Dr. Yalidy Matos is open to speaking engagements and appearances.
Email Yalidy.Matos@rutgers.edu
2024
Matos is interviewed by Telemundo 47 on Vice President and Democratic Nominee for President Kamala Harris’ election challenges
2024
Latinx Voters and the 2024 Presidential Election
In collaboration with The NYU LatinX Project, NYU Wagner hosted a moderated a panel discussion on April 25, 2024, focusing on the importance of the 2024 presidential election for LatinX communities and the role of LatinX voters. Hear Matos’ thoughts.
2023
At the Intersection of Afro-Latinidad and Gender
An invited research lecture at Rice University for a Representation and Identity Workshop in February & at UCLA’s Race, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society Lab in May of 2022.
2023
Prof. Matos was quoted in an Axios article about Rhode Island Latinas running for Congress
2023
Dr. Matos Comments on Biden’s State of the Union on NPR
“Biden speech acknowledges immigration and pathway to citizenship issues.” National Public Radio (NPR; Feb 8).
2022
Matos was a featured panelist in a conversation about the Latinx Vote at Smith College
Urgent Matter: Is There a Latinx Vote?, Smith College, Featured Panelist, (Feb 11).
2018
In 2018, Dr. Matos was a guest in the No Jargon Podcast
Immigration enforcement measures used to be concentrated on America’s borders. But as Professor Yalidy Matos outlines, federal agencies are increasingly partnering with local law enforcement to carry out deportations, leaving immigrant communities uncertain about their futures.
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