James Rodríguez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Rodríguez |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Rodríguez |
| SIGNATURE | RODRIGUEZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fullerton |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7650-0376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Carceral connections: The role of policing in the management of public housing in New York City
Between 2006 and 2022, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) attempted to address the fiscal and infrastructural crises in public housing through a number of controversial privatisation strategies. This contested push occurred alongside the pervasive role of policing in public housing. The New York City Police Department utilises several policing strategies specific to NYCHA communities, collaborating with the housing authority in the manag…
Where Impunity Reigns: Nickel Mining in El Estor, Guatemala
Academic Motivation and Engagement across Three Generations of Latino/a Junior High School Students
A significant body of research has now established the critical importance of academic engagement and motivation in determining adolescents’ academic outcomes. Researchers have also begun examining how these factors may differentially impact different ethnic groups, such as Latinos. However, few studies have examined the combined, and potentially interactive, effects of engagement and motivation within Latino/a adolescent populations, and none ha…
This Land Is Ours: In Guatemala, a struggle over land and resources pits transnational mining interests against indigenous communities
The Guatemalan civil war, the hemisphere’s bloodiest armed confl ict in the twentieth century, left over 200,000 dead, most of them indigenous civilians living in the country’s rural highlands. Sin
Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Latina/o and Non-Latina/o Adolescents
This article presents an exploratory study of the relation between academic engagement and academic achievement for Latina/o and non-Latina/o adolescents attending a predominantly low-income, Latina/o urban middle school in Southern California. A sample of 61 students (37 Latinas/os and 24 non-Latinas/os) participated in the study. The Latina/o students’ mean grade point average was lower than the non-Latina/o students’ mean grade point average. …
The role of adolescents' native language fluency on quality of communication and respect for parents in Chinese and Korean immigrant families
Impact of empowerment training on the professional work of family peer advocates
Confronting Goldcorp: An Interview With a Guatemalan Activist
"Confronting Goldcorp: An Interview With a Guatemalan Activist." NACLA Report on the Americas, 42(5), pp. 16–17 Additional informationNotes on contributorsJames RodríguezJames Rodríguez is an independent Mexican-U.S. photojournalist based in Guatemala. His work focuses on documenting regional struggles involving land tenure, indigenous rights, and impunity in Central America’s post-war era (mimundo.org)
Intradistrict Resource Reallocation for Latino English Language Learners: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study Approach
This article seeks to contribute to the recent discussion regarding school finance, teacher quality, and English language learners (ELLs) based on a comparative study within a school district with a significant ELL population. The study described in this article utilizes an exploratory multiple case study methodology to examine the complex relationship between resource allocation (both fiscal and personnel) and educational outcomes for ELL studen…
Cultural processes in parenting and youth outcomes: Examining a model of racial-ethnic socialization and identity in diverse populations
We review and summarize the findings across 7 studies contained in the special section titled, "Racial-Ethnic Socialization, Identity, and Youth Outcomes: Excavating Culture." These studies represent a significant advance for research in issues related to the impact of racial-ethnic socialization and identity on child outcomes. All 7 studies attempted to test in whole or part a hypothetical model in which ethnic-racial socialization in families o…
Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: A review of research and directions for future study
Recently, there has been an emergence of literature on the mechanisms through which parents transmit information, values, and perspectives about ethnicity and race to their children, commonly referred to as racial or ethnic socialization. This literature has sought to document the nature of such socialization, its antecedents in parents' and children's characteristics and experiences, and its consequences for children's well-being and development…
Evaluating Evaluations: The Case of Parent Involvement Programs
This article analyzes 41 studies that evaluated K–12 parent involvement programs in order to assess claims that such programs are an effective means of improving student learning. It examines the characteristics of the parent involvement programs, as well as the research design, data, and analytical techniques used in program evaluation. Our examination of evaluations found little empirical support for the widespread claim that parent involvement…
School Matters: Pathways to Academic Success Amongst African American and Latino Adolescents
Family Environment and Achievement Among Three Generationsof Mexican American High School Students
This study examined generational differences in the perceptions of family environment and achievement of 3,681 Mexican American high school students. There were four family environment variables: family involvement, family monitoring, family control, and familism. Analysis of covariance procedure revealed first and second generation students reported significantly higher grades and higher levels of family monitoring than third generation students…
Patterns of Collaboration in Secondary Education for Youth with Special Needs: Profiles of Three High Schools
Research on school-to-adult life transitions of youth with special needs has identified collaboration as a crucial process for successful transitions. Depending on how it is defined, collaboration on the education of youth with disabilities between special educators, general educators, parents, students, and community service agency representatives may be considered rich or lean in activity and perceived utility. Profiles of three high schools, t…
Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom: Culture Matters
2001). Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom: Culture Matters. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 40, Rethinking the Social Studies, pp. 35-41
Identity and Career Choice among Mexican American and Euro-American Preservice Bilingual Teachers
This article discusses an investigation that explored the relationship between the ethnic identity and career choice of Mexican American and Euro-American Spanish bilingual teaching candidates. In-depth interviews with 6 Mexican American and Euro-American preservice bilingual teaching candidates respectively were analyzed to determine their reference group orientation, affiliative identity, and rationale for becoming a bilingual teacher. Mexican …
The impact of bilingual preschool education on the language development of Spanish-speaking children
Mexican-American Disciplinary Practices and Attitudes Toward Child Maltreatment: A Comparison of Foreign-and Native-Born Mothers
The present study examined the disciplinary practices and attitudes toward child maltreatment in a sample of foreign-and native-born Mexican-American mothers. Responses to five hypothetical situations involving child misconduct were used to measure disciplinary practices, and responses to three vignettes involving violence against children were used to measure attitudes toward child maltreatment. Between-group differences showed that foreign-born…
Cultural processes in parenting and youth outcomes: Examining a model of racial-ethnic socialization and identity in diverse populations
We review and summarize the findings across 7 studies contained in the special section titled, "Racial-Ethnic Socialization, Identity, and Youth Outcomes: Excavating Culture." These studies represent a significant advance for research in issues related to the impact of racial-ethnic socialization and identity on child outcomes. All 7 studies attempted to test in whole or part a hypothetical model in which ethnic-racial socialization in families o…
The impact of bilingual preschool education on the language development of Spanish-speaking children
Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Latina/o and Non-Latina/o Adolescents
This article presents an exploratory study of the relation between academic engagement and academic achievement for Latina/o and non-Latina/o adolescents attending a predominantly low-income, Latina/o urban middle school in Southern California. A sample of 61 students (37 Latinas/os and 24 non-Latinas/os) participated in the study. The Latina/o students’ mean grade point average was lower than the non-Latina/o students’ mean grade point average. …
Impact of empowerment training on the professional work of family peer advocates
Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom: Culture Matters
2001). Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom: Culture Matters. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 40, Rethinking the Social Studies, pp. 35-41
Identity and Career Choice among Mexican American and Euro-American Preservice Bilingual Teachers
This article discusses an investigation that explored the relationship between the ethnic identity and career choice of Mexican American and Euro-American Spanish bilingual teaching candidates. In-depth interviews with 6 Mexican American and Euro-American preservice bilingual teaching candidates respectively were analyzed to determine their reference group orientation, affiliative identity, and rationale for becoming a bilingual teacher. Mexican …
Mexican-American Disciplinary Practices and Attitudes Toward Child Maltreatment: A Comparison of Foreign-and Native-Born Mothers
The present study examined the disciplinary practices and attitudes toward child maltreatment in a sample of foreign-and native-born Mexican-American mothers. Responses to five hypothetical situations involving child misconduct were used to measure disciplinary practices, and responses to three vignettes involving violence against children were used to measure attitudes toward child maltreatment. Between-group differences showed that foreign-born…
Carceral connections: The role of policing in the management of public housing in New York City
Between 2006 and 2022, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) attempted to address the fiscal and infrastructural crises in public housing through a number of controversial privatisation strategies. This contested push occurred alongside the pervasive role of policing in public housing. The New York City Police Department utilises several policing strategies specific to NYCHA communities, collaborating with the housing authority in the manag…
Intradistrict Resource Reallocation for Latino English Language Learners: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study Approach
This article seeks to contribute to the recent discussion regarding school finance, teacher quality, and English language learners (ELLs) based on a comparative study within a school district with a significant ELL population. The study described in this article utilizes an exploratory multiple case study methodology to examine the complex relationship between resource allocation (both fiscal and personnel) and educational outcomes for ELL studen…
Where Impunity Reigns: Nickel Mining in El Estor, Guatemala
Patterns of Collaboration in Secondary Education for Youth with Special Needs: Profiles of Three High Schools
Research on school-to-adult life transitions of youth with special needs has identified collaboration as a crucial process for successful transitions. Depending on how it is defined, collaboration on the education of youth with disabilities between special educators, general educators, parents, students, and community service agency representatives may be considered rich or lean in activity and perceived utility. Profiles of three high schools, t…
Mexican-American Disciplinary Practices and Attitudes Toward Child Maltreatment: A Comparison of Foreign-and Native-Born Mothers
The present study examined the disciplinary practices and attitudes toward child maltreatment in a sample of foreign-and native-born Mexican-American mothers. Responses to five hypothetical situations involving child misconduct were used to measure disciplinary practices, and responses to three vignettes involving violence against children were used to measure attitudes toward child maltreatment. Between-group differences showed that foreign-born…
The impact of bilingual preschool education on the language development of Spanish-speaking children
Identity and Career Choice among Mexican American and Euro-American Preservice Bilingual Teachers
This article discusses an investigation that explored the relationship between the ethnic identity and career choice of Mexican American and Euro-American Spanish bilingual teaching candidates. In-depth interviews with 6 Mexican American and Euro-American preservice bilingual teaching candidates respectively were analyzed to determine their reference group orientation, affiliative identity, and rationale for becoming a bilingual teacher. Mexican …
Patterns of Collaboration in Secondary Education for Youth with Special Needs: Profiles of Three High Schools
Research on school-to-adult life transitions of youth with special needs has identified collaboration as a crucial process for successful transitions. Depending on how it is defined, collaboration on the education of youth with disabilities between special educators, general educators, parents, students, and community service agency representatives may be considered rich or lean in activity and perceived utility. Profiles of three high schools, t…
Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom: Culture Matters
2001). Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom: Culture Matters. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 40, Rethinking the Social Studies, pp. 35-41
Evaluating Evaluations: The Case of Parent Involvement Programs
This article analyzes 41 studies that evaluated K–12 parent involvement programs in order to assess claims that such programs are an effective means of improving student learning. It examines the characteristics of the parent involvement programs, as well as the research design, data, and analytical techniques used in program evaluation. Our examination of evaluations found little empirical support for the widespread claim that parent involvement…
School Matters: Pathways to Academic Success Amongst African American and Latino Adolescents
Family Environment and Achievement Among Three Generationsof Mexican American High School Students
This study examined generational differences in the perceptions of family environment and achievement of 3,681 Mexican American high school students. There were four family environment variables: family involvement, family monitoring, family control, and familism. Analysis of covariance procedure revealed first and second generation students reported significantly higher grades and higher levels of family monitoring than third generation students…
Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: A review of research and directions for future study
Recently, there has been an emergence of literature on the mechanisms through which parents transmit information, values, and perspectives about ethnicity and race to their children, commonly referred to as racial or ethnic socialization. This literature has sought to document the nature of such socialization, its antecedents in parents' and children's characteristics and experiences, and its consequences for children's well-being and development…
Confronting Goldcorp: An Interview With a Guatemalan Activist
"Confronting Goldcorp: An Interview With a Guatemalan Activist." NACLA Report on the Americas, 42(5), pp. 16–17 Additional informationNotes on contributorsJames RodríguezJames Rodríguez is an independent Mexican-U.S. photojournalist based in Guatemala. His work focuses on documenting regional struggles involving land tenure, indigenous rights, and impunity in Central America’s post-war era (mimundo.org)
Intradistrict Resource Reallocation for Latino English Language Learners: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study Approach
This article seeks to contribute to the recent discussion regarding school finance, teacher quality, and English language learners (ELLs) based on a comparative study within a school district with a significant ELL population. The study described in this article utilizes an exploratory multiple case study methodology to examine the complex relationship between resource allocation (both fiscal and personnel) and educational outcomes for ELL studen…
Cultural processes in parenting and youth outcomes: Examining a model of racial-ethnic socialization and identity in diverse populations
We review and summarize the findings across 7 studies contained in the special section titled, "Racial-Ethnic Socialization, Identity, and Youth Outcomes: Excavating Culture." These studies represent a significant advance for research in issues related to the impact of racial-ethnic socialization and identity on child outcomes. All 7 studies attempted to test in whole or part a hypothetical model in which ethnic-racial socialization in families o…
Impact of empowerment training on the professional work of family peer advocates
The role of adolescents' native language fluency on quality of communication and respect for parents in Chinese and Korean immigrant families
Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Latina/o and Non-Latina/o Adolescents
This article presents an exploratory study of the relation between academic engagement and academic achievement for Latina/o and non-Latina/o adolescents attending a predominantly low-income, Latina/o urban middle school in Southern California. A sample of 61 students (37 Latinas/os and 24 non-Latinas/os) participated in the study. The Latina/o students’ mean grade point average was lower than the non-Latina/o students’ mean grade point average. …
This Land Is Ours: In Guatemala, a struggle over land and resources pits transnational mining interests against indigenous communities
The Guatemalan civil war, the hemisphere’s bloodiest armed confl ict in the twentieth century, left over 200,000 dead, most of them indigenous civilians living in the country’s rural highlands. Sin
Academic Motivation and Engagement across Three Generations of Latino/a Junior High School Students
A significant body of research has now established the critical importance of academic engagement and motivation in determining adolescents’ academic outcomes. Researchers have also begun examining how these factors may differentially impact different ethnic groups, such as Latinos. However, few studies have examined the combined, and potentially interactive, effects of engagement and motivation within Latino/a adolescent populations, and none ha…
Where Impunity Reigns: Nickel Mining in El Estor, Guatemala
Carceral connections: The role of policing in the management of public housing in New York City
Between 2006 and 2022, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) attempted to address the fiscal and infrastructural crises in public housing through a number of controversial privatisation strategies. This contested push occurred alongside the pervasive role of policing in public housing. The New York City Police Department utilises several policing strategies specific to NYCHA communities, collaborating with the housing authority in the manag…
Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Academic achievement (5 works)