Laura is a PhD candidate in History at Rutgers University, specializing in the migrations, diasporas, and mobilities of 20th-century Latin America and the Caribbean. Her dissertation, 'The Chinese in Colombia: Immigration and Nation-Building in the 20th Century,' explores the Chinese immigrant experience and cultural identity in Colombia from 1903 to 1980, covering the period from the separation of Panama to Colombia’s recognition of One China. Previously, Laura's master's research focused on Arab migration to Barranquilla (Colombia) during the first half of the 20th century. Her research questions address immigration policy, xenophobia and exclusion, identity and representations, and immigrant socialization spaces. Laura holds a M.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad del Norte.
Peer review articles:
De Moya-Guerra, Laura. “La viuda migrante de Zahlé y sus hijos: migración árabe a Barranquilla, Colombia, 1900-1945”. Península Vol. 19, Num.1, (2023): 157-178.
https://doi.org/10.22201/cephcis.25942743e.2024.19.1.87320
De Moya-Guerra, Laura Carolina, and Vidal Ortega, Antonino. “Migración árabe a Barranquilla: el caso de Elías Muvdi.” Anaquel de estudios árabes 32 (2021): 141–54. https://doi.org/10.5209/anqe.69395.
Book reviews:
De Moya-Guerra, Laura. “Freedom’s Captives. Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific.” Fronteras de la historia 28, no. 2 (2023): 372–76. https://doi.org/10.22380/20274688.2492.
De Moya Guerra, Laura Carolina. “Javier Ortiz Cassiani El Incómodo Color de La Memoria. Columnas y Crónicas de La Historia Negra. Bogotá, Ministerio de Cultura, Editorial Delfín, 2016.” Memorias no. 34 (2018): 216–20. https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.34.10580.
Awards
Joe Arbena Latin American Sport History Grant (2024) by the North American Society for Sport History.
• Gould-Saunders Memorial Travel Award (2024) by the Association of Caribbean Historians.
• CMES Small Grant (2024) by the Rutgers Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
• Seed Grant (2023) by the Rutgers Digital Humanities Initiative.
• The John Whiteclay Chambers II Oral History Graduate Student Fellowship (2022) by the Rutgers Oral Archives.
• CLAS Small Award (2021) by the Rutgers Center for Latin American Studies.
