Kristen Espinosa 		 

Kristin Espinosa

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office: Bolton Hall 704
Phone: (414) 229-5320
E-mail: espinosa@uwm.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Degree: Ph.D., University of Chicago 1997

Research Interests:
Processes of immigration and assimilation; women and migration; transnationalism; Mexico; social networks and social capital; gender; family demography; research methods; survey methods.

Teaching Interests:
Introductory sociology; research methods; survey methods; immigration/migration.

Course Syllabi (SOCIOL)
361 Research Methods in Sociology (pdf - 160k)
    Fall 2004
361 Research Methods in Sociology (pdf - 113)
    Spring 2005

Recent Publications:
2001 Palloni, Alberto, Douglas S. Massey, Miguel Ceballos, Kristin E. Espinosa, and Mike Spittel. "A Critical Test of Social Capital Theory." American Journal of Sociology, 106(5).

1999 Espinosa, Kristin E. and Douglas S. Massey. "Undocumented Migration and the Quantity and Quality of Social Capital." Reprinted in Ludger Pries, ed., Migration and Transnational Social Spaces. Ashgate Publishing: Aldershot, England, and Brookfield VT, USA. (Originally published in 1997, Soziale Welt, 12:141-162.)

1998 Massey, Douglas S., Kristin E. Espinosa, and Jorge Durand.. "Dinámica Migratoria entre Mexico y Estados Unidos." Pp. 49-68 in René Zenteno, ed., Población, Desarrollo, y Globalización: V Reunión de Investigación de Sociodemográfica en México, Volumen 2. Mexico, D.F.: Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía y El Colegio de la Frontera Norte.

1997 Massey, Douglas S. and Kristin E. Espinosa. "What's Driving Mexico-U.S. Migration? A Theoretical, Empirical and Policy Analysis." American Journal of Sociology, 102(4).

1997 Espinosa, Kristin E. and Douglas S. Massey. "Determinants of English Proficiency Among Mexican Migrants to the United States." International Migration Review, 31(1).


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