Our Team
The Global Border Studies Research Collaborative brings together a visionary team of scholars, artists, and community partners who embody the spirit of transdisciplinary border research.
Together, we are building a model for border scholarship without borders—where science, art, and community intersect to envision more just and sustainable futures.
Co-Founder & Assistant Professor
School of Teacher Education
SDSU Imperial Valley
Vannessa Falcón-Orta
Youth participatory research, cross-border education, cultural and linguistic inclusion, transborder student support.
619 594-6091
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Co-Founder & Lecturer,
Arts & Design / Chicano Studies
SDSU Imperial Valley
Co-Founder & Assistant Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences English and Comparative Literature
SDSU Imperial Valley
Gilberto Reyes Morgan
Efren López
Visual research, storytelling advocacy, arts-based methods, community-engaged media.​
619 594-5200
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American Literature, Ethnic Literature, Chicana/o/x Literature, Digital Humanities, Public Humanities, Social Media​
626 476-6241
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Co-Founder & Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
SDSU Imperial Valley
Linda Lara Jacobo
Environmental health, transborder research, Indigenous & community-based methods, climate & labor intersections.
760 587-4151
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