Felicia Arriaga
Biographic Data
| ID | 174714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felicia Arriaga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felicia |
| FAMILY NAME | Arriaga |
| SIGNATURE | ARRIAGA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Appalachian State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4761-5451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Looking Back to Look Forward
Behind Crimmigration
In recent years, dozens of counties in North Carolina have partnered with federal law enforcement in the criminalization of immigration—what many have dubbed "crimmigration." Southern border enforcement still monopolizes the national immigration debate, but immigration enforcement has become common within the United States as well. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are a major part of American immigration enforcement, Fel…
Embracing Abolition
Embracing a Radically Transformative Intellectual Approach
This article analyses how, as a child in a mixed status family in North Carolina, I was essentially born into the field. I come from the community I study and I am both a scholar and analyst of that community, as well as a civic leader in it, by, for example, serving on a local Human Rights Commission and working with coalitions that sought to vote out of office sheriffs whose policies were causing deportations and family separations, and voting …
Liberatory Research
The North Carolina Black Leadership Organizing Collective (NCBLOC) began in 2015 and is in a 10-year process to develop Black-led movement organizations in North Carolina. Blu Lewis was one of the visionary architects of this initiative and refers to many of the ways we use research inside of the organization to work towards our goals. Felicia Arriaga joined NCBLOC as the network coordinator for one of NC BLOC’s projects called the NC Statewide P…
Stakes is High (Higher than High)”
A Symposium on Charles W. Mills and The Racial Contract
Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US
This book speaks to two different audiences, and I applaud the authors for the efforts they made to reach both. One audience, the one I fall into that is critical of crime data and its overreliance to criminalize communities of color, might wish this book was titled “Police Data is Self-Report Data,” while the other audience might be drawn in because of the title's nods to criminology specific language. But the tension of writing for both audienc…
Latina Educators in Sociology
In this article, three Latina sociologists discuss how they engage in teaching in a predominantly white discipline during a sociopolitical context of overt xenophobia and racism. Under the Trump administration, the United States has witnessed increased rates in harassment, hate crimes, and mass shootings against people of color. Despite the 2020 Presidential Democratic win, the racist ideology that led to Trump’s sway over voters demands that we …
We can talk to you, you’re less radical”
This autoethnographic paper discusses the complex methodological issues of a Latina scholar activist conducting research about the undocumented in a law enforcement context in the presence of power elites. She navigates her purpose and perceived identities in withholding some identities for the purpose of accessing data. She chronicles her fieldwork, noting her cultural intuition approach, reflecting on her navigation of answerability to her immi…
Class and the cultural styles applicants present to gatekeepers
Writing in Race
Hiring managers and segments of the American public believe that white, black, and Hispanic job-seekers present distinct soft skills to employers. Sociologists have not tested this belief and provide competing theories about whether it is likely to be true. Structural theories maintain that different resources and networks inhibit racial groups from displaying similar non-technical skills and experiences, while cultural approaches posit that all …
Presenting Their Gendered Selves? How Women and Men Describe Who They Are, What They Have Done, and Why They Want the Job in Their Written Applications
Relationships between the Public and Crimmigration Entities in North Carolina
How does local law enforcement, with the aid of city and county governments, respond to racialized immigrant threat through policy implementation, namely, through adoption of intergovernmental agreements? More specifically, how is this response tailored for Latino immigrant communities, particularly in new destination communities? Across the country, scholars, activists, and politicians note the increasing use of local law enforcement to implemen…
Understanding Crimmigration
Crimmigration, or the intertwining of criminal and immigration law, allows whether explicitly or implicitly for local law enforcement and increasingly other government agencies, to act as enforcers of both aspects of the law. Increasingly, practices and polices implemented within this realm are characteristic of interior enforcement practices, expanding beyond border enforcement. No longer are these solely the responsibility of federal immigratio…
Teaching and Learning Guide for
Relationships between the Public and Crimmigration Entities in North Carolina
How does local law enforcement, with the aid of city and county governments, respond to racialized immigrant threat through policy implementation, namely, through adoption of intergovernmental agreements? More specifically, how is this response tailored for Latino immigrant communities, particularly in new destination communities? Across the country, scholars, activists, and politicians note the increasing use of local law enforcement to implemen…
Understanding Crimmigration
Crimmigration, or the intertwining of criminal and immigration law, allows whether explicitly or implicitly for local law enforcement and increasingly other government agencies, to act as enforcers of both aspects of the law. Increasingly, practices and polices implemented within this realm are characteristic of interior enforcement practices, expanding beyond border enforcement. No longer are these solely the responsibility of federal immigratio…
Presenting Their Gendered Selves? How Women and Men Describe Who They Are, What They Have Done, and Why They Want the Job in Their Written Applications
Class and the cultural styles applicants present to gatekeepers
Embracing a Radically Transformative Intellectual Approach
This article analyses how, as a child in a mixed status family in North Carolina, I was essentially born into the field. I come from the community I study and I am both a scholar and analyst of that community, as well as a civic leader in it, by, for example, serving on a local Human Rights Commission and working with coalitions that sought to vote out of office sheriffs whose policies were causing deportations and family separations, and voting …
Writing in Race
Hiring managers and segments of the American public believe that white, black, and Hispanic job-seekers present distinct soft skills to employers. Sociologists have not tested this belief and provide competing theories about whether it is likely to be true. Structural theories maintain that different resources and networks inhibit racial groups from displaying similar non-technical skills and experiences, while cultural approaches posit that all …
Understanding Crimmigration
Crimmigration, or the intertwining of criminal and immigration law, allows whether explicitly or implicitly for local law enforcement and increasingly other government agencies, to act as enforcers of both aspects of the law. Increasingly, practices and polices implemented within this realm are characteristic of interior enforcement practices, expanding beyond border enforcement. No longer are these solely the responsibility of federal immigratio…
Teaching and Learning Guide for
Relationships between the Public and Crimmigration Entities in North Carolina
How does local law enforcement, with the aid of city and county governments, respond to racialized immigrant threat through policy implementation, namely, through adoption of intergovernmental agreements? More specifically, how is this response tailored for Latino immigrant communities, particularly in new destination communities? Across the country, scholars, activists, and politicians note the increasing use of local law enforcement to implemen…
Presenting Their Gendered Selves? How Women and Men Describe Who They Are, What They Have Done, and Why They Want the Job in Their Written Applications
Writing in Race
Hiring managers and segments of the American public believe that white, black, and Hispanic job-seekers present distinct soft skills to employers. Sociologists have not tested this belief and provide competing theories about whether it is likely to be true. Structural theories maintain that different resources and networks inhibit racial groups from displaying similar non-technical skills and experiences, while cultural approaches posit that all …
Latina Educators in Sociology
In this article, three Latina sociologists discuss how they engage in teaching in a predominantly white discipline during a sociopolitical context of overt xenophobia and racism. Under the Trump administration, the United States has witnessed increased rates in harassment, hate crimes, and mass shootings against people of color. Despite the 2020 Presidential Democratic win, the racist ideology that led to Trump’s sway over voters demands that we …
We can talk to you, you’re less radical”
This autoethnographic paper discusses the complex methodological issues of a Latina scholar activist conducting research about the undocumented in a law enforcement context in the presence of power elites. She navigates her purpose and perceived identities in withholding some identities for the purpose of accessing data. She chronicles her fieldwork, noting her cultural intuition approach, reflecting on her navigation of answerability to her immi…
Class and the cultural styles applicants present to gatekeepers
A Symposium on Charles W. Mills and The Racial Contract
Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US
This book speaks to two different audiences, and I applaud the authors for the efforts they made to reach both. One audience, the one I fall into that is critical of crime data and its overreliance to criminalize communities of color, might wish this book was titled “Police Data is Self-Report Data,” while the other audience might be drawn in because of the title's nods to criminology specific language. But the tension of writing for both audienc…
Behind Crimmigration
In recent years, dozens of counties in North Carolina have partnered with federal law enforcement in the criminalization of immigration—what many have dubbed "crimmigration." Southern border enforcement still monopolizes the national immigration debate, but immigration enforcement has become common within the United States as well. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are a major part of American immigration enforcement, Fel…
Embracing Abolition
Embracing a Radically Transformative Intellectual Approach
This article analyses how, as a child in a mixed status family in North Carolina, I was essentially born into the field. I come from the community I study and I am both a scholar and analyst of that community, as well as a civic leader in it, by, for example, serving on a local Human Rights Commission and working with coalitions that sought to vote out of office sheriffs whose policies were causing deportations and family separations, and voting …
Liberatory Research
The North Carolina Black Leadership Organizing Collective (NCBLOC) began in 2015 and is in a 10-year process to develop Black-led movement organizations in North Carolina. Blu Lewis was one of the visionary architects of this initiative and refers to many of the ways we use research inside of the organization to work towards our goals. Felicia Arriaga joined NCBLOC as the network coordinator for one of NC BLOC’s projects called the NC Statewide P…
Stakes is High (Higher than High)”
Looking Back to Look Forward
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (4 works) · Politics (4 works)