Contact Information
3120 Lincoln Hall
Urbana, IL 61801
M/C 454
Office Hours
Research Interests
Queer and Feminist Activism
LGBTQ+ Violence
Latinx Migration and Diaspora
Transnational Gender and Sexualities
Education
Sociology, M.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sociology, B.A. from the University of Central Florida
Courses Taught
SOC 101: Sociology of Gender – Fall 2019, Fall 2021
SOC 170: Integration, Assimilation, and Multiculturalism: America's Immigrant Society – Spring 2020
SOC 350: Technology and Society – Spring 2020
SOC 378: Sociology of Law – Spring 2020
SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology – Spring 2021
SOC 196: Introduction to U.S. Law And Legal Institutions – Spring 2022
GWS/AAS 275: The Politics of Fashion – Fall 2022
GWS/SOC 202: Sexualities – Spring 2023
Highlighted Publications
Tillewein, Heather and Namrata Shokeen, Presley Powers, Amaury J. Rijo Sanchez, Sasha Sandles-Palmer, Kristen Desjarlais. 2023. “Silencing the Rainbow: Prevalence of LGBTQ+ Students Who Do Not Report Sexual Violence.” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 20(3): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032020
Rijo Sanchez, Amaury. 2021. "Book Review: Expanding the Rainbow: Exploring the Relationships of Bi+, Polyamorous, Kinky, Ace, Intersex, and Trans People." Teaching Sociology 49(3): 309-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X211023695