"According to a qualitative research study in the May 2015 journal Violence against Women, U.S. national and local policies created to stem the influx of undocumented migrants from Mexico and Latin America into the United States have led to escalating violence against women in proliferating drop houses in Arizona. These drop houses are often marked by kidnapping and sexual assault. “As migration has become corporatized and militarized, the drop houses have increasingly become places of involuntary detention where, in some cases, migrants are kept in (near) slave-like conditions,” the authors report. The researchers, who include Michelle Tellez, NAU lecturer in Ethnic Studies and Sociology..."
Arizona Humanities has announced the recipients of the 2014 Humanities Awards. The public is invited to attend the awards reception on Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center in downtown Phoenix, Arizona....
Today, we’re introducing you to Dr. Michelle Tellez, who we are sharing with Ethnic Studies...
We're deeply honored to preserve the work of Dr. Michelle Téllez. She's an interdisciplinary scholar trained in sociology, Chicana/o studies, community studies and education.
Throughout February, ASU’s Downtown and Tempe campuses hosted an accelerating social movement. This one especially is most literal in the sense of movement, as it is a bright orange van that doubles as a design lab and sound studio....
Michelle Tellez and Justine Garcia have worked late nights for nearly a year to produce the documentary “Workers on the Rise.”
Al concluir el Taller Internacional por el Derecho a Migrar Sin Violencia, la catedrática (Michelle Téllez) indicó que para los defensores de los derechos de los migrantes existe uno que es fundamental y que es precisamente el derecho a migrar. "Estas leyes que se están generalizando en todos estados de la Unión Americana, son una posición para hacer que el gobierno federal actúe ante este fenómeno, al final las leyes que proponen son inconstitucionales."
Michelle Téllez, investigadora de la Universidad de Arizona en temas de violencia contra la mujer, consideró que la militarización de sus fronteras que realizan México y Estados Unidos es la principal causa de la escalada de violencia contra los migrantes.
Michelle Tellez, assistant professor of women’s studies in the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, started working with the Border Justice events in spring 2006. She was the organizer of this year’s Border Justice series...
Each year, Border Justice addresses a theme. One year it was crime. Another year, gender. It can get pretty academic, said ASU humanities professor Michelle Téllez. This year's theme - family separation - was designed to reach out to the community...