Tara Fiorito is a critically engaged sociologist and ethnographer who wrote her PhD on the politicization, emancipation, subjectivity and agency of undocumented Latino youth in Los Angeles (UvA). Her research background, interests, and expertise include topics such as migration, refugees, diversity, inclusivity, emancipation, identity/subjectivity, social movements, and urban geographies and -dynamics.
She mostly uses critical-, feminist- and decolonial theory and engages in theatre projects with migrants and refugees in the Netherlands and the United States. As part of her commitment to engaged scholarship she co-directed (with Dirk Eisema) the documentary film Undocumented and Unafraid in Los Angeles.
Tara is involved as post-doc for the Engaged Scholarship and Narratives of Change research project. Her postdoctoral research focuses on challenges and opportunities for promoting refugees social inclusion through engaged scholarship in South Africa and the United States.
