Teresa Irene Gonzales
Biographic Data
| ID | 255891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Teresa Irene Gonzales |
| GIVEN NAMES | Teresa Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Gonzales |
| SIGNATURE | GONZALES T I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6336-515X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“No Somos Amargados ni Fracasados”
Urban studies highlight the importance of public parks in fostering community, rest, and civic engagement. Yet for low-income and Latinx/e populations, public spaces that support leisure and community are often scarce or stigmatized as unsafe. To better understand the relationship between public space and social belonging, this paper analyzes the significance of public parks in the lives of Dominican and Puerto Rican men in Lawrence, Massachusett…
Best Practices for Hispanic-Latinx Students in PK-12 Schools
This integrative literature review of over 200 articles identifies and explains 12 best practices for school districts supporting Hispanic-Latinx students: 1) develop and implement inclusive practices and policies; 2) encourage bilingualism and multilingualism; 3) connect curricula to students’ backgrounds; 4) strengthen relationships between students and personnel; 5) engage students and have high expectations; 6) strengthen communication betwee…
How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria
Kenyan Female Immigrants' Creation of a Virtual Enclave
Much of the research on ethnic enclaves in the United States has focussed on physical, geographic spaces or brick-and-mortar establishments that foster community building and provide shared resources for immigrant groups, such as those from Latin America, Asia and Europe. These studies often highlight the benefits and challenges enclaves provide, with only a limited discussion of how immigrant women use these spaces. Using survey data drawn from …
Parks for Profit
Perceptions of Police Among Kenyan Female Immigrants in the United States
We explored how highly educated and middle-class Kenyan female immigrants perceive their encounters with the police in the United States, including the decision to access the criminal justice system in response to their victimization. We found a positive correlation between perceptions of procedural justice and cooperation among Kenyan women immigrants. Conversely, prior victimization was inversely associated with help-seeking among these women. …
The Stories We Tell
The stories we tell about ourselves and our communities have the power to impact perceptions of marginalized communities, both positively and negatively. Narratives affect how people view themselves, their town, and other members of their community and thus shape personal interactions, local culture, social situations, and even decisions about allocation of resources. When those stories are rooted in discursive frames-what we can understand as th…
Building a Better Chicago
"Building a Better Chicago" published on by NYU Press.
Ratchet-Rasquache Activism
Extending the rich literature about women-of-color activism, this article analyzes the ways Chicago-based Chicanas and Black women maintain, build, and expand low-income residents’ access to and ownership of the city. I draw on 30 months of community-engaged, ethnographic fieldwork within high-poverty Mexican- and African-American neighborhoods and on interviews with 22 women-of-color activists across Chicago. Combining the cultural signifiers “r…
Two sides of the same coin
Studies on community development have demonstrated that the presence of local nonprofits with ties to political and economic power holders may lead to a silencing of community voices or a narrowing of civic activity. These studies often overlook intra-neighborhood dynamics and the multiplicity of local organizational responses to broader development initiatives. Using a case study of the New Communities Program (NCP) in 2 low-income neighborhoods…
Perceptions of Police Among Kenyan Female Immigrants in the United States
We explored how highly educated and middle-class Kenyan female immigrants perceive their encounters with the police in the United States, including the decision to access the criminal justice system in response to their victimization. We found a positive correlation between perceptions of procedural justice and cooperation among Kenyan women immigrants. Conversely, prior victimization was inversely associated with help-seeking among these women. …
The Stories We Tell
The stories we tell about ourselves and our communities have the power to impact perceptions of marginalized communities, both positively and negatively. Narratives affect how people view themselves, their town, and other members of their community and thus shape personal interactions, local culture, social situations, and even decisions about allocation of resources. When those stories are rooted in discursive frames-what we can understand as th…
Ratchet-Rasquache Activism
Extending the rich literature about women-of-color activism, this article analyzes the ways Chicago-based Chicanas and Black women maintain, build, and expand low-income residents’ access to and ownership of the city. I draw on 30 months of community-engaged, ethnographic fieldwork within high-poverty Mexican- and African-American neighborhoods and on interviews with 22 women-of-color activists across Chicago. Combining the cultural signifiers “r…
Two sides of the same coin
Studies on community development have demonstrated that the presence of local nonprofits with ties to political and economic power holders may lead to a silencing of community voices or a narrowing of civic activity. These studies often overlook intra-neighborhood dynamics and the multiplicity of local organizational responses to broader development initiatives. Using a case study of the New Communities Program (NCP) in 2 low-income neighborhoods…
Two sides of the same coin
Studies on community development have demonstrated that the presence of local nonprofits with ties to political and economic power holders may lead to a silencing of community voices or a narrowing of civic activity. These studies often overlook intra-neighborhood dynamics and the multiplicity of local organizational responses to broader development initiatives. Using a case study of the New Communities Program (NCP) in 2 low-income neighborhoods…
Ratchet-Rasquache Activism
Extending the rich literature about women-of-color activism, this article analyzes the ways Chicago-based Chicanas and Black women maintain, build, and expand low-income residents’ access to and ownership of the city. I draw on 30 months of community-engaged, ethnographic fieldwork within high-poverty Mexican- and African-American neighborhoods and on interviews with 22 women-of-color activists across Chicago. Combining the cultural signifiers “r…
Building a Better Chicago
"Building a Better Chicago" published on by NYU Press.
Perceptions of Police Among Kenyan Female Immigrants in the United States
We explored how highly educated and middle-class Kenyan female immigrants perceive their encounters with the police in the United States, including the decision to access the criminal justice system in response to their victimization. We found a positive correlation between perceptions of procedural justice and cooperation among Kenyan women immigrants. Conversely, prior victimization was inversely associated with help-seeking among these women. …
The Stories We Tell
The stories we tell about ourselves and our communities have the power to impact perceptions of marginalized communities, both positively and negatively. Narratives affect how people view themselves, their town, and other members of their community and thus shape personal interactions, local culture, social situations, and even decisions about allocation of resources. When those stories are rooted in discursive frames-what we can understand as th…
Parks for Profit
Best Practices for Hispanic-Latinx Students in PK-12 Schools
This integrative literature review of over 200 articles identifies and explains 12 best practices for school districts supporting Hispanic-Latinx students: 1) develop and implement inclusive practices and policies; 2) encourage bilingualism and multilingualism; 3) connect curricula to students’ backgrounds; 4) strengthen relationships between students and personnel; 5) engage students and have high expectations; 6) strengthen communication betwee…
How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria
Kenyan Female Immigrants' Creation of a Virtual Enclave
Much of the research on ethnic enclaves in the United States has focussed on physical, geographic spaces or brick-and-mortar establishments that foster community building and provide shared resources for immigrant groups, such as those from Latin America, Asia and Europe. These studies often highlight the benefits and challenges enclaves provide, with only a limited discussion of how immigrant women use these spaces. Using survey data drawn from …
“No Somos Amargados ni Fracasados”
Urban studies highlight the importance of public parks in fostering community, rest, and civic engagement. Yet for low-income and Latinx/e populations, public spaces that support leisure and community are often scarce or stigmatized as unsafe. To better understand the relationship between public space and social belonging, this paper analyzes the significance of public parks in the lives of Dominican and Puerto Rican men in Lawrence, Massachusett…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)