Karen Tejada
Biographic Data
| ID | 767742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Tejada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Tejada |
| SIGNATURE | TEJADA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hartford |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-4012-7863 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Crimmigration and gang enforcement of Salvadorans on Long Island
Because I'm a Fighter
To center the experiences of twenty Salvadoran women from the Washington, D.C. metro area, I use intersectionality as a conceptual framework. Starting from the vantage point of intersecting identities, these women build on gender and immigrant experiences to remain “fearless fighters” and “leave footprints” with their activism. However, sexism and racism press on their feelings of empowerment and force them to employ resistance strategies to sust…
"Making meaning from the "yo no se
In this article, we provide lessons learned from studying the 'reticent' participants-those whose answers to our questions ranged from "I don't know" to "minding my own business" to an overpowering silence. These questions were posed to different Salvadoran women residing on Long Island, NY, and were based on two separate research projects-one examining diaspora politics and the other looking at community-policing relations. While combing through…
Local Actors as Global Critics
Drawing on the experiences of 25 Salvadoran activists in the metro District of Columbia (DC) area, I examine how seasoned activists, or individuals with long-standing organizing experience, maintain critical stances toward their homeland government’s practices while using hostland resources to organize and lessen the impact it has on their compatriots. Building on Vertovec’s notion of the “transnational consciousness,” I show seasoned activists u…
Transplanting the organizing seed
Film Review
"Making meaning from the "yo no se
In this article, we provide lessons learned from studying the 'reticent' participants-those whose answers to our questions ranged from "I don't know" to "minding my own business" to an overpowering silence. These questions were posed to different Salvadoran women residing on Long Island, NY, and were based on two separate research projects-one examining diaspora politics and the other looking at community-policing relations. While combing through…
Transplanting the organizing seed
Film Review
Transplanting the organizing seed
Local Actors as Global Critics
Drawing on the experiences of 25 Salvadoran activists in the metro District of Columbia (DC) area, I examine how seasoned activists, or individuals with long-standing organizing experience, maintain critical stances toward their homeland government’s practices while using hostland resources to organize and lessen the impact it has on their compatriots. Building on Vertovec’s notion of the “transnational consciousness,” I show seasoned activists u…
Because I'm a Fighter
To center the experiences of twenty Salvadoran women from the Washington, D.C. metro area, I use intersectionality as a conceptual framework. Starting from the vantage point of intersecting identities, these women build on gender and immigrant experiences to remain “fearless fighters” and “leave footprints” with their activism. However, sexism and racism press on their feelings of empowerment and force them to employ resistance strategies to sust…
"Making meaning from the "yo no se
In this article, we provide lessons learned from studying the 'reticent' participants-those whose answers to our questions ranged from "I don't know" to "minding my own business" to an overpowering silence. These questions were posed to different Salvadoran women residing on Long Island, NY, and were based on two separate research projects-one examining diaspora politics and the other looking at community-policing relations. While combing through…
Crimmigration and gang enforcement of Salvadorans on Long Island
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Immigration (2 works)