Dr. Nadine Fernandez is a cultural anthropologist and mentor. Her research examines immigration, race and gender relations in Cuba, the Caribbean and Latin America. With the recent changes in Cuba, she is especially interested in the resurgence and effects of mass tourism on the island. Her current work focuses on the intersection of transnational immigration and tourism that results in Cubans marrying foreigners and moving abroad.

She works with students in fully online courses and independent studies on topics related to Latin American and Caribbean cultures, gender and family, diversity, immigration and a wide range of studies in cultural anthropology. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, camping and baking bread.

Degrees

  • B.A. in Urban Studies, American History from University of Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from University of California
  • M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from University of California

Awards

  • SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2015
  • ESC Susan H. Turben Award, Excellence in Scholarship, 2014
  • SUNY/UUP Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Leave Program Award, 2007

Publications

  • Groes, Christian and Nadine T. Fernandez (eds.) 2018. Intimate Mobilities: Sexual Economies, Marriage, and Migration in a Disparate World. New York: Berghahn Books.
  • Fernandez, Nadine. 2018. The Masculine and Moral Self – migration narratives of Cuban husbands in Scandinavia In (eds.) Christian Groes and Nadine T. Fernandez, Intimate Mobilities: Sexual Economies, Marriage, and Migration in a Disparate World. New York: Berghahn Books.
  • Fernandez, Nadine. 2014. Fernandez, Nadine T. and Tina G. Jensen. Intimate Contradictions: Comparing the Impact of Danish Family Unification Laws on Pakistani and Cuban Marriage Migrants. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies 40 (7): 1136-1153. DOI:10.1080/1369183X.2013.854692
  • Fernandez, Nadine. 2013. Moral boundaries and national borders: Cuban marriage migration to Denmark. Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture 20(3) 270-287. DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2013.806266
  • Fernandez, Nadine. 2010. Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial couples in contemporary Cuba. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

  • Fernandez, Nadine T. and Katie Nelson (eds.) 2022. Gendered Lives: Global Issues (an open access textbook). SUNY Press & American Anthropological Association.