Bernardo Vargas

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Bernardo R. Vargas is originally from Mexico City and immigrated to Houston, TX, at the age of eight. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy in the Philosophy and Religion department at the University of North Texas. He is a Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellow in the Climate and Environmental Justice Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Working Group, which aims to reveal how Latina/o/x communities confront environmental injustices and adapt to extreme climate events. His primary interdisciplinary research areas contribute to environmental justice, critical philosophy of race, social-political philosophy, and Latinx Studies. His research centers on questions of oppression and liberation, particularly regarding racial identity, racism, and environmental justice as they relate to Mexican Americans and Latinxs in the US.