Giovanni Román-Torres | Sociology PhD Candidate | University of Michigan

Teaching & Mentorship

University of the South at Sewanee

Visiting Assistant Professor: Latino Experiences in the United States (Fall 2025).

Visiting Assistant Professor: Global Migrations & Borders: The US-Mexico Border, Latin America, and Immigrant Incorporation (Spring 2025).

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Professor of record: Placing Latinos in the United States: Immigration, Racialization, and Belonging (Spring 2025).

University of Michigan

Graduate Student Instructor for SOC 303: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Winter 2022 with Professor Margo Mahan.

Graduate Student Instructor for SOC 310: Sociological Research Methods. Fall 2021 with Professor Michael Ybarra

East Los Angeles College

Guest Co-lecturer, East Los Angeles College, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Summer 2020 with Professor Eileen Ie.

Guest Co-lecturer and teacher assistant, East Los Angeles College, Introduction to Sociology. Summer 2016 with Professor Eileen Ie.

Guest Co-lecturer and teacher assistant, East Los Angeles College, Social Analyses (methods in Sociology). Summer 2016 with Professor Eileen Ie.

Courses in Development

Global Migrations & Borders: The US-Mexico Border, Latin America, and Immigrant Incorporation (advanced course)

Sociological Research Methods: Introduction to Quanlitative and Quantitative Research Approaches (introductory course)

Social Stratification: Approaches to Understanding Inequality and its Dynamics (intermediate course)

Mentorship

Sociology Opportunities for Undergraduate Leaders (SOUL), first-generation student mentorship program. 2021 -2022.

Sociology Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (SURO). Fall 2022.