Susan K. BrownAssociate Professor, Sociology |
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Research Interests |
International migration, educational inequality, urban sociology | |
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Research Abstract |
Susan K. Brown joined UCI in the fall of 2001. She is examining the spatial and socioeconomic mobility of those of Mexican origin in greater Los Angeles. She also looks at inequalities of access to higher education. | |
| Publications | "Structural Assimilation Revisited: Mexican-Origin Nativity and Cross-Ethnic Primary Ties." 2006. Social Forces 85 (1): 75-92 | |
| "The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Effect on the Transition from High School to College." (With Charles Hirschman.) 2006. Sociology of Education 79: 106-130. | ||
| Beyond the Immigrant Enclave: Network Change and Assimilation. (Under the name Susan Wierzbicki.) New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing. 2004. | ||
| “Delayed Spatial Assimilation: Multi-Generational Incorporation of the Mexican-Origin Population in Los Angeles.” City & Community 6: 193-209. | ||
| Grants | Russell Sage Foundation. 2008. “Intergenerational Spatial Assimilation among the Descendents of Mexican Immigrants in Metropolitan Los Angeles.” PI. | |
| Russell Sage Foundation. 2004-06. "Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles," co-P.I. | ||
| Research Center | Center for Research on Immigration, Population, and Public Policy | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4670 | |
| Last updated | 01/24/2008 | |