Research
I am a scholar of migration, race, and health and aging. My work identifies barriers to immigrant integration by documenting how and why socioeconomic and health inequalities evolve over the life course.
Immigrants' Economic Integration in Later Life
(Social Forces, 2024)
Immigrant Men's Earning Trajectories
(Population and Development Review, 2021)
Immigrant Students' Achievement and Popularity
(Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2022)
Immigrants' Perception of Their Health Selection
(Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2022)
Race, Wealth, and Children's Development
(RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2021)
Race and the Immigrant Health Differential
(Advances in Medical Sociology, 2019)
Other Projects:
Citizenship Status and Children's Socioeconomic Outcomes in Adulthood (Under Review)
Immigrants’ Economic Integration and Health Assimilation
Rising income inequality among Asian Americans
Mexican Older Adults' Kinship Proximity
International Relations and Immigrants' Mental Health
The Immigrant Advantage in Voting among Hispanic and Asian Americans
Datasets I have worked with:
American Community Survey
Current Population Survey
Health and Retirement Study
Mexican Health and Aging Study
National Health Interview Survey
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (and C-NLSY)
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Social Security Earnings Records