Melissa Hurtado Nuez - Ph.D. Student

Melissa Hurtado Nuez (she/her) is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Sociology at Rice University. Melissa is a 2024 BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellow and a Trainee with the Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program. Her research interests include gun culture, immigration, and health. She is originally from Havana, Cuba.

Research Areas

Gun culture; gun violence prevention; immigration

Education

M.A. in Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University, 2024

B.A. in Statistics, Hunter College, 2021

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