Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
Miranda Martinez
Assistant Professor
Puerto Rican & Latino Studies
Brooklyn College
1204 Boylan Hall
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 951-5561
mmartinez@brooklyn.cuny.edu
An assistant professor of Puerto Rican & Latino Studies, Miranda Martinez’s work focuses on community-based movements and the Latino experience of urban space. Her current research looks at the experience of indebtedness in minority communities. Urban Sociology, U.S. Latino Experience, Community Development and Sociology of Consumption are focus areas of Martinez’s research.
Books and publications about Brooklyn/New York City in the last 5 years:
- "Power at the Roots: Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side." (Fall 2010, Lexington Books). (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
- "Attack of the Butterfly Spirits: The Impact of Movement Framing by Community Garden Preservation Activists." Social Movement Studies Volume 8, Issue 4. (November 2009). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Miranda Martinez's Brooklyn College Faculty Profile
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