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Marta Ascherio, Ph.D.

College of Liberal Arts and Social SciencesSociologyAssistant ProfessorFacultyFull Time
Contact
mascherio@depaul.edu
Office
990 W. Fullerton Ave., 1109

BIO

Marta Ascherio is an Assistant Professor of Sociology. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on immigration and the criminal legal system and introduction to social statistics. In her main areas of research, Ascherio uses administrative records and survey data to dig deep into the criminological consequences of immigration and immigration policies, and to better understand when and under what circumstances people report violence to the police. In addition, she is interested in the social and political construction of racial and ethnic identity.

Ascherio has a BA in Political Science and an MSc in Community Development and Applied Economics from the University of Vermont. She earned a PhD in Sociology from University of Texas at Austin in 2022. Prior to working at DePaul, she spent four years as an Assistant Professor at Illinois State University.

Research Interests

international migration, criminology, race and ethnicity

Publications

Ascherio, Marta. 2026. “Creating Community and Belonging for Faculty and Students.” Latino Studies Journal. Open access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41276-026-00563-4

Ascherio, Marta and Maria Carolina Aragão. 2025. “Black, White, or Multiracial? How Sociopolitical Context Shapes Racial Labels.” Socius.

Weitzman, Abigail, Julia Behrman, and Marta Ascherio. 2023. “Quantitative Data Availability and Measurement of U.S. Immigrant and Immigration Policies: IMR Methods Note.” International Migration Review.

Ascherio, Marta. 2023. “An Intersectional Analysis of System Avoidance.” Gender & Society.

Ascherio, Marta. 2022. “Do Sanctuary Policies Increase Crime? Contrary Evidence from a County-Level Investigation in the United States.” Social Science Research. 

  • 2020 Cristina Maria Riegos Student Paper Award, Latino/a Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
  • Media Coverage: KVUE, KUT, KERA, and Telemundo

McMahon, Edward, Kojo Busia, and Marta Ascherio. 2013. “Comparing Peer Reviews: The Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council and the African Peer Review Mechanism.” Journal of African and Asian Studies.

McMahon, Edward and Marta Ascherio. 2012. “A Step Ahead in Promoting Human Rights? The Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council.” Global Governance.