Biography:

Gerard Sandoval is an academic expert in immigration, urban planning and undocumented workers, especially related to the Latino/a immigrant community. He studies the effects of urban redevelopment on immigrant neighborhoods, specifically gentrification, displacement, infrastructure, marginal communities, low income housing and the socio-economic implications of development in immigrant communities.

Recent Media:

• Is LA able to host the 2028 Olympics? (Newsweek, Jan. 26, 2025)
• Oregon Senate Confirms Gerardo Francisco Sandoval as Land Conservation and Development Commissioner (University of Oregon College of Design, Dec. 6, 2019)
• Policy and Planning Trio Engages Diverse Communities (Oregon Quarterly, spring 2019)
• As crime and drugs recede, MacArthur Park is going upscale, and many residents feel left behind (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 25, 2018)
• Case of Guatemalans at Iowa plant reflects desperation amid globalization (Phys.org, May 21, 2015)
• In ongoing study, UO's Sandoval looks at exploitation of workers (OregonNews, May 15, 2015)
• VIDEO: Gerardo Sandoval: "Shadow Transnationalism" (The Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, April 22, 2015)
• Gerardo Sandoval honored for paper on cross-border networks (OregonNews, October 2014)