Alexandria Vasquez

Alix is a part-time faculty member in the Sociology Department at The University of San Francisco. She has taught Introduction to Sociology, Sex & Sexualities, Social Problems, The Sociology of Health, and Career Exploration at USF. She is currently working on the "Clothing the Self" study, and is the Founder and Owner of Herderin.

• Sustainability
• Health & illness
• Identity & consumption
• Sociological theory
• Qualitative methods

• Medical sociology
• Sociology of fashion
• Social [roblems
• Identity & selfhood
• Work & occupations

• Brandeis University, PhD in Sociology, 2019
• Virginia Commonwealth University, MS in Sociology, 2012
• The New School, BA in Liberal Arts, 2009

• Owner & Founder, Herderin (2018-present)
• Part-time Faculty in Sociology, Mill College (2019-2020)
• Teaching Fellow in Sociology, Brandeis University (2012-2017)
• Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013-2016)

• Vasquez, A. and Alexandra Nugent. 2027. "Clothing The Self: The Ritual of Dress and Unstable Identities." Forthcoming.
• Conrad, P, J. Bandini and A. Vasquez. 2016. “Illness and the Internet: From Private to Public Experience.” Health (London). 20(1):22-32.
• Sharone, O., and A. Vasquez. 2015. “Sociology as a Strategy of Support for Long-Term Unemployed Workers.” The American Sociologist. (47)1.
• Sharone, O., R. Ghayad and A. Vasquez, et. al. 2015. “Supporting Experienced Long-Term Unemployed Professionals.” Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century edited by Carl Vanhorn, Todd Green and Tammy Edward. Federal Reserve. Washington D.C.