Contact Information
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Migrant Urbanism
South-South Migration
Urban Informality
Environmental Justice in Cities of the Global South
Urban Infrastructures
Decoloniality
Education
Ph.D., University of Denver
M.A., University of Denver
B.A., California State University, Fullerton
Courses Taught
GEOG 106 - Geographies of Globalization
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Geography and Geographic Information Science
Recent Publications
Alvarado, N. A. (2025). Nicaraguan Exiles and the Urbanization of Refuge in Costa Rica. Current History, 124(859), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2025.124.859.54
Alvarado, N. A. (2025). Urban infrastructure and migrant citizenships: Notes towards migrant-state relations in the urban peripheries. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241312886
Alvarado, N. A. (2022). Migrant Politics in the Urban Global South: The Political Work of Nicaraguan Migrants to Acquire Urban Rights in Costa Rica. Geopolitics, 27(4), 1180-1204. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2020.1777399
Alvarado, N. A. (2021). Political Infrastructures, Infrastructures of Citizenship! Self-Installed Urban Services and the Incremental Acquisition of Rights by Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica.. Manuscript in preparation.
Alvarado, N. A. (2021). Shitty Citizenships, Trashy Politics: Migrant Spaces, Racism, and Street Politics in Costa Rica.. Manuscript in preparation.