Adolfho Romero

School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Specialization in Global Labor and Work.

Specialization in Latinx Studies, Migration and Transnational Studies. MA Essay: “¡Sí se puede! Yes, We Can! An Analysis of a Non-profit Organization and its Effectiveness. The Farmworkers Association of Florida.”

Minor in Latino and Latin American Studies. Human Resources Development. Senior Thesis on Puerto Rican displacement and gentrification.

• Spanish-language interviews with members of the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition.
• Transcription support and analysis of coalition strategies and migrant worker exclusion.
• Survey outreach for a Cornell–Syracuse University study on the Unemployment Bridge Program.

• Compiled and organized archival materials on U.S. labor and farmworker organizing.
• Supported research for a forthcoming book on union-led social movements during the Great Depression.

• Co-author on Aztlán 50th Anniversary issue on Latinx labor rights and workplace enforcement.
• Contributor to “Cities, Migrants, and Labor Conditions” chapter.
• Synthesized comparative cases across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.

• Supervised grant-funded teams and managed fieldwork initiatives including the Mississippi Delta trip.
• Co-managed the Doris Duke Revitalizing Oral History project.
• Co-taught seminars and organized public programs.

• Co-taught internship courses and led oral history training workshops.
• Managed metadata and digital collections for archival projects.

• Led outreach to improve Medicaid enrollment and community health access.

• MA internship on nonprofit effectiveness at FWAF.
• Supported pandemic response efforts including PPE distribution and testing.

• GIS mapping and spatial analysis of Latino settlement patterns.
• Developed databases and community survey instruments.

Four-day intensive on ethnographic methods, observation, interviewing, coding, and research ethics.

Interdisciplinary program on migration, labor rights, urban policy in the Mediterranean region with site visits.

Supported Dr. Paul Ortiz’s presentation and met with Beacon Press editors regarding dissertation framing.

Interdisciplinary meetings on migration research and peer feedback. Co-sponsored by CPC and Brooks School.

• Graded essays and facilitated discussions on labor movements and migration.
• Managed Canvas materials and held student meeting hours.

• Facilitated classroom discussions on U.S. labor history and organizing.
• Provided detailed feedback on assignments.

• Introduced community based oral history methodologies and public-facing research.
• Produced interviews and digital outputs with partner organizations.

M. Simmons, A. Hamilton, A. Davis, W. Dyer, C. J. Philippe, J. Heady, P. Houck, A. Romero, R. A. Cordova, D. Hendrix, P. Ortiz, S. Moeller, & K. Tang.

• Ortiz, P. (2025). Labor Studies Journal — research assistance.
• Mattson, I., Mahar, G., & Durant, F. (2023). SOURCE — Doris Duke project team.
• Concha-Holmes, A. D., et al. (2025). Ground Works Journal — archival research and production support.
• Anastario, M., et al. (2022). Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health — life-history interviews.

Interviews documenting reactions to elimination of DEI positions and SB 266 impacts.