Blanca A. Ramirez, Ph.D.
@blancaarramirez.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ UT Austin
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In Opinion | Almost every new lifesaving drug starts with government-funded research. But what happens when that funding is cut? In this Opinion video, meet the scientists who are trying to save the lives of you and your family.
Opinion | Trump Is Defunding Medical Research. It Could Cost You Your Life.
They hoped to make tomorrow’s medicines. Then came Trump.
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August 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In Opinion | Almost every new lifesaving drug starts with government-funded research. But what happens when that funding is cut? In this Opinion video, meet the scientists who are trying to save the lives of you and your family.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Stephanie Canizales, UC Berkeley, is the winner of the Leogrande Prize from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies & the School of Public Affairs at American University for "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: California University Press 2024. The award recognizes important work with a $1,000 prize
Sin padres, ni papeles
BOOK REVIEW
theimmigrationlab.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Stephanie Canizales, UC Berkeley, is the winner of the Leogrande Prize from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies & the School of Public Affairs at American University for "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: California University Press 2024. The award recognizes important work with a $1,000 prize
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📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1
Life course illegality: how the life course and aging shape the experience of illegality
Abstract. Scholars have studied in detail how immigrants experience illegality in the US. Many have focused on immigrants’ fear of deportation as central t
bit.ly
June 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1
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please consider registering and joining us for this webinar: sportsandsociety.osu.edu/events/gende...
Gender/sport sociologist Michael Messner joins SSI to discuss “The ascent of the ‘sports spirit complex’ in an American high school”
Register TODAY to hear sociologist Michael A.
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April 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
please consider registering and joining us for this webinar: sportsandsociety.osu.edu/events/gende...
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This week ASA member Christine L. Williams @utaustin.bsky.social was featured in a question on Jeopardy! What a milestone for public sociology!
April 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This week ASA member Christine L. Williams @utaustin.bsky.social was featured in a question on Jeopardy! What a milestone for public sociology!
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some nice local Monterey County coverage of my "digging through decades of yearbooks." www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/a...
A Salinas High alum investigates the shifts of society by digging through decades of yearbooks.
Michael Messner investigates the evolution of society and student life at Salinas High School through decades of yearbooks, exploring themes of gender, sports, and history.
www.montereycountynow.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
some nice local Monterey County coverage of my "digging through decades of yearbooks." www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/a...
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Really happy to see this new Econofact memo out that explains why deportations could actually *increase* crime and that they certainly will not decrease crime.
econofact.org/can-heighten...
econofact.org/can-heighten...
Can Heightened Immigration Enforcement Increase Crime? | Econofact
A program that increased deportations reduced the likelihood that Hispanic victims would report crimes to the police and increased crime in Hispanic communities
econofact.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Really happy to see this new Econofact memo out that explains why deportations could actually *increase* crime and that they certainly will not decrease crime.
econofact.org/can-heighten...
econofact.org/can-heighten...
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ASA International Migration section is now on BlueSky! Please give us a follow :)
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ASA International Migration section is now on BlueSky! Please give us a follow :)
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High NIH dependence, modest endowments spell trouble for some of the universities doing most cutting edge and important research. Especially with cuts to indirect %. How likely are researchers to take risks in this scarcity scenario. Great thread by @epopppp.bsky.social
Here are the 25 institutions that receive the most NIH funding (98% of HHS is NIH). Basically, they're large schools with large hospitals. They receive 50% of all NIH funding.
Source: ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/fede... (table 26)
(Not going to do a whole thread but thought folks might be interested.)
Source: ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/fede... (table 26)
(Not going to do a whole thread but thought folks might be interested.)
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
High NIH dependence, modest endowments spell trouble for some of the universities doing most cutting edge and important research. Especially with cuts to indirect %. How likely are researchers to take risks in this scarcity scenario. Great thread by @epopppp.bsky.social
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Very excited to share this conversation with Lloyd Freeman.
I discuss traveling across Dallas' race-class-place divide every day in high school.
The importance of Black student belonging in school quality
How racism shapes school choice in our anti-DEI world.
www.bipc.com/dimensions-o...
I discuss traveling across Dallas' race-class-place divide every day in high school.
The importance of Black student belonging in school quality
How racism shapes school choice in our anti-DEI world.
www.bipc.com/dimensions-o...
Dimensions of Diversity: Crossing Divides: Exploring Race, Education and Belonging with Dr. Chantal Hailey
On this episode of Dimensions of Diversity, Lloyd Freeman is joined by Dr. Chantal Hailey, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and a National Aca...
www.bipc.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Very excited to share this conversation with Lloyd Freeman.
I discuss traveling across Dallas' race-class-place divide every day in high school.
The importance of Black student belonging in school quality
How racism shapes school choice in our anti-DEI world.
www.bipc.com/dimensions-o...
I discuss traveling across Dallas' race-class-place divide every day in high school.
The importance of Black student belonging in school quality
How racism shapes school choice in our anti-DEI world.
www.bipc.com/dimensions-o...
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Excited to share my new article in @sfjournal.bsky.social ! Using a survey experiment with 995 families, I show how race shapes beliefs about school safety. White, Asian, and Latine families perceive Black schools as less safe—even when safety ratings are identical. #Education #Race
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January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Excited to share my new article in @sfjournal.bsky.social ! Using a survey experiment with 995 families, I show how race shapes beliefs about school safety. White, Asian, and Latine families perceive Black schools as less safe—even when safety ratings are identical. #Education #Race
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You can learn more about how legal status shapes financial contributions of young adults from my latest piece out now in Social Problems
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Adult children of undocumented immigrants feel greater pressure to financially contribute to their families.
I had a chance to present a flash talk @ccfamilies.bsky.social on this research and you can check it out below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FZB...
I had a chance to present a flash talk @ccfamilies.bsky.social on this research and you can check it out below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FZB...
Families in Perilous Times Policy Panel: Immigration & Families
YouTube video by Council on Contemporary Families
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:30 PM
You can learn more about how legal status shapes financial contributions of young adults from my latest piece out now in Social Problems
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
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Sharing under bluer skies for those who might find some interest in it. Link in thread.
November 16, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Sharing under bluer skies for those who might find some interest in it. Link in thread.
Excited to share my new publication titled "Commemorating Police Over Latino Death" in Latino Studies! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Commemorating police over Latino death - Latino Studies
This essay interrogates the relationship between commemorations and violence against Latinx communities using two case studies in Anaheim, California. The first case study analyzes a spontaneous altar...
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November 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Excited to share my new publication titled "Commemorating Police Over Latino Death" in Latino Studies! link.springer.com/article/10.1...