Sarah M Ovink
Biographic Data
| ID | 315752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah M Ovink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ovink |
| SIGNATURE | OVINK S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2503-2570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Language Brokers: Children of Immigrants Translating Inequality and Belonging for Their Families
Giving Back”: Filipina and Latina Mothers’ Intersecting Burdens in Schools and Community-Based Organizations
Community-based organizations (CBOs) and schools are often key initial institutions encountered by immigrants. Yet little research compares immigrant perceptions of CBOs and schools. The authors use interviews with green card–status Filipina and undocumented Latina mothers at a nonprofit, low-income-serving CBO in San Francisco, California. The authors identify intersecting burdens, or emotional dilemmas associated with school and CBO participati…
Liberating Our Writing: Critical Narratives and Systemic Changes in Education and the Social Sciences
We outline our evolution as Latina, Asian, and White women sociologists using a social justice lens while studying transitions to college among youth of color. During our graduate training and early academic careers, we felt pushed to center “mainstream” theories, which often failed to account for the power struggles and intersectional oppression our reading and empirical investigations uncovered. Guidance from mentors, peer reviewers, and senior…
University Diversity Projects and the Inclusivity Challenge
Growing numbers of women; Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; and low-income/first-in-family students attend U.S. colleges. Although sought after by universities eager to establish diverse campuses, many minoritized students still report ambivalence about inclusion at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Like many PWIs, Meadow State University (MSU) promotes commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Yet little is known about h…
In Today’s Society, It’s a Necessity”: Latino/a Postsecondary Plans in the College-for-all Era
Latino/a enrollments at U.S. colleges are rapidly increasing. However, Latinos/as remain underrepresented at four-year universities, and college completion rates and household earnings lag other groups’. Yet, little theoretical attention has been paid to the processes that drive these trends, or to what happens when students not traditionally expected to attend college begin to enroll in large numbers. Longitudinal interviews with 50 Latino/a col…
Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-state Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students
A symbolic politics approach contends that the meanings policy proposals convey, and the audiences they attract, may matter more than whether they become law. Yet, we know little about the sociopolitical conditions prompting lawmakers to engage in symbolic politics. Using a new data set, we analyze proposals to expand or restrict in-state college tuition for undocumented students and find that national events-House of Representatives Bill 4437 an…
Social Bonding to School and Educational Inequality: Race/Ethnicity, Dropping Out, and the Significance of Place
Social bond theory suggests that strong bonds to school influence better outcomes on measures of educational progress and success. However, we know little about the relationship between social bonding to school and dropout for racial/ethnic minorities, or how this relationship varies across school settings. We examine how five types of social bonding (attachment, academic and sports involvement, commitment, and belief) influence the likelihood of…
No place like home? Familism and Latino/a-white differences in college pathways
Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspective
Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations
Immigrants and their children come to the U.S. in search of upward mobility, but in many contexts they experience discrimination and restrictive political climates. Contexts vary widely, however, given the growing number of new immigrant destinations. Past studies tend to focus on what immigrants and their children are (or are not) doing to adapt to local contexts, a focus that strengthens the perception that immigrants are a "problem" group. In …
They Always Call Me an Investment: Gendered Familism and Latino/a College Pathways
In the past 20 years, Latinas have begun to outperform Latinos in high school completion and college enrollment, tracking the overall 'gender reversal' in college attainment that favors women. Few studies have examined what factors contribute to Latinas' increasing educational success. This article focuses on gender differences in college-going behavior among a cohort of 50 Latino/a college aspirants in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Through 13…
This Ain’t My School!” Criminality, Control, and Contradictions in Institutional Responses to School Truancy
While previous research has explored the causes and consequences of school truancy, few studies have considered the meanings of institutional responses. This paper offers an ethnographic analysis of a pilot program promoted as a "progressive" form of truancy intervention. Midvale Truancy Center claimed to focus on education, rather than punishment. In practice, however, the crime control tactics used to capture, isolate, and discipline truants of…
Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations
Immigrants and their children come to the U.S. in search of upward mobility, but in many contexts they experience discrimination and restrictive political climates. Contexts vary widely, however, given the growing number of new immigrant destinations. Past studies tend to focus on what immigrants and their children are (or are not) doing to adapt to local contexts, a focus that strengthens the perception that immigrants are a "problem" group. In …
They Always Call Me an Investment: Gendered Familism and Latino/a College Pathways
In the past 20 years, Latinas have begun to outperform Latinos in high school completion and college enrollment, tracking the overall 'gender reversal' in college attainment that favors women. Few studies have examined what factors contribute to Latinas' increasing educational success. This article focuses on gender differences in college-going behavior among a cohort of 50 Latino/a college aspirants in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Through 13…
No place like home? Familism and Latino/a-white differences in college pathways
Social Bonding to School and Educational Inequality: Race/Ethnicity, Dropping Out, and the Significance of Place
Social bond theory suggests that strong bonds to school influence better outcomes on measures of educational progress and success. However, we know little about the relationship between social bonding to school and dropout for racial/ethnic minorities, or how this relationship varies across school settings. We examine how five types of social bonding (attachment, academic and sports involvement, commitment, and belief) influence the likelihood of…
In Today’s Society, It’s a Necessity”: Latino/a Postsecondary Plans in the College-for-all Era
Latino/a enrollments at U.S. colleges are rapidly increasing. However, Latinos/as remain underrepresented at four-year universities, and college completion rates and household earnings lag other groups’. Yet, little theoretical attention has been paid to the processes that drive these trends, or to what happens when students not traditionally expected to attend college begin to enroll in large numbers. Longitudinal interviews with 50 Latino/a col…
Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-state Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students
A symbolic politics approach contends that the meanings policy proposals convey, and the audiences they attract, may matter more than whether they become law. Yet, we know little about the sociopolitical conditions prompting lawmakers to engage in symbolic politics. Using a new data set, we analyze proposals to expand or restrict in-state college tuition for undocumented students and find that national events-House of Representatives Bill 4437 an…
Liberating Our Writing: Critical Narratives and Systemic Changes in Education and the Social Sciences
We outline our evolution as Latina, Asian, and White women sociologists using a social justice lens while studying transitions to college among youth of color. During our graduate training and early academic careers, we felt pushed to center “mainstream” theories, which often failed to account for the power struggles and intersectional oppression our reading and empirical investigations uncovered. Guidance from mentors, peer reviewers, and senior…
University Diversity Projects and the Inclusivity Challenge
Growing numbers of women; Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; and low-income/first-in-family students attend U.S. colleges. Although sought after by universities eager to establish diverse campuses, many minoritized students still report ambivalence about inclusion at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Like many PWIs, Meadow State University (MSU) promotes commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Yet little is known about h…
This Ain’t My School!” Criminality, Control, and Contradictions in Institutional Responses to School Truancy
While previous research has explored the causes and consequences of school truancy, few studies have considered the meanings of institutional responses. This paper offers an ethnographic analysis of a pilot program promoted as a "progressive" form of truancy intervention. Midvale Truancy Center claimed to focus on education, rather than punishment. In practice, however, the crime control tactics used to capture, isolate, and discipline truants of…
This Ain’t My School!” Criminality, Control, and Contradictions in Institutional Responses to School Truancy
While previous research has explored the causes and consequences of school truancy, few studies have considered the meanings of institutional responses. This paper offers an ethnographic analysis of a pilot program promoted as a "progressive" form of truancy intervention. Midvale Truancy Center claimed to focus on education, rather than punishment. In practice, however, the crime control tactics used to capture, isolate, and discipline truants of…
Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspective
Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations
Immigrants and their children come to the U.S. in search of upward mobility, but in many contexts they experience discrimination and restrictive political climates. Contexts vary widely, however, given the growing number of new immigrant destinations. Past studies tend to focus on what immigrants and their children are (or are not) doing to adapt to local contexts, a focus that strengthens the perception that immigrants are a "problem" group. In …
They Always Call Me an Investment: Gendered Familism and Latino/a College Pathways
In the past 20 years, Latinas have begun to outperform Latinos in high school completion and college enrollment, tracking the overall 'gender reversal' in college attainment that favors women. Few studies have examined what factors contribute to Latinas' increasing educational success. This article focuses on gender differences in college-going behavior among a cohort of 50 Latino/a college aspirants in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Through 13…
No place like home? Familism and Latino/a-white differences in college pathways
In Today’s Society, It’s a Necessity”: Latino/a Postsecondary Plans in the College-for-all Era
Latino/a enrollments at U.S. colleges are rapidly increasing. However, Latinos/as remain underrepresented at four-year universities, and college completion rates and household earnings lag other groups’. Yet, little theoretical attention has been paid to the processes that drive these trends, or to what happens when students not traditionally expected to attend college begin to enroll in large numbers. Longitudinal interviews with 50 Latino/a col…
Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-state Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students
A symbolic politics approach contends that the meanings policy proposals convey, and the audiences they attract, may matter more than whether they become law. Yet, we know little about the sociopolitical conditions prompting lawmakers to engage in symbolic politics. Using a new data set, we analyze proposals to expand or restrict in-state college tuition for undocumented students and find that national events-House of Representatives Bill 4437 an…
Social Bonding to School and Educational Inequality: Race/Ethnicity, Dropping Out, and the Significance of Place
Social bond theory suggests that strong bonds to school influence better outcomes on measures of educational progress and success. However, we know little about the relationship between social bonding to school and dropout for racial/ethnic minorities, or how this relationship varies across school settings. We examine how five types of social bonding (attachment, academic and sports involvement, commitment, and belief) influence the likelihood of…
Liberating Our Writing: Critical Narratives and Systemic Changes in Education and the Social Sciences
We outline our evolution as Latina, Asian, and White women sociologists using a social justice lens while studying transitions to college among youth of color. During our graduate training and early academic careers, we felt pushed to center “mainstream” theories, which often failed to account for the power struggles and intersectional oppression our reading and empirical investigations uncovered. Guidance from mentors, peer reviewers, and senior…
University Diversity Projects and the Inclusivity Challenge
Growing numbers of women; Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; and low-income/first-in-family students attend U.S. colleges. Although sought after by universities eager to establish diverse campuses, many minoritized students still report ambivalence about inclusion at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Like many PWIs, Meadow State University (MSU) promotes commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Yet little is known about h…
Giving Back”: Filipina and Latina Mothers’ Intersecting Burdens in Schools and Community-Based Organizations
Community-based organizations (CBOs) and schools are often key initial institutions encountered by immigrants. Yet little research compares immigrant perceptions of CBOs and schools. The authors use interviews with green card–status Filipina and undocumented Latina mothers at a nonprofit, low-income-serving CBO in San Francisco, California. The authors identify intersecting burdens, or emotional dilemmas associated with school and CBO participati…
Language Brokers: Children of Immigrants Translating Inequality and Belonging for Their Families
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (4 works)