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Christina Cano

Ph.D. Student | Sociology and African American Studies
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Christina Cano is a Miami-raised Latine researcher, writer, and artist interested in race, urbanism, settler colonialism, policing, and political economy. They have a B.A. with honors in Sociology and Creative Writing from the University of Chicago and are currently a Ph.D. student in Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University, whose mixed methods research on municipal redistricting and policing with the UChicago Justice Project resulted in co-authored publications in Social Problems and The University of Chicago Law Review. Their current research examines the relationship between urbanization, racial capitalism, and carceral geographies.

Graduate Fellow, 2022-2023

Graduate Fellow Coordinator, 2023-2024

Pedagogy Fellow, 2024-2025