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Alejandra Marchevsky was born in Argentina and raised in a bilingual, bicultural home on both coasts of the United States. She holds a B.A. in English from UC Berkeley, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan. Dr. Marchevsky has published widely on the subjects of Latina immigrants, poverty and social welfare, and globalization and immigrant labor in the Americas. Her book entitled, "Not Working: Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform" was published by New York University Press in 2006, and her writing appears in the Journal of American Studies, the Journal of Sociology and Social Work, and Contemporary Sociology. She is currently at work on two research projects: the first look ...more

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