Stephanie L. Canizales, PhD, is a researcher, author, and professor currently appointed to the Department of Sociology at the University of California at Merced. Stephanie’s research specializations include international migration and immigrant integration; children, youth, and families; inequality, poverty, and mobility; and race and ethnicity. Stephanie was formerly a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at the University of California at Merced (2019-2020) and an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University (2018-2019). Stephanie earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Southern California (2018).
Experience
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2020–presentAssistant Professor of Sociology, University of California at Merced
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2019–2020Chancellor's Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California at Merced
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2018–2019Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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2011–2018Doctoral Student, University of Southern California
Publications
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2018Support and setback: The Role of Religion in the Incorporation of Unaccompanied Indigenous Youth in Los Angeles, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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2016Latino/a professionals as entrepreneurs: how race, class, and gender shape entrepreneurial incorporation, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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2016Support and Setback: Catholic Churches and the Adaptation of Unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya Youth in Los Angeles, Center for Migration Studies
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2015American individualism and the social incorporation of Guatemalan Maya young adults in Los Angeles, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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2015Removing Insecurity: Who American Children Will Benefit from President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration, Tomas Rivera Policy Institute at USC and the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education at UCLA
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2015Fast Fashion, Slow Integration: Guatemalan youth navigate life and labor in Los Angeles, Youth Circulations
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2015Unaccompanied Migrant Children: A Humanitarian Crisis at the Border and Beyond, UC Davis Center for Poverty Research
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2014Exploitation, Poverty, and Marginality Among Unaccompanied Migrant Youth, UC Davis Center for Poverty Research
Professional Memberships
- American Sociological Association
- Sociologists for Women in Society
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
- Latin American Studies Association
- Latina/o Studies Association
Honours
Ford Foundation; National Science Foundation Fellow; Haynes Foundation Dissertation Grant; American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program; Stanford University Center on Poverty and Inequality Research Fellowship; UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, Visiting Scholar
- Los Angeles, California
- Website
- @StephCanizales
- Article Feed
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For media enquiries,
scanizales@ucmerced.edu - Joined
