Robyn Rodriguez

Robyn Rodriguez’s research interests are in the areas of globalization, labor and trans/nationalisms. She is currently completing her book manuscript tentatively entitled, “Brokering Bodies: The Philippine State and the Globalization of Migrant Workers.” “Brokering Bodies” will be published by the University of Minnesota Press and is expected to be published in late 2009. Her scholarship has appeared in journals such as Signs, Citizenship Studies and the Sociological Forum. A long-time activist in the Filipino community organizing around labor, immigrant rights and women’s issues, Rodriguez is currently active in building the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON), a national network of grassroots Filipino immigrant groups.