Carlos Martinez

Carlos Martinez is an assistant professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at UC Santa Cruz, with expertise in medical anthropology; public health; migration and health; deportation and asylum; addiction, drug war policies, and harm reduction; carcerality and abolition; colonial and decolonial science and medicine; Latinxs and environmental health; and Mexico and Central America. His research lies at the intersection of medical anthropology, public health, and Latinx/Latin American studies, and examines the health consequences and sociocultural implications of migrant policing, deportation, our fractured asylum system, environmental injustice, and the global War on Drugs.

Last modified: Feb 25, 2024