Cristián Doña-Reveco is director of the Julian Samora Research Institute (JSRI) and an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. His research examines international migration in the Americas and Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest, with particular attention to public representations and attitudes toward immigrants, South American and Chilean migration policy, and the effects of crises on Latino and Latin American immigrant communities. He employs oral histories and life stories, qualitative media analysis, policy and archival research, and quantitative methods. His work has appeared in journals including International Migration, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, the Bulletin of Latin American Research, and Latin American Perspectives, as well as in edited volumes and technical reports. He teaches courses on international migration and Latin American sociology. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology and history (Michigan State University, 2012), a master’s degree in sociology (Michigan State University, 2007), a master’s degree in political science with a concentration in international relations (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2007), and an undergraduate degree in sociology from the Universidad de Chile (2002).
Recent Publications
Hahn, J. Hoffnung-Garskof, J. & Doña-Reveco, C. (2026). Temporary welcome, permanent exclusion: Haitian migrants and the barriers to settlement in Chile. Pressing Issues in Latin America. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21401017
Doña-Reveco, C. & *Cuellar, M. (2026). Latino-owned businesses in Omaha during COVID-19: Vulnerability, support, and structural inequality. Latino Studies. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-026-00566-1
Doña-Reveco, C. (2025). El Encanto de los datos: Sociodemografía de la inmigración en Chile según el Censo de 2002. In Reseña bibliográfica: Migración internacional en la agenda de derechos y El encanto de los datos: sociodemografía de la inmigración en Chile según el censo de 2002. Una relectura a modo de homenaje a su autor, Jorge Martínez Pizarro. Notas de Población, LII (121), 251–255.
Zuleta Buschmann, A. & Doña-Reveco, C. (2025). ¿Son aplicables las teorías sobre actitudes hacia los inmigrantes del Norte Global en el contexto latinoamericano? Migraciones: Publicación Del Instituto Universitario De Estudios Sobre Migraciones, 65. https://doi.org/10.14422/mig.22989.026
Liberona, N., Corona, M., & Doña-Reveco, C. (2025). Autonomous strategies of migrant resistance to the pandemic’s economic repercussions. Latin American Perspectives, 52(1): 53–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X241312111
