Daniel E. Martinez, PhD

Daniel E. Martínez, PhD, is a Distinguished Scholar and associate professor in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He serves as a co-director of the Binational Migration Institute in the Department of Mexican American Studies.

Dr. Martínez's research and teaching interests include race and ethnicity, undocumented immigration and criminalization. He has conducted extensive research on deportations and undocumented border crosser deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. He has also conducted research on occupational hazards among farmworkers as well as substance abuse among adolescents.

His current research focuses on three areas: Latina/o/x panethnicity; the relationship between so-called "sanctuary" policies and public safety; and the ecological correlates of officer-involved shootings and violent crime. Dr. Martínez's research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Sociological Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Justice Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, and International Migration Review, among others.

Dr. Martínez is an affiliate of the School of Government and Public Policy, the Mexican American Studies Department, the School of Geography, Development & Environment, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the SBS Human Rights Practice Program.