Teaching
Dr. Leguizamón teaches courses concerned with the study of society and the environment. From a sociological perspective, she encourages students to think critically on the social dynamics of power that determine the nature of socio-environmental relations.
Environmental Sociology
SOCI 2600 · Undergraduate
Explores the dynamic interactions between social systems and ecosystems. Students use their sociological imagination to examine the social origins of, impacts of, and responses to major environmental challenges, from food production and distribution to climate change.
Climate Action and Development in Latin America
SOCI 6013 · Upper-level undergraduate and graduate seminar — Coming Spring 2027
Examines Latin America’s dual role in climate politics: an extractive frontier feeding a warming planet and a testing ground for the responses called climate action. Students analyze how the region’s place in global commodity chains shapes both the drivers of climate change and the debates over what a just response requires.
Sustainable Development in Latin America
SOCI 6650 · Upper-level undergraduate and graduate seminar
Examines the meanings and models of sustainable development in Latin America. Students analyze the region’s development models, debates, critiques, and alternatives to extractivism.
Sociology of Food and Agriculture
SOCI 6112 · Upper-level undergraduate and graduate seminar
Examines conventional and alternative agri-food systems from a sociological perspective, with a focus on the Gulf South and Latin America. Students analyze the power dynamics that sustain, and challenge, the way food is produced and distributed.