Monica Cornejo
Biographic Data
| ID | 3809768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Monica Cornejo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Monica |
| FAMILY NAME | Cornejo |
| SIGNATURE | CORNEJO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7446-149X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring the Relationship Between Exposure to Media Depictions of Undocumented Immigrants, Identity Management, and Undocumented Immigrants’ Family Communication Profiles
Using longitudinal survey data from 366 undocumented college students, a latent profile analysis was conducted to identify groups of students according to their identity management strategies (outlined by social identity theory), as reflected in protection-oriented and strengths-based family communication. The “ high competition and creativity” profile frequently engaged in communication suggesting social competition and creativity. The “ partial…
Using the Structural Influence Model to Explore U.S. Latina/O/X/E Undocumented Immigrants’ Covid-19 Information Acquisition, Perceptions, and Prevention Behaviors
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. undocumented immigrants were at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19, with many of them being "frontline essential workers" and residing in crowded living spaces. Given undocumented immigrants' elevated susceptibility to contracting COVID-19 at the peak of uncertainty surrounding the virus, we used the structural influence model of communication to explore: (1) how undocumented immigrants acquir…
Advancing advocacy communication theory
Undocumented college students experience a myriad of stressors (e.g., fear of deportation, limited resources; transitioning to college; Enriquez et al., 2018; Hurst et al., 2013) because of systemic oppression, yet they often engage in various advocacy efforts to challenge those oppressive systems. Although different persuasion (e.g., Focus Theory of Normative Conduct, the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Anger Activism Model; Ajzen, 1991, 2005; C…
Using resilience theory to examine undocumented students’ “know your rights” family communication
Given the distribution of "Know Your Rights" information on college campuses, our findings can provide evidence for the utility of such messages, while also potentially identifying when it is associated with higher levels of anxiety. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
College students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca)
A latent profile analysis of U.S. undocumented college students’ advocacy communication strategies and its relationship with health
Undocumented youth engage in advocacy efforts to improve their social conditions. Deploying an expanded definition of advocacy communication, this study (a) examined the heterogeneity of undocumented collegestudents' advocacy communication by identifying profiles of undocumented college students based on their participation in various advocacy communication strategies and (b) examined how these advocacy profiles are associated with health (i.e. a…
Enacting resilience at multiple levels during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students faced a number of stressors that threatened their health and well-being. Undocumented college students faced similar stressors and additional ones that were unique to their immigration status. Drawing from communication theory of resilience, we conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with Mexican-origin undocumented college students in California. Our findings extended past research on the communicat…
Latina/o/x undocumented college students’ perceived barriers and motivations for talking to a campus mental health professional
Although undocumented students face numerous stressors that can lead to mental health strain, they often underutilize their campus mental health services. To identify the barriers and motivations for talking to a campus mental health professional (MHP) and to extend the Health Belief Model (HBM), we conducted semi-structured interviews with 24 Latina/o/x undocumented college students. Family communication revealed views that undermined talking to…
Testing advocacy communication theory among undocumented college students using latent profile analysis
Undocumented college students face systemic oppression, which they challenge through advocacy. Often, research focuses on one type of advocacy, but Advocacy Communication Theory (ACT) conceptualizes advocacy as multidimensional – minoritized people can engage in communicative strategies at the interpersonal, mediated, community, organizational, and policy levels to challenge oppression. Here, we used three waves of longitudinal survey data from 3…
The Importance of Norms and Efficacy in Predicting Undocumented College Students’ Intentions to Talk to an On-Campus Mental Health Professional
Drawing from an extended version of a focus theory of normative conduct, the extended parallel process model, and self-stigma, this study examined factors that predict undocumented college students' (UCS) intentions to talk to an on-campus mental health professional (MHP). Two hundred thirty-seven UCS completed an online survey between January-June, 2019. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that the more UCS believed their friends talk…
Communicating allyship according to college students with deferred action for childhood arrivals
Given the stress that college students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) experience and their minoritized status, some colleges have offered allyship training that informs campus personnel of the unique experiences of DACA and DACA-ineligible students. Although such trainings are promising, limited research has explored what actions communicate allyship to undocumented college students, including those with DACA. We conducted sem…
Latina/o/x Immigrant Youth’s Motivations for Disclosing their Family-Undocumented Experiences to a Teacher(s)
Using the revelation risk model (RRM), we examined factors that might motivate family-undocumented youth (i.e., youth who are undocumented or who have an immediate family member who is undocumented) to confide in a teacher(s). Latent transition analysis with 414 Latina/o/x 9th-12th grade students uncovered three profiles: concerned indirect revealers (i.e., moderate teacher-student relational closeness, highest perceived risk of disclosing, lowes…
A Latent Profile Analysis of Undocumented College Students’ Protection-Oriented Family Communication and Strengths-Based Psychological Coping
Drawing from resilience theory, this study explored subgroups of undocumented college students (UCS) based on their patterns of protection-oriented family communication and strengths-based psychological coping. Using survey data from 237 UCS, latent profile analyses revealed three subgroups. Safe optimistic copers reported occasional documentation-seeking and know-your-rights communication, but higher means in prevention and right path communicat…
Discovering One’s Undocumented Immigration Status through Family Disclosures
Many undocumented youths who come to the United States as children are unaware of their status until family disclosure; this likely has identity implications for youth. Through 40 semi-structured interviews with deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) college students, we explored how youth discovered their undocumented status, the type of information that was discussed during family disclosures, and how these youth perceived their identity…
Disrupted Education
Prior research has established that legal vulnerability affects undocumented students’ educational experiences. Building on this work, we examine how undocumented immigration status may disrupt academic performance through students’ behavioral engagement in their coursework. Drawing on a survey of nearly 1,277 undocumented college students in California, we use latent profile analysis to identify student profiles based on their experiences of imm…
Immigrant Health Inequities
Diversions occur when research disregards the inequality-generating actions of advantaged groups and instead focuses attention on the actions and behaviors of disadvantaged groups. We incorporate important insights from COVID-19 to illustrate historical and contemporary examples of diversions. This paper highlights US immigrant health inequities-a burgeoning subfield within the broader health inequalities canon-to explore: (1) if and how diversio…
CommSoWeird
As part of an effort to contribute to that discussion, this chapter offers a window into the level of sample representativeness within Interpersonal Communication research, as reflected by manuscripts published in several Communication journals during the past five years. The first criterion was that the journal be affiliated with either the National Communication Association or the International Communication Association. While that criterion el…
Exploring the ascribed and avowed identities of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) recipients in early adulthood
Objectives: Using symbolic interactionism theory, we explore the different identity labels that Latinx and Asian DACA recipients (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) have reported are imposed on them (i.e., ascribed) and the different meanings behind such identity labels. We also examine the identity labels that DACA recipients adopt for themselves (i.e., avowed). Method: Forty semistructured interviews were conducted with DACA recipients who…
Religión y espiritualidad, ¿dos modelos enfrentados?. Trayectorias poscatólicas entre budistas Soka Gakkai
En el contexto de la privatización de lo religioso aún en curso, muchas biografías religiosas contemporáneas parecen estar motivadas por la búsqueda individualista de una religiosidad alternativa a los repertorios de creencias, rituales e instituciones religiosas tradicionales. Siguiendo el uso creciente de este término por parte de numerosos actores sociales, al menos desde la década de los sesenta del siglo XX, una parte de la Sociología de la …
Immigrant Health Inequities
Diversions occur when research disregards the inequality-generating actions of advantaged groups and instead focuses attention on the actions and behaviors of disadvantaged groups. We incorporate important insights from COVID-19 to illustrate historical and contemporary examples of diversions. This paper highlights US immigrant health inequities-a burgeoning subfield within the broader health inequalities canon-to explore: (1) if and how diversio…
Communicating allyship according to college students with deferred action for childhood arrivals
Given the stress that college students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) experience and their minoritized status, some colleges have offered allyship training that informs campus personnel of the unique experiences of DACA and DACA-ineligible students. Although such trainings are promising, limited research has explored what actions communicate allyship to undocumented college students, including those with DACA. We conducted sem…
Religión y espiritualidad, ¿dos modelos enfrentados?. Trayectorias poscatólicas entre budistas Soka Gakkai
En el contexto de la privatización de lo religioso aún en curso, muchas biografías religiosas contemporáneas parecen estar motivadas por la búsqueda individualista de una religiosidad alternativa a los repertorios de creencias, rituales e instituciones religiosas tradicionales. Siguiendo el uso creciente de este término por parte de numerosos actores sociales, al menos desde la década de los sesenta del siglo XX, una parte de la Sociología de la …
Latina/o/x undocumented college students’ perceived barriers and motivations for talking to a campus mental health professional
Although undocumented students face numerous stressors that can lead to mental health strain, they often underutilize their campus mental health services. To identify the barriers and motivations for talking to a campus mental health professional (MHP) and to extend the Health Belief Model (HBM), we conducted semi-structured interviews with 24 Latina/o/x undocumented college students. Family communication revealed views that undermined talking to…
Exploring the ascribed and avowed identities of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) recipients in early adulthood
Objectives: Using symbolic interactionism theory, we explore the different identity labels that Latinx and Asian DACA recipients (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) have reported are imposed on them (i.e., ascribed) and the different meanings behind such identity labels. We also examine the identity labels that DACA recipients adopt for themselves (i.e., avowed). Method: Forty semistructured interviews were conducted with DACA recipients who…
Disrupted Education
Prior research has established that legal vulnerability affects undocumented students’ educational experiences. Building on this work, we examine how undocumented immigration status may disrupt academic performance through students’ behavioral engagement in their coursework. Drawing on a survey of nearly 1,277 undocumented college students in California, we use latent profile analysis to identify student profiles based on their experiences of imm…
Advancing advocacy communication theory
Undocumented college students experience a myriad of stressors (e.g., fear of deportation, limited resources; transitioning to college; Enriquez et al., 2018; Hurst et al., 2013) because of systemic oppression, yet they often engage in various advocacy efforts to challenge those oppressive systems. Although different persuasion (e.g., Focus Theory of Normative Conduct, the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Anger Activism Model; Ajzen, 1991, 2005; C…
Religión y espiritualidad, ¿dos modelos enfrentados?. Trayectorias poscatólicas entre budistas Soka Gakkai
En el contexto de la privatización de lo religioso aún en curso, muchas biografías religiosas contemporáneas parecen estar motivadas por la búsqueda individualista de una religiosidad alternativa a los repertorios de creencias, rituales e instituciones religiosas tradicionales. Siguiendo el uso creciente de este término por parte de numerosos actores sociales, al menos desde la década de los sesenta del siglo XX, una parte de la Sociología de la …
CommSoWeird
As part of an effort to contribute to that discussion, this chapter offers a window into the level of sample representativeness within Interpersonal Communication research, as reflected by manuscripts published in several Communication journals during the past five years. The first criterion was that the journal be affiliated with either the National Communication Association or the International Communication Association. While that criterion el…
Exploring the ascribed and avowed identities of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) recipients in early adulthood
Objectives: Using symbolic interactionism theory, we explore the different identity labels that Latinx and Asian DACA recipients (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) have reported are imposed on them (i.e., ascribed) and the different meanings behind such identity labels. We also examine the identity labels that DACA recipients adopt for themselves (i.e., avowed). Method: Forty semistructured interviews were conducted with DACA recipients who…
Latina/o/x Immigrant Youth’s Motivations for Disclosing their Family-Undocumented Experiences to a Teacher(s)
Using the revelation risk model (RRM), we examined factors that might motivate family-undocumented youth (i.e., youth who are undocumented or who have an immediate family member who is undocumented) to confide in a teacher(s). Latent transition analysis with 414 Latina/o/x 9th-12th grade students uncovered three profiles: concerned indirect revealers (i.e., moderate teacher-student relational closeness, highest perceived risk of disclosing, lowes…
A Latent Profile Analysis of Undocumented College Students’ Protection-Oriented Family Communication and Strengths-Based Psychological Coping
Drawing from resilience theory, this study explored subgroups of undocumented college students (UCS) based on their patterns of protection-oriented family communication and strengths-based psychological coping. Using survey data from 237 UCS, latent profile analyses revealed three subgroups. Safe optimistic copers reported occasional documentation-seeking and know-your-rights communication, but higher means in prevention and right path communicat…
Discovering One’s Undocumented Immigration Status through Family Disclosures
Many undocumented youths who come to the United States as children are unaware of their status until family disclosure; this likely has identity implications for youth. Through 40 semi-structured interviews with deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) college students, we explored how youth discovered their undocumented status, the type of information that was discussed during family disclosures, and how these youth perceived their identity…
Disrupted Education
Prior research has established that legal vulnerability affects undocumented students’ educational experiences. Building on this work, we examine how undocumented immigration status may disrupt academic performance through students’ behavioral engagement in their coursework. Drawing on a survey of nearly 1,277 undocumented college students in California, we use latent profile analysis to identify student profiles based on their experiences of imm…
Immigrant Health Inequities
Diversions occur when research disregards the inequality-generating actions of advantaged groups and instead focuses attention on the actions and behaviors of disadvantaged groups. We incorporate important insights from COVID-19 to illustrate historical and contemporary examples of diversions. This paper highlights US immigrant health inequities-a burgeoning subfield within the broader health inequalities canon-to explore: (1) if and how diversio…
The Importance of Norms and Efficacy in Predicting Undocumented College Students’ Intentions to Talk to an On-Campus Mental Health Professional
Drawing from an extended version of a focus theory of normative conduct, the extended parallel process model, and self-stigma, this study examined factors that predict undocumented college students' (UCS) intentions to talk to an on-campus mental health professional (MHP). Two hundred thirty-seven UCS completed an online survey between January-June, 2019. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that the more UCS believed their friends talk…
Communicating allyship according to college students with deferred action for childhood arrivals
Given the stress that college students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) experience and their minoritized status, some colleges have offered allyship training that informs campus personnel of the unique experiences of DACA and DACA-ineligible students. Although such trainings are promising, limited research has explored what actions communicate allyship to undocumented college students, including those with DACA. We conducted sem…
A latent profile analysis of U.S. undocumented college students’ advocacy communication strategies and its relationship with health
Undocumented youth engage in advocacy efforts to improve their social conditions. Deploying an expanded definition of advocacy communication, this study (a) examined the heterogeneity of undocumented collegestudents' advocacy communication by identifying profiles of undocumented college students based on their participation in various advocacy communication strategies and (b) examined how these advocacy profiles are associated with health (i.e. a…
Enacting resilience at multiple levels during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students faced a number of stressors that threatened their health and well-being. Undocumented college students faced similar stressors and additional ones that were unique to their immigration status. Drawing from communication theory of resilience, we conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with Mexican-origin undocumented college students in California. Our findings extended past research on the communicat…
Latina/o/x undocumented college students’ perceived barriers and motivations for talking to a campus mental health professional
Although undocumented students face numerous stressors that can lead to mental health strain, they often underutilize their campus mental health services. To identify the barriers and motivations for talking to a campus mental health professional (MHP) and to extend the Health Belief Model (HBM), we conducted semi-structured interviews with 24 Latina/o/x undocumented college students. Family communication revealed views that undermined talking to…
Testing advocacy communication theory among undocumented college students using latent profile analysis
Undocumented college students face systemic oppression, which they challenge through advocacy. Often, research focuses on one type of advocacy, but Advocacy Communication Theory (ACT) conceptualizes advocacy as multidimensional – minoritized people can engage in communicative strategies at the interpersonal, mediated, community, organizational, and policy levels to challenge oppression. Here, we used three waves of longitudinal survey data from 3…
Using the Structural Influence Model to Explore U.S. Latina/O/X/E Undocumented Immigrants’ Covid-19 Information Acquisition, Perceptions, and Prevention Behaviors
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. undocumented immigrants were at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19, with many of them being "frontline essential workers" and residing in crowded living spaces. Given undocumented immigrants' elevated susceptibility to contracting COVID-19 at the peak of uncertainty surrounding the virus, we used the structural influence model of communication to explore: (1) how undocumented immigrants acquir…
Advancing advocacy communication theory
Undocumented college students experience a myriad of stressors (e.g., fear of deportation, limited resources; transitioning to college; Enriquez et al., 2018; Hurst et al., 2013) because of systemic oppression, yet they often engage in various advocacy efforts to challenge those oppressive systems. Although different persuasion (e.g., Focus Theory of Normative Conduct, the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Anger Activism Model; Ajzen, 1991, 2005; C…
Using resilience theory to examine undocumented students’ “know your rights” family communication
Given the distribution of "Know Your Rights" information on college campuses, our findings can provide evidence for the utility of such messages, while also potentially identifying when it is associated with higher levels of anxiety. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
College students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca)
Exploring the Relationship Between Exposure to Media Depictions of Undocumented Immigrants, Identity Management, and Undocumented Immigrants’ Family Communication Profiles
Using longitudinal survey data from 366 undocumented college students, a latent profile analysis was conducted to identify groups of students according to their identity management strategies (outlined by social identity theory), as reflected in protection-oriented and strengths-based family communication. The “ high competition and creativity” profile frequently engaged in communication suggesting social competition and creativity. The “ partial…
Psychology (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Immigration (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (6 works) · Law (5 works)