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ECU Professor of Sociology, Director of Center for
Diversity and Inequality Research
Areas of Expertise: Field study of the United States Border Patrol focusing upon issues concerning undocumented workers, illegal drugs, and international security. Whether the 2,000-mile barrier project along the U.S./Mexico border is working.
Selected Publications and Papers:
The Fence, (Texas Tech University), coming in March, is based on interviews Maril conducted with border residents, military men, government contractors, patrol agents, Minutemen, activists and others.
Patrolling Chaos: The United States Border Patrol in Deep South Texas (2004).
Waltzing with the Ghost of Tom Joad, University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.
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