Emir Estrada
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Emir Estrada earned her doctorate and master's in sociology from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2012. She received her bachelor's in sociology with a minor in Chicano/a Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and she is also a proud Long Beach City College (LBCC) alumni. Estrada is a qualitative immigration scholar interested in the migration an incorporation aspect of immigrants from Latin America. Her research interests in immigration and gender are influenced in great part by her own immigration experience. She is currently investigating three lines of research that share a common theme centered on Latina/o families and decision making processes.
Estrada is also an affiliated faculty member with the School of Transborder Studies (STS) and the School of Social Transformation (SST) in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU.
- Ph.D. Sociology, University of Southern California (USC) 2012
- M.A. Sociology, University of Southern California (USC) 2010
- B. A. Sociology and Chicana/o Studies, (UCLA) 2005
- A.A. Liberal Arts, Long Beach City College (LBCC) 2003
International migration, Latino Sociology, Childhood, The Ethnic Economy, Street Vending, Family Work Relations,
BOOK
Estrada, Emir. 2019. Kids At Work: Latinx Families Selling Food on the Streets of Los Angeles. NYU Press.
Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette, Emir Estrada, Edward O. Flores, Glenda M. Flores. 2020. “Latinx Millennials: Enduring Issues and New Challenges.” Sociological Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731121420914297. IF:.827
Ruth, Alissa, and Emir Estrada, “DACAmented Homecoming: A Brief Return to México and the Reshaping of Bounded Solidarity among Mixed-Status Latinx Families.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739986319843112. IF: .733
Ruth, Alissa and Emir Estrada, *Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes and Armando Vazquez-Ramos. 2019. Soy de aqui, soy de alla: DACAmented Homecomings and Implications for Identity and Belonging. Latino Studies. 17(3):304-322. IF:.50
Estrada, Emir. 2017. Creating Safe Spaces: Strategies and unintentional consequences of Latina street vendors in Los Angeles. Internacionales. 3(5): 168-193.
Estrada, Emir. 2016. "Economic Empathy in Family Entrepreneurship: Mexican-Origin Street Vendor Children and their Parents.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39(9) 1657-1675.
Estrada, Emir. 2013 “Changing Household Dynamics: Children’s American Generational Resources in Street Vending Markets”. Childhood. 20(1) 51-65.
Estrada, Emir, and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. 2013. “Living the Third Shift: Latina Adolescent Street Vendors in Los Angeles.” Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press edited by Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Anna Romina Guevarra, Maura Toro-Morn, and Grace Chang. University of Illinois Press.
Reprinted in Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey, editors, Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age in Women's Lives, Multicultural Perspectives, 7th edition, Oxford University Press, 2019
Estrada, Emir, and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. 2011. “Intersectional Dignities: Latino Immigrant Street Vendor Youth in Los Angeles.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 40(1) 102–131.
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette; Emir Estrada; Hernan Ramirez. 2011 “Más allá de la Domesticidad: Un análisis de género de los trabajos inmigrantes del sector informal [Beyond Domesticity: A Gendered Analysis of Immigrant Informal Sector Work]” Papers: Revista de Sociologia, Spain. 96 (3) 805-824.
PUBLIC, PROFESSIONAL, & COMMUNITY-ORIENTED PUBLICATIONS
Estrada, Emir. 2016. “Stigmatized Markets: L.A. street vending kids working and restoring a dignified self” Mujeres Talk. Published on June 2. https://library.osu.edu/blogs/mujerestalk/2016/05/31/stigmatized-market…
Estrada, Emir. 2016. “Be Selfish!: The Advice I Never Received and Never Imagined Giving to My Own Latino Students.” The Society Pages: Feminist Reflections. Published on February 18. https://thesocietypages.org/feminist/2016/02/18/be-selfish-the-advice-i…
RESEARCH FUNDING (selected)
2020
National Science Foundation (NSF). “The Arizona Youth Project: Identity, Political Engagement, and coming of Age in the Trump Era.” (PI: Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Co-PI: Edward D. Vargas, Co-PI: Nathan Martin, Co-PI: Emir Estrada, Co-PI: Angela Gonzalez). ($635.052.—Application submitted on January 15, 2020).
2019
Russell Sage Foundation. “The Arizona Youth Project: (Re)defining American Identity and National Belonging.” (PI: Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Co-PI: Angela Gonzalez, Co-PI: Emir Estrada) ($175,000.—Awarded in December)
National Science Foundation (NSF). “The Arizona Youth Project: (Re)defining American identity and National Belonging.” (PI: Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Co-PI: Angela Gonzalez, Co-PI: Emir Estrada) ($472,926.—Awarded in November)
2018
Research Cluster Seed Grant, Program For Transborder Communities (PTC). “Esperanza En Accion / Home Works” Cluster Participants: Marcos Garcia Acosta, esq; Dr. Leah Sarat; Dr. Michelle Tellez; Dr. Hector Francisco Vega Deloya; Dr. Michael Stancliff. ($2,500.—Awarded)
Institute for Social Science Research Seed Grant (ISSR). “Return Migration Project.” ($7,800.—Awarded)
2016
Institute for Human Research Cluster Grant, “Consuming the Other”; ASU Interdisciplinary cluster participation with Sujey Vega, School of Social Transformation; Angélica Afanador-Pujol, School of Art, Herberger of Institute for Design and the Arts; Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, Senior Lecturer, Barrett Honors College. Role: Cluster Participant. ($1,500.—Awarded)
MEDIA COVERAGE OF MY WORK
2019
6/16: Minors Have Major Role In Latino Families’ Street Vending Businesses. ASU Now
4/19: Immigration stories to inspire community Mural. Channel 3.
4/14: ASU project uses immigration stories to inspire community mural. The State Press.
3/24: Out of the classroom and into the community. ASU Now
2/28: Como estudiantes de ASU usan el arte para contar sobre la migracion. Cronkite Noticias.
https://www.facebook.com/CronkiteNoticias/videos/2248233572097690/
2/21: Confronting grand social challenges with humanities. ASU Now. https://asunow.asu.edu/20190221-solutions-confronting-grand-social-challenges-humanities?fbclid=IwAR1xMx9oBrZFOM9RlBK0EhePpar26ChFdqSgdKBYibjAAC7wC2SBBhC7AZM
2/20: ASU students use art to tell their immigration story. State Press.
2016
9/29: A sociologist studies immigration through kids. The State Press. (September 29)
https://www.statepress.com/article/2016/09/spcampus-sociologist-immigration-children
9/14: Latino children who street vend in L.A. Horizonte. PBS.
https://video.wttw.com/video/horizonte-arizonalatinoscom/
9/6: ASU Anthropologist examines immigration through the eyes of children. ASU Now (September 6)
Latina/o Street Vending Children in Los Angeles
In her first research project, Dr. Estrada examines an understudied population, Latino children working in a racialized and gendered informal occupation in Los Angeles—street vending. This research examines the diverse ways in which children (ages 10-18) working with their parents in public and highly visible spaces experience street vending and in turn we come to understand this informal occupation in a more complex manner. Dr. Estrada believes that we can learn a lot about the immigration process through the eyes and experiences of children. Her research illuminates the immigration experience by focusing on how adults and children together negotiate processes of economic incorporation in the United States. Her work shows that children are not merely “baggage” that adult immigrants simply bring along. Instead, this research demonstrates that children are also active contributors to family processes and household resources.
DACA Travelers: Intergenerational Family Dynamics in a New Era of Immigration
In collaboration with Dr. Alissa Ruth, Dr. Estrada embarked on a second research project on Dreamers in California and Arizona who have temporary rights under the 2012 executive action of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In the summer of 2016, Estrada’s team interviewed DACA recipients who traveled to Mexico for the first time after their childhood arrival to the U.S. Traveling to Mexico was an intimidating process for Dreamers and for their families because there is no guarantee that they will be allowed to re-enter the U.S. by Customs and Immigration. Moreover, there is much uncertainty about the future of DACA. Thus, while these Dreamers have more rights than ever before, they are still living in a state of limbo. This study also includes interviews with the parents of these DACA travelers and it is designed to provide a nuance understanding of DACA families and not just DACA Dreamers. This study aims to uncover the decision making process that takes place in the migration experience from a family perspective. DACA Dreamers operate within a family structure and we want to understand the processes by which the decision to travel to Mexico is made at the micro level and how this decision then impacts the entire family unit.
Return Migration
Dr. Estrada’s third research project focuses on return migration. She plans on conducting an ethnographic study with Mexicans who are 65 and older and are retiring from work in the U.S. and deciding to move back to Mexico. This will be a multigenerational study where the children (the second generation) and the grandchildren (third generation) of these returned migrants will also be interviewed. This intergenerational study will help us understand how the decision to return to Mexico is made. Dr. Estrada is interested in seeing how the second and third generation are involved and affected by return migration.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 202 | Imm & Ethnic Relations in US |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 494 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
| ASB 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 322 | Peoples of Latin America |
| ASB 322 | Peoples of Latin America |
| TCL 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
| TCL 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
| TCL 322 | Peoples of Latin America |
| TCL 322 | Peoples of Latin America |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 591 | Seminar |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SOC 598 | Special Topics |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
| ASB 102 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
| ASB 322 | Peoples of Latin America |
| ASB 322 | Peoples of Latin America |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 202 | Imm & Ethnic Relations in US |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 591 | Seminar |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 591 | Seminar |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SOC 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 202 | Imm & Ethnic Relations in US |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 591 | Seminar |
| SOC 791 | Seminar |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 202 | Imm & Ethnic Relations in US |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| HST 494 | Special Topics |
| HUL 494 | Special Topics |
| ASB 494 | Special Topics |
| ASB 598 | Special Topics |
| ASB 494 | Special Topics |
| ASB 598 | Special Topics |
| HST 494 | Special Topics |
| HUL 494 | Special Topics |
| HUL 598 | Special Topics |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 591 | Seminar |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
2013: “Intergenerational Household Dynamics.” International Symposium on Illegality, Youth and Belonging Conference. Harvard University (October 25-26)
2013: “Changing Household Dynamics.” Colloquium Speaker. ASU’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. (October 11)
2013: “Collectivist Immigrant Bargain: ‘My parents want me to be Something in life, like a lawyer or a hero.”’ UC-Wide Migration Conference. UCLA (Febuary 22)
2013: “Exploitation or Empowerment: Children’s Street Vending Experience in Los Angeles” From Prosecution to Empowerment: Fighting Trafficking and Promoting the Rights of Migrants. USC (February 2)
2012: “Cambiando la Dinámica del Hogar: Recursos Americanos y de Generación Entre Niños Que Se Dedican al Comercio Ambulante en Los Angeles. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM) Instituto Profesional de la Región Oriente (IPRO) (November 14)
2012: “Gendered Migrations.” Pacific Sociological Association Conference. San Diego (March 22-25)
2010: “Changing Household Dynamics: Second Generation Latina/o Adolescent Street Vendors in Los Angeles.” American Sociological Association, annual meeting. Atlanta (August 16).
2010: ‘“Dude, I was born here!’: Children's American Cultural Resources in Street Vending Markets”. Contesting the Streets: Street Vending, Open Air Markets, and Public Space. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Urban Poverty and the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (May 14-15).
2009: “Markets of Shame and Pride: Latino Immigrant Street Vendor Youth in Los Angeles.” Law and Society Association annual meeting. Denver, Colorado. (May 28-30).
2009: “Paradox of Pride and Shame: Latino Adolescent Street Vendors in Los Angeles.” Urban Street Vending: Economic Resistance, Integration or Marginalization? Technical University Berlin, Germany. Sponsored by The Institute "Folklore Archive" of the Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca (May 15-16).
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I see teaching, mentoring and research as integrally intertwined and I am committed to sharing my passion for the study of Mexican and Central American families in my classroom. In my teaching, I use my own research with Latino immigrant youth to better understand the challenges Latino immigrant youth face at school, the home and at work. I pride myself as a fine, compassionate, and enthusiastic instructor. My courses are taught with a strong comparative orientation that focuses on major themes and topics such as working-class experiences, politics and race and gender relations. My teaching philosophy is based upon my belief that learning is a group process. As a teacher I engage students individually, but I encourage them to confront and debate course topics in groups after which they develop their ideas in larger class discussions. This allows the students to learn from each other and the classroom then becomes a source of social capital and support to all students. I also believe that my students have the potential to change lives beyond the confines of the university. For this reason, I bridge the university with local community organizations that help provide a space for my students where they can become agents of change!
Dr. Estrada has served as an academic peer reviewer for the following journals:
Association of Mexican American Educators, Inc. (AMAE): http://amaejournal.utsa.edu/index.php/amae
Ethnic and Racial Studies: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rers20
Qualitative Sociology: http://link.springer.com/journal/11133
Social Problems: http://socpro.oxfordjournals.org/
Sociological Perspectives: http://spx.sagepub.com/
American Sociological Association (ASA) Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Dissertation Committee Member, Barrett Honor’s Thesis Advisor, Honor’s Credit Contract
SERVICE TO SHESC AND ASU STUDENTS
SHESC Personnel Committee
Dissertation Committee Member
Rachel Luchmun, Ph.D. Graduate Student (August 2015 to Present)
Lisa Reber, Ph.D. Graduate Student (January 2016 to Present)
Barrett Honor’s Thesis Advisor
Elinor Johnson, Undergraduate Student (January 2016 to Present)
Honor’s Credit Contract
Daniel Loonam, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2016)