Michael Bernabé Aguilera
mba@uoregon.edu
Office: 541-346-5059
Fax: 541-346-5026
Education
1999 Ph.D. Sociology, Stony Brook University
1995 M.A. Sociology, Stony Brook University
1994 B.S. Sociology, University of California at Irvine
2004-Present Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Oregon
2002-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, Rice University
1999-2002 Turner Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, Stony Brook University
Research and Teaching Interests
International Migration; U.S.-Mexico Border Issues; Race and Ethnicity;
Economic Sociology; Social Networks; and Social Inequality
Refereed Publications
Aguilera, Michael B. 2005. “The Impact of Social Capital on the Wages of Puerto Rican Migrants,” The Sociological Quarterly 46(4): 569-92. (lead article)
Donato, Katharine, Michael B. Aguilera, and Chizuko Wakabayashi. 2005. “Immigration Policy and Employment Conditions of US Immigrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic,” International Migration 43(5): 5-29. (lead article)
Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. “The Effect of Legalization on the Labor Markets of Latin American Immigrants: A Gendered Comparison,” Sociological Focus 37(4): 349-369.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. “Deciding Where to Retire: Retirement Location Choices of Formerly Undocumented Mexican Migrants,” Social Science Quarterly 85(2): 340-360.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. “The Impact of the Worker: How Social Capital and Human Capital Influence the Job Tenure of Formerly Undocumented Mexican Immigrants,” Sociological Inquiry 73(1): 52-83.
Aguilera, Michael B. and Douglas S. Massey. 2003. “Social Capital and Wages of Mexican Migrants: New Hypotheses and Tests,” Social Forces 82(2): 671-701.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2002. “The Impact of Social Capital on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey,” Social Science Quarterly 83(3): 853-874.
Catanzarite, Lisa and Michael B. Aguilera. 2002. “Working with Co-Ethnics: Earnings Penalties for Latino Immigrants at Latino Jobsites,” Social Problems 49(1): 101-127.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1996. “The Effects of Disadvantage in the Residential Choices of Elderly Hispanic Women in the United States,” Family Perspective 30(1): 85-101.
Other Publications
Aguilera, Michael B. Forthcoming. “Ethnic Enclave Theories,” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2000. “The Labor Market Outcomes of Recently Legalized Immigrants.” Pp. 1379-1399 in The Encyclopedia of American Immigration, edited by J. Ciment and I. Ness. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2005. “Explaining the Gender Gap in the Division of Household Labor: Bargaining/Resource Theory, Time Availability, and Gender Ideology.” American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Aguilera, Michael B. and Michael S. Emerson. 2005. “Inter-Racial and Intra-Racial Trust: The Determinants of Trust.” Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. “Obligation at Work: Social Capital within Mexican Firms and the Earnings of Mexican Migrants.” American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. “The Impact of Social Capital on Informal Labor Market Participation of Undocumented and Documented Mexican Migrants.” American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. “The Impact of Social Capital on the Wages of Puerto Rican Migrants.” American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. “The Impact of Social Capital on the Wages of Puerto Rican Migrants.” International Conference on the Latin American Migration Project, Tarcoles, Costa Rica.
Donato, Katharine, Michael B. Aguilera, and Chizuko Wakabayashi. 2003. “Immigration Policy and the Wages of U.S. Immigrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.” International Conference on Latin American Migration Project, Tarcoles, Costa Rica.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2002. “The Impact of Social Capital on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey.” American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
Aguilera, Michael B. and Douglas S. Massey. 2002. “Social Capital and the Wages of Mexican Migrants: New Hypotheses and Tests.” Third Binational Conference on Mexico-U.S. Migration, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Aguilera, Michael B. 2001. “Transnational Decisions: Transnationalism and the Adaptation of Immigrants into U.S. Society.” American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA.
Catanzarite, Lisa., and Michael B. Aguilera. 2000. “Working with Co-Ethnics: Earnings Penalties for Latino Immigrants at Latino Jobsites.” American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1999. “The Social Process of Keeping a Job: Job Tenure of Undocumented and Documented Immigrants.” American Sociological Association, Chicago.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1998. “Job Tenure and Hours Worked of Legalized Immigrants: A Human and Social Capital Comparison.” The National Social Science Association, San Diego, CA.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1998. “Labor Market Outcomes among Legalized Immigrants in the United States: Human Capital and Social Capital Determinants of Success.” The Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Aguilera, Michael B. and Frank P. Romo. 1997. “The Social Embeddedness of Earnings among Legalized Immigrants: Human Capital versus Social Structural Explanations of Income Attainment.” The Eastern Sociological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1994. “Extended Families in Five Hispanic Groups: Economic or Cultural?” The Southern Demographic Association, Atlanta, GA.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1994. “Demographic Characteristics of Cuban and Mexican Immigrants: 1980-1990.” The Campus-wide Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of California, Irvine, CA.
Nguyen Quan, Michael B. Aguilera, and Judith Treas. 1993. “Tale of Two Cities: Santa Ana and Westminster.” Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.
Aguilera, Michael B. 1991. “The Labeling of Mexican Street Gangs: Conflicts between Mexican Street Gangs and the Orange Country Police.” University of California at Santa Cruz Undergraduate Conference, Santa Cruz, CA.
Awards, Fellowships, and External Grants
2006 Kauffman Foundation Grant ($25,000)
2006 Junior Professorship Development Award ($750)
2005 Junior Professorship Development Award ($1,000)
2005 New Faculty Award ($5,000)
2002-04 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sociology, Rice University
1999-02 Turner Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sociology, SUNY Stony Brook
1997-99 Visiting Scholar, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC, San Diego
1994-99 Burghardt Turner Graduate Fellowship, SUNY Stony Brook
1996-99 Burghardt Turner Summer Research Fellowship, SUNY Stony Brook
1996 Social Science Research Council Dissertation Workshop Fellowship
1996 Department of Education Statistics Workshop Fellowship
1996 H.C. Selvin Research Paper Award, SUNY Stony Brook
1993 Pre-graduate Mentorship Program, UC Irvine
1993 Summer Academic Enrichment Program, UC Irvine
1991 The Robin Williams Award, UC Irvine
Teaching
2006 Contemporary Mexican Migration, Universidad Latina de América in Morelia, Mexico.
2004-07 America’s Peoples, Contemporary Mexican Migration, Economic Sociology, International Migration, Introduction to Social Research, Social Stratification, University of Oregon.
2006 Contemporary Mexican Migration, Universidad Latina de América in Morelia, Mexico.
1997-02 Ethnic Relations, Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods, Stony Brook University.
Manuscript Reviewer
American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Journal of Urban Affairs
Roxbury Publishing
Sociological Inquiry
Sociological Perspectives
Social Problems
Social Science Research
Social Science Quarterly
The Sociological Quarterly
National Science Foundation
Professional Service
Discussant for the Family and Work section titled “Occupational Differences in Work-Family Arrangements.” ASA 2005 Annual Conference.
Professional Association Memberships
American Sociological Association
Pacific Sociological Association