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Contact Information

4070-4071 Lincoln Hall
702 South Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801

Office Hours

Available for Appointment by Email
Graduate Fellow
Graduate Instructor

Biography

Michael Klajbor is a San Jose, California native, as well as an alumnus of University of Nevada, Reno. His research is primarily focused on border enforcement on the U.S./Mexico borderlands and the interrogation of racism and xenophobia within U.S. immigration policy. In particular, he has focused on legal texts as sites of rhetorical citizenship-making, as well as studying activist resistance to enforcement activities.

 

Research Interests

Border Rhetorics; Critical Geographies; Immigration Policy; Critical Cultural Rhetoric

Education

M.A., Communication Studies, University of Nevada-Reno

 

Awards and Honors

2021 - 2024: Graduate College Fellow

2022: NCA Activism and Social Justice Top Paper Award

2020: Outstanding Fellow Award - Illinois Summer Pre-doctoral Institute

2020: Illinois Summer Pre-doctoral Institute Fellow

 

Courses Taught

CMN 220: Communicating Public Policy

CMN 340: Visual Politics

CMN 111/112: Oral and Written Communication I/II

Additional Campus Affiliations

GEO Union Co-President (AFT Local 6300)