Stephanie L Canizale
Biographic Data
| ID | 232676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie L Canizale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie L |
| FAMILY NAME | Canizale |
| SIGNATURE | CANIZALE S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Merced |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3438-8878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Between obligations and aspirations: Unaccompanied Immigrant Teen Workers' Transnational Lives and Imagined Futures
Relying on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews with undocumented Latinx young adults (18-31) who arrived in Los Angeles, California, as unaccompanied minors (11-17), this study examines immigrant youth workers' migration motives, their transnational ties and transnationalism's effect on their imagined futures. Findings show that, in the context of structural and community violence and poverty, Central American and Mexican youth migra…
Caught in the Dragnet: How Punitive Immigration Laws Harm Immigrant Community Helpers
Legal violence, or the effects of an intertwining of immigration and criminal law, harms asylum seekers and immigrants, as well as the U.S. attorneys, social workers, health professionals, and advocates who help them
Thresholds of liminality: Discourse and embodiment from separation to consummation among Guatemalan Maya youth workers in Los Angeles
This paper brings contemporary scholarship on youth migration, Indigeneity, race, and language into conversation with formative work on liminality and rites of passage. Drawing on six years' worth of participant observation and interviews with L1 Maya (primarily K'iche') speaking Guatemalan youth workers in Los Angeles, we theorize the transformations that characterize urban immigrant life for Indigenous Latinxs in the contemporary United States …
Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change
Si Mis Papás Estuvieran Aquí: Unaccompanied Youth Workers' Emergent Frame of Reference and Health in the United States
Relying on in-depth interviews and ethnographic data in Los Angeles, California, this study examines the health experiences of unaccompanied, undocumented Latin American-origin immigrant youth as they come of age as low-wage workers. Findings demonstrate that unaccompanied, undocumented youth undergo cumulative physical and mental health disadvantages in the United States's secondary labor market and during critical developmental life stages whil…
Ethnoracial Capitalism and the Limits of Ethnic Solidarity
Based on qualitative data drawn from Latino elites, Latino entrepreneurs, and two Latino banks in Los Angeles, we theorize the concept of ethnoracial capitalism, which occurs within racialized groups when group members commodify ethnicity through the sale of culturally-specific goods or when institutions and services are imbued with ethnicity and assumed to form the basis of profitable financial exchanges. We investigate why Latino elites establi…
Work Primacy and the Social Incorporation of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Latinx Youth in the United States
This study investigates the social incorporation of unaccompanied, undocumented Latinx youth workers as they come of age in the United States. Based on research with undocumented Central American and Mexican young adults who grew up as unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles, California, the data reveal that the pressures of financial obligations to families in the sending country and their own sobrevivencia (survival) in the United States, along wit…
“Maybe not 100%”: Co-constructing language proficiency in the Maya diaspora
Language learning and the development of language proficiency are central concerns in the study of immigrant adaptation. This paper analyzes the social construction of language proficiency among Indigenous Guatemalan Maya youth in the United States– specifically, undocumented young adults who migrated to Los Angeles, California as unaccompanied minors and who grew up as low-wage workers. Our analysis shows that youth used “percentage talk”– i.e.,…
Working‐class Latina/o youth navigating stratification and inequality: A review of literature
Reflecting broader systems of stratification and inequality, sociological research shows that working‐class Latina/o immigrant families experience multiple marginalizations that require their children and youth to transcend the bounds of normative childhood by prematurely taking on roles and responsibilities typically thought of as reserved for adults. Still, the work kids do is largely studied in isolation and treated as exceptional. This paper …
Latinos & Racism in the Trump Era
This essay examines the roots, causes, and effects of racism experienced by Latinos in the Trump era. We argue that Trump and his administration were not the origin of Latinos' experiences of racism, but his rise to power was, in part, derived from Latino racialization. Preexisting politics of Latino immigration, Whites' fear of loss of status due to demographic shifts, and historical and contemporary processes of racializing Latinos were seized …
Unauthorized: Portraits of Latino Immigrants
Educational Meaning Making and Language Learning: Understanding the Educational Incorporation of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Latinx Youth Workers in the United States
Immigration scholars agree that educational attainment is essential for the success of immigrant youth in U.S. society and functions as a key indicator of how youth will fare in their transition into adulthood. Research warns of downward or stagnant mobility for people with lower levels of educational attainment. Yet much existing research takes for granted that immigrant youth have access to a normative parent-led household, K-12 schools, and co…
Support and setback: How Religion and Religious Organisations Shape the Incorporation of Unaccompanied Indigenous Youth
Churches are recognised as pillars of solidarity and support within immigrant communities but rarely in regard to youths’ social incorporation. Drawing on 24 months of participant observation of two Catholic churches and in-depth interviews with unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya youth church members in a Los Angeles, California community, this study examines the role of the church and religion in youth’s incorporation trajectories. I find that the ch…
Latino/a professionals as entrepreneurs: How Race, Class, and Gender Shape Entrepreneurial Incorporation
American individualism and the social incorporation of unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya young adults in Los Angeles
This study prompts a re-examination of segmented assimilation by investigating the social incorporation of unauthorized Guatemalan Maya young adults who arrive to the USA as unaccompanied minors to work while their families remain abroad. Unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya young adult participants of a Los Angeles support group show that Americanization and the adoption of American individualism equips youth growing up without parents or supportive so…
Latinos & Racism in the Trump Era
This essay examines the roots, causes, and effects of racism experienced by Latinos in the Trump era. We argue that Trump and his administration were not the origin of Latinos' experiences of racism, but his rise to power was, in part, derived from Latino racialization. Preexisting politics of Latino immigration, Whites' fear of loss of status due to demographic shifts, and historical and contemporary processes of racializing Latinos were seized …
Latino/a professionals as entrepreneurs: How Race, Class, and Gender Shape Entrepreneurial Incorporation
American individualism and the social incorporation of unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya young adults in Los Angeles
This study prompts a re-examination of segmented assimilation by investigating the social incorporation of unauthorized Guatemalan Maya young adults who arrive to the USA as unaccompanied minors to work while their families remain abroad. Unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya young adult participants of a Los Angeles support group show that Americanization and the adoption of American individualism equips youth growing up without parents or supportive so…
Work Primacy and the Social Incorporation of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Latinx Youth in the United States
This study investigates the social incorporation of unaccompanied, undocumented Latinx youth workers as they come of age in the United States. Based on research with undocumented Central American and Mexican young adults who grew up as unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles, California, the data reveal that the pressures of financial obligations to families in the sending country and their own sobrevivencia (survival) in the United States, along wit…
Ethnoracial Capitalism and the Limits of Ethnic Solidarity
Based on qualitative data drawn from Latino elites, Latino entrepreneurs, and two Latino banks in Los Angeles, we theorize the concept of ethnoracial capitalism, which occurs within racialized groups when group members commodify ethnicity through the sale of culturally-specific goods or when institutions and services are imbued with ethnicity and assumed to form the basis of profitable financial exchanges. We investigate why Latino elites establi…
Educational Meaning Making and Language Learning: Understanding the Educational Incorporation of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Latinx Youth Workers in the United States
Immigration scholars agree that educational attainment is essential for the success of immigrant youth in U.S. society and functions as a key indicator of how youth will fare in their transition into adulthood. Research warns of downward or stagnant mobility for people with lower levels of educational attainment. Yet much existing research takes for granted that immigrant youth have access to a normative parent-led household, K-12 schools, and co…
Support and setback: How Religion and Religious Organisations Shape the Incorporation of Unaccompanied Indigenous Youth
Churches are recognised as pillars of solidarity and support within immigrant communities but rarely in regard to youths’ social incorporation. Drawing on 24 months of participant observation of two Catholic churches and in-depth interviews with unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya youth church members in a Los Angeles, California community, this study examines the role of the church and religion in youth’s incorporation trajectories. I find that the ch…
Between obligations and aspirations: Unaccompanied Immigrant Teen Workers' Transnational Lives and Imagined Futures
Relying on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews with undocumented Latinx young adults (18-31) who arrived in Los Angeles, California, as unaccompanied minors (11-17), this study examines immigrant youth workers' migration motives, their transnational ties and transnationalism's effect on their imagined futures. Findings show that, in the context of structural and community violence and poverty, Central American and Mexican youth migra…
Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change
Si Mis Papás Estuvieran Aquí: Unaccompanied Youth Workers' Emergent Frame of Reference and Health in the United States
Relying on in-depth interviews and ethnographic data in Los Angeles, California, this study examines the health experiences of unaccompanied, undocumented Latin American-origin immigrant youth as they come of age as low-wage workers. Findings demonstrate that unaccompanied, undocumented youth undergo cumulative physical and mental health disadvantages in the United States's secondary labor market and during critical developmental life stages whil…
Thresholds of liminality: Discourse and embodiment from separation to consummation among Guatemalan Maya youth workers in Los Angeles
This paper brings contemporary scholarship on youth migration, Indigeneity, race, and language into conversation with formative work on liminality and rites of passage. Drawing on six years' worth of participant observation and interviews with L1 Maya (primarily K'iche') speaking Guatemalan youth workers in Los Angeles, we theorize the transformations that characterize urban immigrant life for Indigenous Latinxs in the contemporary United States …
American individualism and the social incorporation of unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya young adults in Los Angeles
This study prompts a re-examination of segmented assimilation by investigating the social incorporation of unauthorized Guatemalan Maya young adults who arrive to the USA as unaccompanied minors to work while their families remain abroad. Unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya young adult participants of a Los Angeles support group show that Americanization and the adoption of American individualism equips youth growing up without parents or supportive so…
Latino/a professionals as entrepreneurs: How Race, Class, and Gender Shape Entrepreneurial Incorporation
Support and setback: How Religion and Religious Organisations Shape the Incorporation of Unaccompanied Indigenous Youth
Churches are recognised as pillars of solidarity and support within immigrant communities but rarely in regard to youths’ social incorporation. Drawing on 24 months of participant observation of two Catholic churches and in-depth interviews with unaccompanied Guatemalan Maya youth church members in a Los Angeles, California community, this study examines the role of the church and religion in youth’s incorporation trajectories. I find that the ch…
Latinos & Racism in the Trump Era
This essay examines the roots, causes, and effects of racism experienced by Latinos in the Trump era. We argue that Trump and his administration were not the origin of Latinos' experiences of racism, but his rise to power was, in part, derived from Latino racialization. Preexisting politics of Latino immigration, Whites' fear of loss of status due to demographic shifts, and historical and contemporary processes of racializing Latinos were seized …
Unauthorized: Portraits of Latino Immigrants
Educational Meaning Making and Language Learning: Understanding the Educational Incorporation of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Latinx Youth Workers in the United States
Immigration scholars agree that educational attainment is essential for the success of immigrant youth in U.S. society and functions as a key indicator of how youth will fare in their transition into adulthood. Research warns of downward or stagnant mobility for people with lower levels of educational attainment. Yet much existing research takes for granted that immigrant youth have access to a normative parent-led household, K-12 schools, and co…
“Maybe not 100%”: Co-constructing language proficiency in the Maya diaspora
Language learning and the development of language proficiency are central concerns in the study of immigrant adaptation. This paper analyzes the social construction of language proficiency among Indigenous Guatemalan Maya youth in the United States– specifically, undocumented young adults who migrated to Los Angeles, California as unaccompanied minors and who grew up as low-wage workers. Our analysis shows that youth used “percentage talk”– i.e.,…
Working‐class Latina/o youth navigating stratification and inequality: A review of literature
Reflecting broader systems of stratification and inequality, sociological research shows that working‐class Latina/o immigrant families experience multiple marginalizations that require their children and youth to transcend the bounds of normative childhood by prematurely taking on roles and responsibilities typically thought of as reserved for adults. Still, the work kids do is largely studied in isolation and treated as exceptional. This paper …
Caught in the Dragnet: How Punitive Immigration Laws Harm Immigrant Community Helpers
Legal violence, or the effects of an intertwining of immigration and criminal law, harms asylum seekers and immigrants, as well as the U.S. attorneys, social workers, health professionals, and advocates who help them
Thresholds of liminality: Discourse and embodiment from separation to consummation among Guatemalan Maya youth workers in Los Angeles
This paper brings contemporary scholarship on youth migration, Indigeneity, race, and language into conversation with formative work on liminality and rites of passage. Drawing on six years' worth of participant observation and interviews with L1 Maya (primarily K'iche') speaking Guatemalan youth workers in Los Angeles, we theorize the transformations that characterize urban immigrant life for Indigenous Latinxs in the contemporary United States …
Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change
Si Mis Papás Estuvieran Aquí: Unaccompanied Youth Workers' Emergent Frame of Reference and Health in the United States
Relying on in-depth interviews and ethnographic data in Los Angeles, California, this study examines the health experiences of unaccompanied, undocumented Latin American-origin immigrant youth as they come of age as low-wage workers. Findings demonstrate that unaccompanied, undocumented youth undergo cumulative physical and mental health disadvantages in the United States's secondary labor market and during critical developmental life stages whil…
Ethnoracial Capitalism and the Limits of Ethnic Solidarity
Based on qualitative data drawn from Latino elites, Latino entrepreneurs, and two Latino banks in Los Angeles, we theorize the concept of ethnoracial capitalism, which occurs within racialized groups when group members commodify ethnicity through the sale of culturally-specific goods or when institutions and services are imbued with ethnicity and assumed to form the basis of profitable financial exchanges. We investigate why Latino elites establi…
Work Primacy and the Social Incorporation of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Latinx Youth in the United States
This study investigates the social incorporation of unaccompanied, undocumented Latinx youth workers as they come of age in the United States. Based on research with undocumented Central American and Mexican young adults who grew up as unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles, California, the data reveal that the pressures of financial obligations to families in the sending country and their own sobrevivencia (survival) in the United States, along wit…
Between obligations and aspirations: Unaccompanied Immigrant Teen Workers' Transnational Lives and Imagined Futures
Relying on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews with undocumented Latinx young adults (18-31) who arrived in Los Angeles, California, as unaccompanied minors (11-17), this study examines immigrant youth workers' migration motives, their transnational ties and transnationalism's effect on their imagined futures. Findings show that, in the context of structural and community violence and poverty, Central American and Mexican youth migra…
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Law (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Immigration (10 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (5 works)