Research and Teaching
Below, you’ll find information my research and teaching projects.
Racial and Ethnic Socialization in Latinx Families
My research project, Racial and Ethnic Socialization in Latinx Families, examines how Latinx families talk about racial and cultural identity and racism. It contributes to research on race and ethnicity by developing the processes of how structural racism unfolds in Latinx families through racial and ethnic socialization and how individual, family, community, and educational resources can help resist racial oppression.
Publications from this project:
Golash-Boza, Tanya, Maria D. Duenas, and Chia Xiong. 2019. “Global Capitalism, White Supremacy, and Patriarchy in Migration Studies.” American Behavioral Scientist, 63(13): 1741–1759. doi:10.1177/0002764219842624 // Open access link
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. “Research Focus: White Supremacy, Patriarchy, and Global Capitalism in Migration Studies,” Pp. 124 in Golash-Boza, Tanya. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition. Oxford University Press.
Anti-Racist and Feminist Pedagogy Projects
I develop anti-racist and feminist teaching resources in the scholarship of teaching and learning in sociology.
Publications from these projects:
Introduction to Sociology
Duenas, Maria D. 2018. "Four Social Situations: A Class Activity to Teach Goffman’s Impression Management Through Inductive Learning." Class Activity published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/four-social-situations-a-class-activity-to-teach // Open access link
Upper Division Sociology Courses and Lower- and Upper-Division Race and Ethnicity Courses
Duenas, Maria D. and Amber Crowell. 2022. “Resisting Racist Discourses with Research Methods, Active Learning, and Storytelling” Online First, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492221127957
Duenas, Maria D., and Amber Crowell. 2022. “Understanding Inequality through Racial Discourses Course Project.” TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, August. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/understanding-inequality-racial-discourses.
Duenas, Maria D. 2020. "Naming Racisms: Identifying and Responding to Biological and Colorblind Racisms." Class Activity published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/naming-racisms-identifying-and-responding-to // Open access link
Winner of the 2022 Graduate Student Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Advice Columns
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. "How to Teach Engaging Discussion Sections as a Teaching Assistant." Get a Life, PhD Blog, February 24, http://getalifephd.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-to-teach-engaging-discussion.html
Duenas, Maria D. 2018. “How to Organize Your Calendar for Graduate School.” Student Sociologist 11(3):8-9 // Open access link
Duenas, Maria D. 2018. “Sociology Teaching Resources.” Student Sociologist 11(2):10 // Open access link
Textbook Contributions
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. "Voices: J. F. “Smitty” Smith," Pp. 111 in Golash-Boza, Tanya. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition. Oxford University Press.
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. "Voices: The #SayHerName Social Movement," Pp. 351 in Golash-Boza, Tanya. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition. Oxford University Press.
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. "Research Focus: Race, Disability, and Poverty," Pp. 394 in Golash-Boza, Tanya. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition. Oxford University Press.
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. "Global View: Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas," Pp. 417 in Golash-Boza, Tanya. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition. Oxford University Press.
Duenas, Maria D. 2021. "Research Focus: The Refugee Crisis at the United States-Mexico Border" Pp. 446 in Golash-Boza, Tanya. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition. Oxford University Press.I develop anti-racist and feminist teaching resources in the scholarship of teaching and learning in sociology.