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Dr. Sarah Blue

  • Professor - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Geography

Univ of California-Los Angeles, 2004

Master's Degree

MA in Geography

Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1996

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Geography and Philosophy

University of Denver, 1992

  • Blue, Sarah A. US-Mexico Immigration Policy: Effects and Effectiveness, Verena and Kenneth J. Wilson Latin American Research Award, Texas State University, $500. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: January 2025 - March 2025). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A (Principal). Conference: Mapping and Empowerment: The Role of Geography in promoting diversity in an increasingly divided society, National Science Foundation, Federal, $49811. (Submitted: December 24, 2022, Funded: May 2023 - March 2024). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Devine, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. Build and Broaden: Geographies of Migration and (In)Security, National Science Foundation, Federal, $500155. (Submitted: March 1, 2022, Funded: September 1, 2022 - August 30, 2026). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Barnes, Mark (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. NSF Grant “Build and Broaden: Positioning Geography at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions”, National Science Foundation, Federal, $76323. (Submitted: September 5, 2019, Funded: July 15, 2020 - December 31, 2022). Grant.
  • Blue, Sarah A. The U.S.-Cuban Rapprochement and its Implications for the Cuban Food System, AAG Research Grant, $500. (Funded: 2017). Grant.
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  • Blue, S. A., Hartsell, A., Blue, S. A., & Hartsell, A. R. (2025). Producing “Illegality”: The Racialization of Mexican and Central American Asylum Seekers in the United States. Geographical Review, 115(3), 307–328. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2023.2226174
  • Armina, E., & Blue, S. A. (2024). Evaluating the Use of Humanitarian Parole as a Border Management Strategy in the United States. Migration and Diversity, 3(4), 319–334. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.33182/md.v3i4.3438
  • 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., 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
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies, Texas State University. August 2024 - June 2027
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Wrigley-Fairchild Award for the best paper published in the Geographical Review, Geographical Review. October 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Research Funding and Sponsored Programs, College of Liberal Arts. August 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Professor Award, Graduate Student Forum. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2015
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  1. President

    Conference of Latin American Geographers

  2. Vice President

    Race, Ethnicity, and Place Organization

  3. Officer

    American Association of Geographers Nominating Committee

  4. Member

    Neighborhood Resource Leader

  5. Chair

    Fulbright Liaison

  6. Undergraduate Advisor

    Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG)

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