Eduardo González is an Assistant Professor of Border Studies and Communication at San Diego State University (fall 2024). His research focuses on smartphone use among transient refugee communities in Latin America and the Middle East, with an emphasis on Central American refugees in Mexico and Syrian refugees in Turkey.
González’s research employs multilingual (English, Spanish, Turkish, and Arabic) and multimodal methods to understand how refugees in transit employ technology for socioeconomic mobility, cultural acclimation, general wellbeing and survival. His work also considers the legal and political implications of the United States and European Union, respectively, in broader migratory processes.
González's research is published in communication and media studies, and education journals, and has been featured by US and Mexican media outlets, including The Los Angeles Times, NBC, Telemundo, and El Financiero. His research has received funding from San Diego State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford University, UC Berkeley, New York University, San Francisco State University, and has participated in two Fulbright Fellowships (Turkey 2015-16; Mexico 2023-24).
Prior to joining SDSU, González received his PhD and MA in Communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, a MA in Politics from New York University, and his BA in Political Science and International Relations, with a minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies from San Francisco State University.
