Dr. Janet Muñiz, Assistant Professor

Email: janet.muniz@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-136
Phone: (562) 985–4606
Pronouns: she/her/ella

Main Courses:

  • Migration & Immigration (SOC 358)
  • Latino Populations in the U.S. (SOC 340/CHLS 350)
  • 1492 and Beyond (CHLS 450-Summer Study Abroad Course)

Research Interests:

  • Latino/a economic life; immigrant communities; ethnic Identity; qualitative methods

Education:

  • BA. Feminist Studies, UC Santa Barbara
  • MA. Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University
  • MA., Ph.D. Sociology, UC Irvine

Selected publications:

Muñiz, Janet, and Michael David Aquino (student author). 2024. “Coping On La Cuatro: How Business Owners Display Cultural Resilience Through Development.” Emotion, Space, and Society. (53) 1755-4586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2024.101049

Muñiz, Janet, Ivis García and Erualdo González Romero. 2024. “Cultivating and Defining Rights amidst Commercial Gentrification in Latinx Business Zones in Chicago and Santa Ana.” Planning Practice & Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2351759

Muñiz, Janet. 2023. “Conflict and Co-Specialization on Calle Cuatro: How Placemakers Navigate Ethnic Branding.” Qualitative Sociology. (46) 515-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-023-09545-7

Muñiz, Janet, and Kristin Turney. 2020. “Collateral Consequences of Incarceration on Community.” Pp. 280-293 in American Prisons, edited by L. Gould and J. Brent. New York: Routledge.

Turney, Kristin, Britni L. Adams, Emma Conner, Rebecca Goodsell, and Janet Muñiz. 2017. “Challenges and Opportunities for Conducting Research on Children of Incarcerated Fathers.” Researching Children and Youth: Methodological Issues, Strategies, and Innovations. Eds. Ingrid E. Castro, Melissa Swauger, Brent Harger. Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. (22) 199-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-466120180000022010

Awards and Fellowships

2024    CSULB President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Advancement of Women Award (Faculty)

2024    Career Enhancement Fellowship, Institute for Citizens and Scholars

2024    CSULB NCFDD Faculty Success Summer Program Scholarship

2023      Urban Affairs Association Publishing Fellow

2023      UC Berkeley Institute on Migration Research Methods

2023      Council of American Overseas Research Centers Faculty Development Fellow, Mexico

2022      Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement, Duke University