Alex Mireles
DOCTORAL CANDIDATE in FEMINIST STUDIES
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Introduction to Gender & Power
Global Feminisms & Social Justice
Women, Representation, & Cultural Production
Women of Color Feminisms
Sex, Love, and Romance
Women's Labors
RECENT AWARDS
2024-25 Graduate Division Central Fellowship
Division of Social Sciences and Humanities. University of California Santa Barbara
2023-24 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Crossing Latinidades Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship
Research working group on Latinx Sound Culture Studies.
University of Illinois, Chicago
EDUCATION
2026 (expected)
Ph.D. in Feminist Studies
Department of Feminist Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
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2022
M.A. in Feminist Studies
Department of Feminist Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
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2017
B.S. in Business Administration, cum laude
School of Management, Simmons University
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Queer and Latinx Fashion, Media, and Popular Cultures
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Aesthetics and Theories of Excess
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Queer of Color Critique, Cultural Production, Labor, and Capitalism
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QTBIPOC Histories and Futures
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Women of Color and Black Feminist Theory
RECENT PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
2024
"Engendering Carcerality: An Introduction"
Gender & History
Eileen Boris, Sara M. Butler, and Alex Mireles, “Engendering Carcerality: An Introduction,” Gender & History 36, no. 3 (October 2024): 807–23, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12822.
2024
"Sonic Homes: The Sonic/Racial Intimacy of Black and Brown Banda Music in Southern California"
SoundingOut! Blog
Hinojos, Sarah and Alex Mireles, “Sonic Homes: The Sonic/Racial Intimacy of Black and Brown Banda Music in Southern California,” Sounding Out! (blog), October 7, 2024, https://soundstudiesblog.com/2024/10/07/26336/.
2024
"Thumbing: Un/Organized Curatotial Labor and Queer Chicanx Paisa Aesthetics as Digital Artifacts"
Research Presentation
Panel. National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference
Detroit, MI.
2024
"Queer Paisa Sounds: Mexicanidad and Queer Affect in a New Generation of Corridos and Rancheras"
Research Presentation
​Panel. Latina/o Studies Association Conference
Arizona State University
2023
"Vaquero Softness: Paisa Aesthetics in Digital Space and Queering the Algorithm as Utopian Praxis"
Research Presentation
Panel. National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference
Denver, CO.