Alexandria Vasquez

Professor Vasquez is the founder and director of Herderin, the design adviser to Fibershed, and a part-time adjunct faculty in the sociology department at The University of San Francisco. She has been working for the last six years to develop a socio-emotional model for regenerative and sustainable design theory and practice. She earned a PhD in sociology from Brandeis University in 2019.

• Work
• Organizational theory
• Medicine and health
• Sustainable design
• Economic sociology

• Work and occupations
• Organizations
• Medical sociology
• Socio-emotional design theory & practice

• Brandeis University, PhD in Sociology, 2019
• Virginia Commonwealth University, MS in Sociology, 2012
• The New School, BA in Liberal Arts, 2009

• Founder & Creative Director, Herderin
• Part-time Faculty in Sociology, Mill College
• Teaching Fellow in Sociology, Brandeis University
• Part-time Faculty in Sociology, Drexel University

• Brandeis University Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, 2014
• Virginia Commonwealth University Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2011

• Sharone, O., and A. Vasquez. 2015. “Sociology as a Strategy of Support for Long-Term Unemployed Workers.” The American Sociologist. (47)1.

• Conrad, P, J. Bandini and A. Vasquez. 2016. “Illness and the Internet: From Private to Public Experience.” Health (London). 20(1):22-32.

• Sharone, O., R. Ghayad and A. Vasquez, et. al. 2015. “Supporting Experienced Long-Term Unemployed Professionals.” Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century edited by Carl Vanhorn, Todd Green and Tammy Edward. Federal Reserve. Washington D.C.