J Á Alicea
Biographic Data
| ID | 5207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Á Alicea |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Á |
| FAMILY NAME | Alicea |
| SIGNATURE | ALICEA J Á |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3510-5123 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Between the Is and the Ought: Abolition Democracy and Du Boisian Futures in Sociological Praxis
Across W. E. B. Du Bois’s long life, as in our current moment, conversations about race were contested in the general public as well as on university campuses. We are living in yet another “revolutionary situation,” to echo James Baldwin, who, in speaking to a group of educators in 1963 just weeks after Du Bois’s death, insisted that we be prepared to “go for broke.” In this essay, we offer a model for how sociology instructors can go for broke c…
Anti-Blackness in “Brown” Space: Absence, Rejection, and Qualified Coexistence in a Latinizing Community
Drawing from in-depth interviews with 35 Black respondents from South Central Los Angeles, a Black and Latinx community, I analyze Black experiences in and of “Brown” space. I find three main themes: absence, rejection, and qualified coexistence. Respondents frequently discussed a noticeable absence of Black people, mourning what South Central simultaneously used to be and could be. Rejection was another central theme, capturing the many ways in …
Bonding through struggle, distancing through stereotypes: How Latinx youth draw racialized boundaries in a multiracial community
I Really Feel Like I Was Undergoing Psychological Torture
Soon after universities across the country celebrated 50 years of Ethnic Studies offerings, the state of California institutionalized Ethnic Studies into the public K-12 curriculum. This formalization of Ethnic Studies, while contentious, was celebrated as a win for students across the state. By contrast, the impact on teachers of Ethnic Studies received little attention. Drawing on data from a larger ethnographic study, this article focuses on t…
Toward a Du Boisian Pedagogy for the Teaching of Sociology
This article contributes to the reclamation of W.E.B. Du Bois’s many contributions to social science practice. In particular, it offers an original quadripartite pedagogical framework grounded in the practices and ideas of Du Bois and more contemporary Du Boisian scholars. In doing so, it utilizes a combination of archival materials, Du Bois’s publications, and secondary literature. This article then intervenes by (1) offering a concise review of…
Predatory DEI: How Racialized Organizations Exacerbate Workplace Racial Stratification through Exploitative Diversity Work
In the wake of the so-called racial reckoning of 2020, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grew rapidly as an industry and organizational logic. This study examines how DEI work in organizations is not simply performative, but exploitative. Drawing on observations and in-depth interviews from a four-year ethnographic project, this study traces the rollout and racial problematics of DEI programming at a public high school serving Black and Lati…
Placing Youth in the “Spatial Turn”: An Intersectional Analysis of Youth Experiences in a Changing Neighborhood
The racial state and the violent (re)production of educational inequality
This article defines and situates the concept of the racial state within the sociological literature on educational inequality. Currently, much of the sociology of education literature fails to engage with theories of the state or does so in undertheorized ways. Drawing on theories of the racial state and forms of state violence, this article contributes to literature in political sociology, race and racism, and education. It does so by arguing t…
Teaching in the Hood, About the Hood: A Case Study of Teachers in South Central Los Angeles
This study examines how three teachers working at a South Central high school teach critically about race and place. While building on the “spatial turn” in social science, the article draws on Critical Race Spatial Analysis to advance literature at the intersection of race, place, and pedagogy. Additionally, the article utilizes cognitive mapping to understand the teachers’ senses of place and then, through a combination of interviews, observati…
“A Desert is Full of Life”: Food, Fugitivity, and Futurity in the Flatlands of Los Angeles
Structural racism and the urban geography of education
Although we often look to schools to solve complex social problems, many educators are not ready to address the structural racism behind many contemporary conflicts. Pedro Noguera and Julio Angel Alicia present a brief history of the socioeconomic forces that drove school closures and gentrification in Chicago, the remaking of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and generations of disadvantage in Los Angeles. By becoming aware of the structural …
Prison Land: Mapping Carceral Power across Neoliberal America
Predatory DEI: How Racialized Organizations Exacerbate Workplace Racial Stratification through Exploitative Diversity Work
In the wake of the so-called racial reckoning of 2020, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grew rapidly as an industry and organizational logic. This study examines how DEI work in organizations is not simply performative, but exploitative. Drawing on observations and in-depth interviews from a four-year ethnographic project, this study traces the rollout and racial problematics of DEI programming at a public high school serving Black and Lati…
The racial state and the violent (re)production of educational inequality
This article defines and situates the concept of the racial state within the sociological literature on educational inequality. Currently, much of the sociology of education literature fails to engage with theories of the state or does so in undertheorized ways. Drawing on theories of the racial state and forms of state violence, this article contributes to literature in political sociology, race and racism, and education. It does so by arguing t…
Teaching in the Hood, About the Hood: A Case Study of Teachers in South Central Los Angeles
This study examines how three teachers working at a South Central high school teach critically about race and place. While building on the “spatial turn” in social science, the article draws on Critical Race Spatial Analysis to advance literature at the intersection of race, place, and pedagogy. Additionally, the article utilizes cognitive mapping to understand the teachers’ senses of place and then, through a combination of interviews, observati…
Placing Youth in the “Spatial Turn”: An Intersectional Analysis of Youth Experiences in a Changing Neighborhood
Toward a Du Boisian Pedagogy for the Teaching of Sociology
This article contributes to the reclamation of W.E.B. Du Bois’s many contributions to social science practice. In particular, it offers an original quadripartite pedagogical framework grounded in the practices and ideas of Du Bois and more contemporary Du Boisian scholars. In doing so, it utilizes a combination of archival materials, Du Bois’s publications, and secondary literature. This article then intervenes by (1) offering a concise review of…
“A Desert is Full of Life”: Food, Fugitivity, and Futurity in the Flatlands of Los Angeles
Structural racism and the urban geography of education
Although we often look to schools to solve complex social problems, many educators are not ready to address the structural racism behind many contemporary conflicts. Pedro Noguera and Julio Angel Alicia present a brief history of the socioeconomic forces that drove school closures and gentrification in Chicago, the remaking of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and generations of disadvantage in Los Angeles. By becoming aware of the structural …
Prison Land: Mapping Carceral Power across Neoliberal America
The racial state and the violent (re)production of educational inequality
This article defines and situates the concept of the racial state within the sociological literature on educational inequality. Currently, much of the sociology of education literature fails to engage with theories of the state or does so in undertheorized ways. Drawing on theories of the racial state and forms of state violence, this article contributes to literature in political sociology, race and racism, and education. It does so by arguing t…
Teaching in the Hood, About the Hood: A Case Study of Teachers in South Central Los Angeles
This study examines how three teachers working at a South Central high school teach critically about race and place. While building on the “spatial turn” in social science, the article draws on Critical Race Spatial Analysis to advance literature at the intersection of race, place, and pedagogy. Additionally, the article utilizes cognitive mapping to understand the teachers’ senses of place and then, through a combination of interviews, observati…
Placing Youth in the “Spatial Turn”: An Intersectional Analysis of Youth Experiences in a Changing Neighborhood
Toward a Du Boisian Pedagogy for the Teaching of Sociology
This article contributes to the reclamation of W.E.B. Du Bois’s many contributions to social science practice. In particular, it offers an original quadripartite pedagogical framework grounded in the practices and ideas of Du Bois and more contemporary Du Boisian scholars. In doing so, it utilizes a combination of archival materials, Du Bois’s publications, and secondary literature. This article then intervenes by (1) offering a concise review of…
Predatory DEI: How Racialized Organizations Exacerbate Workplace Racial Stratification through Exploitative Diversity Work
In the wake of the so-called racial reckoning of 2020, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grew rapidly as an industry and organizational logic. This study examines how DEI work in organizations is not simply performative, but exploitative. Drawing on observations and in-depth interviews from a four-year ethnographic project, this study traces the rollout and racial problematics of DEI programming at a public high school serving Black and Lati…
Between the Is and the Ought: Abolition Democracy and Du Boisian Futures in Sociological Praxis
Across W. E. B. Du Bois’s long life, as in our current moment, conversations about race were contested in the general public as well as on university campuses. We are living in yet another “revolutionary situation,” to echo James Baldwin, who, in speaking to a group of educators in 1963 just weeks after Du Bois’s death, insisted that we be prepared to “go for broke.” In this essay, we offer a model for how sociology instructors can go for broke c…
Anti-Blackness in “Brown” Space: Absence, Rejection, and Qualified Coexistence in a Latinizing Community
Drawing from in-depth interviews with 35 Black respondents from South Central Los Angeles, a Black and Latinx community, I analyze Black experiences in and of “Brown” space. I find three main themes: absence, rejection, and qualified coexistence. Respondents frequently discussed a noticeable absence of Black people, mourning what South Central simultaneously used to be and could be. Rejection was another central theme, capturing the many ways in …
Bonding through struggle, distancing through stereotypes: How Latinx youth draw racialized boundaries in a multiracial community
I Really Feel Like I Was Undergoing Psychological Torture
Soon after universities across the country celebrated 50 years of Ethnic Studies offerings, the state of California institutionalized Ethnic Studies into the public K-12 curriculum. This formalization of Ethnic Studies, while contentious, was celebrated as a win for students across the state. By contrast, the impact on teachers of Ethnic Studies received little attention. Drawing on data from a larger ethnographic study, this article focuses on t…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)