Current Visiting Fellows and Guest Scholars
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Tomás R. Jiménez
Visiting Research Fellow
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
In residence September 2007 - March 2008
phone: (858) 534-0525 fax: (858) 534-6447
e-mail: tjimenez@ucsd.edu
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Expertise
immigration, assimilation, race and ethnicity, ethnic identity, Mexican-origin population
Regions of Interest
Mexico, United States
Current Project
Influence of Mexican immigration on Mexican American ethnic identity
Publications
Jiménez, Tomás R. (forthcoming 2008). “Mexican-Immigrant Replenishment and the Continuing Significance of Ethnicity and Race.” American Journal of Sociology.
Jiménez, Tomás R. and David Fitzgerald (forthcoming 2008). “Mexican Assimilation: A Temporal and Spatial Reorientation.” Du Bois Review.
Jiménez, Tomás R. (2007). “Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Mexican Immigration: The Mexican American Perspective.” Social Science Quarterly, 88(3): 599-618.
Waters, Mary C. and Tomás R. Jiménez. (2005). “Assessing Immigrant Assimilation: New Empirical and Theoretical Challenges.” Annual Review of Sociology, 31: 105-125.
Jiménez, Tomás R. (2004). “Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries: Multiethnic Mexican Americans and Ethnic Identity in the United States.” Ethnicities, 4(1): 75-97.
Academic Background
Tomás Jiménez received his B.S. from Santa Clara University and his A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Before coming to UCSD, he was a Congressional Fellow in the office of U.S. Congressman Michael Honda. His research focuses on immigration, race, ethnicity, inequality, and assimilation. He is currently completing a book manuscript, which examines how Mexican immigration influences the assimilation of established, long-standing Mexican Americans. Professor Jiménez is also a fellow at the New America Foundation.
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