Faculty
Cristian L. Paredes, PhD
Title/s: Associate Professor, Director of the Interdisciplinary Race and Ethnicity Program
Specialty Area: Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Social Inequality, Latin America
Office #: Coffey 430
Phone: 773.508.3460
Email: cparedes@luc.edu
CV Link: C. Paredes CV (July 2023)
About
Cristian L. Paredes is a sociologist who studies ethnic and racial issues, immigration, and social inequality in the U.S. and Latin America. His scholarship integrates theoretical and analytic insights from U.S. sociology and demography with interdisciplinary and international perspectives on ethnicity, race, inequality, and culture. His most recent work explores the social significance of fear of crime in Central America, and trust in a variety of institutions in different Latin American countries. Dr. Paredes was born and grew up in Lima, Peru. He has lived in the United States since 2003.
Degrees
PhD, Sociology
University of Texas at Austin. 2017
MA, Sociology
University of Houston, 2009
Bachiller, Business Administration
Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru), 1999
Selected Publications
Paredes, Cristian L., and Keyla Navarrete. 2023. “Gang Activity in the Neighborhood: Fear of Assault or Robbery in the Northern Triangle.” International Journal of Sociology 53(1): 1-35.
Paredes, Cristian L., and Kyle Woolley. 2022. “¿Agua para todos? Differences in Access to Clean Water and a Bathroom at Home by Ethno-Racial Characteristics in Contemporary Peru.” Sociology of Development 8(4): 450-84.
Paredes, Cristian L. 2022. “Is Openness in Taste Directly Associated with Tolerance? Exploring a Relationship between Openness in Taste in Leisure Consumption and Attitudes toward Immigrants.” Humanity & Society 46(2): 170-201.
Paredes, Cristian L. 2019. “Catholic Heritage, Ethno-Racial Self-Identification, and Prejudice against Haitians in the Dominican Republic.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 42(12): 2143-66.
Paredes, Cristian L. 2018. “Multidimensional Ethno-Racial Status in Contexts of Mestizaje: Ethno-Racial Stratification in Contemporary Peru.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4: DOI: 10.1177/2378023118762002.
Interview:
Voces del Español, program conducted by Dr. Érika Erdely at UNAM Chicago (in Spanish). Interview 63: Ethnic and racial categories in Spanish in the U.S.: https://youtu.be/DRhyvvfyVmY
