His research interests include Latina/o migration, U.S. cultural and military engagements in Latin America, and cultural/political theory. His developing book project, Coercive Attachments: U.S. Imaginaries of the State in Central America, explores how U.S. narratives about insurgency in 1980s Central America prefigure Americans’ anxieties about the historical purpose, function, and viability of government in the post-Cold War world. Professor Vázquez received Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in Cultural Studies and he holds a B.A. in English from Kenyon College.