Alexandria Vasquez

Alexandria is a part-time faculty member in the Sociology Department at The University of San Francisco. She has taught Introduction to Sociology, Sex & Sexualities, Social Problems, The Sociology of Health, and Career Exploration at USF. When she is not teaching, she is working on research that explores clothing and identity. She is the Founder and Owner of Herderin Studio located in San Rafael, California.

• Emotional connection to work and employment
• Experience of health & illness
• Identity & consumption
• Sociology of innovation
• Sustainable fashion movement

• Medical sociology
• Organizational theory
• Sociology of design
• Sociology of emotions
• Work & occupations

• Brandeis University, PhD in Sociology, 2019
• Virginia Commonwealth University, MS in Sociology, 2012
• The New School, BA in Liberal Arts, 2009

• Owner & Founder, Herderin
• Part-time Faculty in Sociology, Mill College
• Teaching Fellow in Sociology, Brandeis University
• Part-time Faculty in Sociology, Drexel University

• Conrad, P, J. Bandini and A. Vasquez. 2016. “Illness and the Internet: From Private to Public Experience.” Health (London). 20(1):22-32.
• Sharone, O., and A. Vasquez. 2015. “Sociology as a Strategy of Support for Long-Term Unemployed Workers.” The American Sociologist. (47)1.
• Sharone, O., R. Ghayad and A. Vasquez, et. al. 2015. “Supporting Experienced Long-Term Unemployed Professionals.” Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century edited by Carl Vanhorn, Todd Green and Tammy Edward. Federal Reserve. Washington D.C.