Emily Celeste Vázquez Enríquez

Professor Vázquez's forthcoming book, Border Biomes: Ecological Imaginaries of Mexico's Edges (Vanderbilt University Press), examines 20th- and 21st-century Mexican, Indigenous Latinx, and Mexican American literature that engages with the ecological realities of geopolitical boundaries in Central and North America. Bridging border and migration studies with ecocriticism, Border Biomes reframes the study of borders by centering their dynamic, multilayered ecologies.

Her research explores ecopolitics in transnational contexts, analyzing the relationships between migrants, border communities, and border ecosystems, as well as the forms of environmental racism that emerge in migration settings. Central to her research are animal and plant studies, areas in which she has published in various peer-reviewed journals, often considering the multispecies relationships that arise from contexts of mass displacement within the current frameworks of climate change and other environmental pressures.