth Kamman (Supporting), Blue, Sarah A (Supporting), Devine, Jennifer Ann (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Supporting), Martinez, Gloria P (Supporting), Mckiernan, John Raymond (Supporting). Engaged Humanities Research Accelerator, ACLS, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $157000. (Funded: June 2022 - June 2023). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A. The U.S.-Cuban Rapprochement and its Implications for the Cuban Food System, AAG Research Grant, $500. (Funded: 2017). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A. Immigration Policy and Children’s Rights: Impacts of Repatriation of Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Mexico & Central America, Research Enhancement Program Grant, $7409. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A. Committee for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education Grant, $310. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A. Transnational Echoes: Effects of International Migration and Remittances on Cuban Society, NIU Faculty Research Grant, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, $2500. (Funded: 2010). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

President
Conference of Latin American Geographers
July 1, 2024-June 30, 2026
President
Race, Ethnicity, and Place Organization
2017-2023
Volunteer
Catholic Charities
2022-Present
Volunteer
Team Brownsville
2016-Present
Board Member
Conference of Latin American Geographers
2011-2026