Sofya Aptekar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3677331 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sofya Aptekar |
| NOMBRES | Sofya |
| APELLIDO | Aptekar |
| FIRMA | APTEKAR S |
| AFILIACIONES | City University of New York School of Labor and Urban Studies, New York, NY, USA |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 91 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Legal Phantoms
Heterogeneous Effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) on Undocumented College Students’ Educational Outcomes
We investigate why prior studies examining the effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on undocumented youth's college outcomes in the United States have yielded mixed findings. We draw on unique administrative data from the City University of New York at the time of DACA's implementation and utilize difference-in-difference estimation to examine DACA's effects on undocumented students’ college GPA and interruptions to their …
Indebted Heroes
The US public is constantly reminded of its debt to veterans and military personnel. At the same time, military workers are disciplined by a different kind of debt. They enter the military in hopes of getting rid of debt, not taking on more debt, or even accessing credit on better terms. Once they begin working for the military, they are plagued by a vast predatory debt industry, which uses the criminalization of debt by the military to extract p…
Green Card Soldiers
Citizenship, which proves harder-than-advertised to achieve through enlistment, may come second to the “poverty draft” in drawing immigrants into the U.S. military, but it matters for immigrants’ service and the lives they lead afterward
Framing the Immigrant in Labor Unions and the Military in the United States
We present a comparative study of organizational discourses on immigrants in two cornerstone US institutions: labor unions and the US military, both powerful players in setting the terms of immigration debates and policies in the United States. How do unions and the military frame the role of immigrants within their institutions and in US society? We draw on qualitative content analysis of materials produced by AFL-CIO and the US military between…
Managing Illegality on Campus
Contributing to the literature on the institutional experiences of undocumented youth, this article by Holly E. Reed, Sofya Aptekar, and Amy Hsin explores undocumented and “DACAmented” students’ experiences managing their illegality on campus and how college staff and faculty manage that illegality while organizing programs and support. Their analysis of in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with more than one hundred undocumented college stu…
The Violence of Asylum
A sizable portion of the undocumented population in the US is Chinese but they are an understudied group. We analyze secondary literature and policies to understand undocumented Chinese immigration in its historical and contemporary contexts and draw on interviews with undocumented migrants, community organizers, social workers, and others working in the Chinese community in New York City, as well as participant observation of community events, t…
Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes
Organizing while Undocumented
Moral Entanglements
At first glance Stefan Bargheer’s book is 300-plus pages about bird watching, filled with detailed accounts of 19th, 20th, and 21st century bird enthusiasts and their alphabet soup of organizations in Britain and Germany. There are bird manuals, bird boxes, Nazi concentration camp guards who birdwatch on the side, and even a photo of a bird defecating on the German tricolor. Bargheer plunges the reader—in my case, a reader largely unfamiliar with…
Super-diversity as a methodological lens
Super-diversity as a methodological lens calls for a study of dynamics of new and diversified social groups that moves away from more traditional approaches focused on ethnicity. In examining the potential of super-diversity as a methodological lens, I identify a risk of downplaying the effect of "old" categories of difference that are likely to continue to shape social structures as well as space. I propose a re-centring of power and inequality …
Building Dignified Worlds
Citizenship and its Others
In wealthy countries on either side of the Atlantic, closely guarded formal citizenship status signifies belonging and access to rights. Immigration systems block the road to citizenship for masses
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Collective memory and narratives of local history shape the ways people imagine a neighborhood's present situation and future development, processes that reflect tensions related to identity and struggles over resources. Using an urban culturalist lens and a focus on collective representations of place, I compare two nearby New York parks to uncover why, despite many similarities, they support different patterns of meaning making and use. Drawing…
Gifts Among Strangers
The Freecycle Network, with its millions of members gifting objects to strangers, is a stalwart fixture of the increasingly popular sharing economy. Unlike the wildly profitable Airbnb and Uber, the Freecycle Network prohibits profit-making, or even barter, providing an altruism-based alternative to capitalist markets while keeping tons of garbage out of landfills. Why do millions of people give through Freecycle instead of selling, donating, or …
Making Sense of Naturalization
Road to Citizenship
Asian America
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the USA. They now outnumber Latinos among the newly arrived immigrants. Asian Americans have had a considerable presence in the USA since the
Citizenship Status and Patterns of Inequality in the U nited S tates and C anada
Objective This study investigates inequalities in the distribution of citizenship status among immigrants in C anada and the U nited S tates between 1970 and 2001. It is motivated by a desire to probe deeper into the gap in citizenship rates between the two countries. Methods Logistic regression analysis of census data is used to predict the odds of citizenship among the foreign born, controlling for a range of factors. Results There has been a g…
Naturalization ceremonies and the role of immigrants in the American nation
Although immigration is an essential element in the American national story, it presents difficulties for constructing national membership and national identity in terms of shared intrinsic values. In this paper, I analyze speeches made at naturalization ceremonies during two time periods (1950-1970 and 2003-present) in order to examine the evolving roles of immigrants, as articulated to immigrants themselves. Naturalization ceremonies are a uniq…
Asian Immigration to the United States
Philip Q. Yang, ASIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, Cambridge: Polity, 2011, xiii + 274 pp., $22.95 (paper) Philip Yang's comprehensive new book sets out to formulate a new theory to explain th
Contexts of exit in the migration of Russian speakers from the Baltic countries to Ireland
Recently, Ireland has become a major destination for migrants from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Many of these migrants are members of Russian-speaking minorities leaving a context of restrictive citizenship and language laws and varying degrees of ethnic tension. This article draws on interviews collected in Ireland to examine the role played by the contexts of exit in decisions to migrate among Russian-speaking minorities from the Baltics. The…
Organizational life and political incorporation of two Asian immigrant groups
Civil society is the foundation of a healthy democracy but its immigrant element has received little attention. This paper is a case study of immigrant organizations of highly-skilled Asian Indians and Chinese immigrants in a suburban town of Edison, New Jersey. I find that civic participation of Asian Indian immigrants spills over into political incorporation while Chinese immigrant organizations remain marginalized. I argue the local processes …
Super-diversity as a methodological lens
Super-diversity as a methodological lens calls for a study of dynamics of new and diversified social groups that moves away from more traditional approaches focused on ethnicity. In examining the potential of super-diversity as a methodological lens, I identify a risk of downplaying the effect of "old" categories of difference that are likely to continue to shape social structures as well as space. I propose a re-centring of power and inequality …
Making Sense of Naturalization
Organizational life and political incorporation of two Asian immigrant groups
Civil society is the foundation of a healthy democracy but its immigrant element has received little attention. This paper is a case study of immigrant organizations of highly-skilled Asian Indians and Chinese immigrants in a suburban town of Edison, New Jersey. I find that civic participation of Asian Indian immigrants spills over into political incorporation while Chinese immigrant organizations remain marginalized. I argue the local processes …
Contexts of exit in the migration of Russian speakers from the Baltic countries to Ireland
Recently, Ireland has become a major destination for migrants from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Many of these migrants are members of Russian-speaking minorities leaving a context of restrictive citizenship and language laws and varying degrees of ethnic tension. This article draws on interviews collected in Ireland to examine the role played by the contexts of exit in decisions to migrate among Russian-speaking minorities from the Baltics. The…
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Collective memory and narratives of local history shape the ways people imagine a neighborhood's present situation and future development, processes that reflect tensions related to identity and struggles over resources. Using an urban culturalist lens and a focus on collective representations of place, I compare two nearby New York parks to uncover why, despite many similarities, they support different patterns of meaning making and use. Drawing…
Citizenship Status and Patterns of Inequality in the U nited S tates and C anada
Objective This study investigates inequalities in the distribution of citizenship status among immigrants in C anada and the U nited S tates between 1970 and 2001. It is motivated by a desire to probe deeper into the gap in citizenship rates between the two countries. Methods Logistic regression analysis of census data is used to predict the odds of citizenship among the foreign born, controlling for a range of factors. Results There has been a g…
Gifts Among Strangers
The Freecycle Network, with its millions of members gifting objects to strangers, is a stalwart fixture of the increasingly popular sharing economy. Unlike the wildly profitable Airbnb and Uber, the Freecycle Network prohibits profit-making, or even barter, providing an altruism-based alternative to capitalist markets while keeping tons of garbage out of landfills. Why do millions of people give through Freecycle instead of selling, donating, or …
Naturalization ceremonies and the role of immigrants in the American nation
Although immigration is an essential element in the American national story, it presents difficulties for constructing national membership and national identity in terms of shared intrinsic values. In this paper, I analyze speeches made at naturalization ceremonies during two time periods (1950-1970 and 2003-present) in order to examine the evolving roles of immigrants, as articulated to immigrants themselves. Naturalization ceremonies are a uniq…
Asian America
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the USA. They now outnumber Latinos among the newly arrived immigrants. Asian Americans have had a considerable presence in the USA since the
Citizenship and its Others
In wealthy countries on either side of the Atlantic, closely guarded formal citizenship status signifies belonging and access to rights. Immigration systems block the road to citizenship for masses
Asian Immigration to the United States
Philip Q. Yang, ASIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, Cambridge: Polity, 2011, xiii + 274 pp., $22.95 (paper) Philip Yang's comprehensive new book sets out to formulate a new theory to explain th
Framing the Immigrant in Labor Unions and the Military in the United States
We present a comparative study of organizational discourses on immigrants in two cornerstone US institutions: labor unions and the US military, both powerful players in setting the terms of immigration debates and policies in the United States. How do unions and the military frame the role of immigrants within their institutions and in US society? We draw on qualitative content analysis of materials produced by AFL-CIO and the US military between…
Building Dignified Worlds
Contexts of exit in the migration of Russian speakers from the Baltic countries to Ireland
Recently, Ireland has become a major destination for migrants from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Many of these migrants are members of Russian-speaking minorities leaving a context of restrictive citizenship and language laws and varying degrees of ethnic tension. This article draws on interviews collected in Ireland to examine the role played by the contexts of exit in decisions to migrate among Russian-speaking minorities from the Baltics. The…
Organizational life and political incorporation of two Asian immigrant groups
Civil society is the foundation of a healthy democracy but its immigrant element has received little attention. This paper is a case study of immigrant organizations of highly-skilled Asian Indians and Chinese immigrants in a suburban town of Edison, New Jersey. I find that civic participation of Asian Indian immigrants spills over into political incorporation while Chinese immigrant organizations remain marginalized. I argue the local processes …
Asian Immigration to the United States
Philip Q. Yang, ASIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, Cambridge: Polity, 2011, xiii + 274 pp., $22.95 (paper) Philip Yang's comprehensive new book sets out to formulate a new theory to explain th
Naturalization ceremonies and the role of immigrants in the American nation
Although immigration is an essential element in the American national story, it presents difficulties for constructing national membership and national identity in terms of shared intrinsic values. In this paper, I analyze speeches made at naturalization ceremonies during two time periods (1950-1970 and 2003-present) in order to examine the evolving roles of immigrants, as articulated to immigrants themselves. Naturalization ceremonies are a uniq…
Citizenship Status and Patterns of Inequality in the U nited S tates and C anada
Objective This study investigates inequalities in the distribution of citizenship status among immigrants in C anada and the U nited S tates between 1970 and 2001. It is motivated by a desire to probe deeper into the gap in citizenship rates between the two countries. Methods Logistic regression analysis of census data is used to predict the odds of citizenship among the foreign born, controlling for a range of factors. Results There has been a g…
Road to Citizenship
Asian America
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the USA. They now outnumber Latinos among the newly arrived immigrants. Asian Americans have had a considerable presence in the USA since the
Gifts Among Strangers
The Freecycle Network, with its millions of members gifting objects to strangers, is a stalwart fixture of the increasingly popular sharing economy. Unlike the wildly profitable Airbnb and Uber, the Freecycle Network prohibits profit-making, or even barter, providing an altruism-based alternative to capitalist markets while keeping tons of garbage out of landfills. Why do millions of people give through Freecycle instead of selling, donating, or …
Making Sense of Naturalization
Building Dignified Worlds
Citizenship and its Others
In wealthy countries on either side of the Atlantic, closely guarded formal citizenship status signifies belonging and access to rights. Immigration systems block the road to citizenship for masses
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Collective memory and narratives of local history shape the ways people imagine a neighborhood's present situation and future development, processes that reflect tensions related to identity and struggles over resources. Using an urban culturalist lens and a focus on collective representations of place, I compare two nearby New York parks to uncover why, despite many similarities, they support different patterns of meaning making and use. Drawing…
Super-diversity as a methodological lens
Super-diversity as a methodological lens calls for a study of dynamics of new and diversified social groups that moves away from more traditional approaches focused on ethnicity. In examining the potential of super-diversity as a methodological lens, I identify a risk of downplaying the effect of "old" categories of difference that are likely to continue to shape social structures as well as space. I propose a re-centring of power and inequality …
Moral Entanglements
At first glance Stefan Bargheer’s book is 300-plus pages about bird watching, filled with detailed accounts of 19th, 20th, and 21st century bird enthusiasts and their alphabet soup of organizations in Britain and Germany. There are bird manuals, bird boxes, Nazi concentration camp guards who birdwatch on the side, and even a photo of a bird defecating on the German tricolor. Bargheer plunges the reader—in my case, a reader largely unfamiliar with…
Organizing while Undocumented
Managing Illegality on Campus
Contributing to the literature on the institutional experiences of undocumented youth, this article by Holly E. Reed, Sofya Aptekar, and Amy Hsin explores undocumented and “DACAmented” students’ experiences managing their illegality on campus and how college staff and faculty manage that illegality while organizing programs and support. Their analysis of in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with more than one hundred undocumented college stu…
The Violence of Asylum
A sizable portion of the undocumented population in the US is Chinese but they are an understudied group. We analyze secondary literature and policies to understand undocumented Chinese immigration in its historical and contemporary contexts and draw on interviews with undocumented migrants, community organizers, social workers, and others working in the Chinese community in New York City, as well as participant observation of community events, t…
Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes
Green Card Soldiers
Citizenship, which proves harder-than-advertised to achieve through enlistment, may come second to the “poverty draft” in drawing immigrants into the U.S. military, but it matters for immigrants’ service and the lives they lead afterward
Framing the Immigrant in Labor Unions and the Military in the United States
We present a comparative study of organizational discourses on immigrants in two cornerstone US institutions: labor unions and the US military, both powerful players in setting the terms of immigration debates and policies in the United States. How do unions and the military frame the role of immigrants within their institutions and in US society? We draw on qualitative content analysis of materials produced by AFL-CIO and the US military between…
Heterogeneous Effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) on Undocumented College Students’ Educational Outcomes
We investigate why prior studies examining the effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on undocumented youth's college outcomes in the United States have yielded mixed findings. We draw on unique administrative data from the City University of New York at the time of DACA's implementation and utilize difference-in-difference estimation to examine DACA's effects on undocumented students’ college GPA and interruptions to their …
Indebted Heroes
The US public is constantly reminded of its debt to veterans and military personnel. At the same time, military workers are disciplined by a different kind of debt. They enter the military in hopes of getting rid of debt, not taking on more debt, or even accessing credit on better terms. Once they begin working for the military, they are plagued by a vast predatory debt industry, which uses the criminalization of debt by the military to extract p…
Legal Phantoms
Political science (19 obras) · Law (18 obras) · Sociology (18 obras) · Politics (12 obras) · Immigration (10 obras) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (9 obras) · Economics (8 obras) · Law (8 obras) · Gender Studies (7 obras) · Citizenship (6 obras)