Gabriel Rojas
Gabriel Rojas Double B.A., Sociology (with distinction) and Economics, Yale University, 2019
M.A., Sociology, University of Chicago, 2025
Email Interests:

Crime, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Organizations, Stratification, Urban Sociology

Doctoral Student (2023); Mansueto Institute Urban Doctoral Fellow

Gabriel Rojas is a third-year Ph.D. student in Sociology at the University of Chicago and a Research Assistant with the UChicago Justice Project. His research focuses on public safety technologies, social movements, and urban private-public partnerships. He uses mixed-methods and theoretically critical approaches to assess how power operates through public institutions, private entities, and communities.

Recent Research / Recent Publications

Recent Publications

Vargas, Robert, Lauren Hagani†, and Gabriel Rojas†. 2025. “The Political Economy of Policing.” Annual Review of Law and Social Science 21 (Volume 21, 2025): 489–507.

† Indicates equal contribution among co-authors.