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Faculty


Marysol Asencio

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies & Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
Interim Director, Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (IPRLS)

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 1058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1058

Phone: (860) 486-4177
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: marysol.asencio@uconn.edu


Educational Background:

M.P.H., Dr.P.H., Columbia University, 1994
B.A., Hunter College


Research Interests:

Latina/os, Gender, Sexualities, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Race, Im(migration), Social and Health Inequalities, and Qualitative Research Methods.

Selected Publications:
  • Asencio, Marysol (editor). 2010. Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices and Policies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
  • Asencio, Marysol and Juan Battle (editors). 2010. Black and Latina Sexuality and Identities. Special Issue of Black Women, Gender, and Families 4 (1).
  • Asencio, Marysol and Juan Battle (editors). 2010. Black and Latina/o Sexualities Research. Special Issue of Sexuality Research and Social Policy 7 (2).

Peer Reveiwed Articles:

  • Asencio, Marysol. 2011. “Locas,” Respect, and Masculinity: Gender Conformity in Migrant Puerto Rican Gay Masculinities. Gender & Society 25(3):335-354.
  • Asencio, Marysol. 2009. Migrant Puerto Rican Lesbians Negotiating Gender, Sexuality and Ethno-nationality. National Women’s Studies Association Journal 21(3):1-23. (Lead article)
  • Asencio, Marysol and Katie Acosta. 2009. Migration, Gender Conformity, and Social Mobility among Puerto Rican Sexual Minorities. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 6(3):34-43.