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Christina Gomez

Christina GomezChristina.Gomez@Dartmouth.edu

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology

Dartmouth College
6104 Silsby Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
603-646-2554

University of Chicago, B.A., 1985
University of Chicago, M.B.A., 1987
Harvard University, Ph.D. in Sociology, 1998

Courses Taught at Dartmouth

  • SOCY 24/EDU 24: Sociology of Education
  • SOCY 42/LATS 31: Constructing Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
  • SOCY 44/LATS 5: Complexities of Latino Identity in the U.S.
  • SOCY 45/LATS 34/EDU 10: Educational Issues Among Immigrant Children
  • SOCY 64/GEOG 28/LATS 40: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

Publications and Submitted Papers

  • "Hispanics and the Census"  New York Times, October 31, 2004
  • "Assimilation vs. Multiculturalism: Bilingual Education and the Latino Challenge," with Julia Burdick-Will (under review).
  • "Shades of Brown: Skin Color, Achievement, and Life Chances among Latinas and African
  • American Women." Race in 21st Century America, edited by Curtis Stokes, Michigan State University Press, (forthcoming 2005).
  • "Ethnic Relations, Class, and Latino Political Participation."Journal of Latino and Latin American Studies, Spring 2004, vol 1 (2), p.19-32.
  • "The Continual Significance of Skin Color: An Exploratory Study of Latinos in the Northeast" Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, February 2000, vol. 22, no.1, p. 94-103.
  • "Choosing Hispanic Identity: Ethnic Identity Switching among Respondents in High School and Beyond."  Social Science Quarterly, March 1998, vol.79, no. 1, p. 74-90 (with Karl Eschbach).
  • A Dream Deferred: Changing Demographics, Challenges, & New Opportunities for Boston.
  • as part of "The Changing Communities, Diverse Needs" Initiative funded by the Ford Foundation, January 1996 (P. Watanabe, with J. Jennings, E. Melendez, M. Liu, G. Remy, C. Gómez, R. Williams).
  • Review of Elaine H. Kim and Eui-Young Yu's East to West: Korean American Life Stories
  •  Social Forces, March 1999 vol. 77:3.

Faculty Research and Teaching Interests

  • Race and ethnicity
  • Latino studies
  • Social stratification
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Gender studies
  • Quantitative methods

Last Updated: 4/11/05