Thursday, March 26th: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Walter Reuther Archives, 2nd Floor Conference Room (#200)

Dr. Lemus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. He obtained his doctoral degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. Dr. Lemus focuses on the transformative impact of labor on Mexican migrant communities. His upcoming book, Los Yarderos: Mexican Yard Workers in Transborder Chicago (2025), explores how Mexican, working-class migrants experience race, class, gender, and color hierarchies and the changing economic landscape by working as gardeners.

Dr. Lemus is currently researching the intersection of health and culture among Mexican immigrants, specifically how working-class Latinos navigate and make choices on their health. This study sheds light on the broader socioeconomic and political factors that influence how Latino/a patients are perceived and treated in the U.S.